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Like “My Favorites” in Internet Explorer, but you can take it anywhere you go. Find other users with similar interests, browse their pages, and stumble on new and exciting links you may never have found!
Del.icio.us is a great tool to manage your own personal favorite bookmarks and share these with the online community. Not only do online bookmark managers allow you to view your bookmarks anywhere with an Internet connection, but you can also see what other people have as their bookmarks and discover Web sites that may be of interest to you.
(Furl.com is a similar site that also archives the page. Ma.gnolia.com is similar as well.)
Setting up a del.icio.us account
You will need to create a username/password and provide an e-mail address to set up a free Del.icio.us account. If you do not want others to find your bookmark account, use an inconspicuous username instead of your last name. You could set up a professional and personal account separately.
If you do not install the bookmarklet buttons into your browser, or can't because you're at a public PC, just click the "post" link on your del.icio.us homepage to save a new link. You will be asked to enter the URL of the site you want to save, along with a short description and some "tags" to describe your link (and make it easier to find later). Hit save, and the fun part arrives: your del.icio.us homepage will update with the new link and you can see how many other people have saved that exact link! It's colored varying shades of pink - light pink for fewer saves, dark pink for more saves. You can see at a glance scrolling down your page which of your links are the most "popular!" You can use that pink link to see what other people saved - making social bookmarking really work for you - and save some of their links for your own. It's a big network that saves you surfing time!
You can also add people to your network and save links for them to peruse. Just click on the "your network" link to see your friends and add more. Feel free to add me - my username is erindowney.
Erin’s .edu picks can be found at http://del.icio.us/erindowney/cyber4edu
Like “My Favorites” in Internet Explorer, but you can take it anywhere you go. Find other users with similar interests, browse their pages, and stumble on new and exciting links you may never have found!
Del.icio.us is a great tool to manage your own personal favorite bookmarks and share these with the online community. Not only do online bookmark managers allow you to view your bookmarks anywhere with an Internet connection, but you can also see what other people have as their bookmarks and discover Web sites that may be of interest to you.
(Furl.com is a similar site that also archives the page. Ma.gnolia.com is similar as well.)
Setting up a del.icio.us account
You will need to create a username/password and provide an e-mail address to set up a free Del.icio.us account. If you do not want others to find your bookmark account, use an inconspicuous username instead of your last name. You could set up a professional and personal account separately.
If you do not install the bookmarklet buttons into your browser, or can't because you're at a public PC, just click the "post" link on your del.icio.us homepage to save a new link. You will be asked to enter the URL of the site you want to save, along with a short description and some "tags" to describe your link (and make it easier to find later). Hit save, and the fun part arrives: your del.icio.us homepage will update with the new link and you can see how many other people have saved that exact link! It's colored varying shades of pink - light pink for fewer saves, dark pink for more saves. You can see at a glance scrolling down your page which of your links are the most "popular!" You can use that pink link to see what other people saved - making social bookmarking really work for you - and save some of their links for your own. It's a big network that saves you surfing time!
You can also add people to your network and save links for them to peruse. Just click on the "your network" link to see your friends and add more. Feel free to add me - my username is erindowney.
Erin’s .edu picks can be found at http://del.icio.us/erindowney/cyber4edu
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