Social bookmarking is the posting of what have traditionally been called bookmarks/favorites to a list which is shared publicly via a web site. Hence, bookmarks can be accessed anytime, anyplace, with any digital media that has internet access. Bookmarks can be accompanied by a description, notes and tags. Tags are labels created by a user and assigned to a bookmark (i.e. recipe). Tag bundles can be created by tagging a group of tags (i.e. cooking which includes all sites tagged with: recipes, desserts, appetizers).
Users can quickly and easily search their own bookmarks/favorites by using tags and can search others’ bookmarks/favorites by username and tag. This allows users to copy relevant bookmarks/favorites and find a community of individuals interested in similar topics. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds, having newly added links on a specific topic posted by other users automatically delivered to their inbox. Social bookmarking sites include features such as “most popular” bookmarks/favorites which are updated daily, hourly in some cases, and browser plug-ins to make bookmarking seamless during a web browsing session.
Traditional Bookmarks/Favorites
Social Bookmarks
If a site is relevant to several topic areas, you have to save the bookmark in multiple folders
Bookmarks are tagged and can be added to numerous categories (bundles) all at once
Bookmarks are saved locally on a machine and can only be accessed on that machine
Bookmarks are saved on the web and can be accessed anytime, anyplace you have an internet connection
In order to share the bookmarks, you need to create a hotlist or web page
Bookmarks are public information and can be shared with anyone by giving them the URL
Searching for a saved bookmark can be time consuming
Search capabilities are built in allowing searches by tags and bundles
Ability to link to others’ collections of resources on the same topic as well as search topics
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