Delicious, Diigo? What is Social bookmarking?
Listening to the Edtech crew podcast last year, I was trying to figure out what the point was of social bookmarking. Fast forward one year later and I have come to rely on one site in particular- Diigo, for keeping me up-to-date with all the new tools, sites and information available on the web.
So what is social bookmarking?
- Basically, it means you can have all of your bookmarked/favourite sites kept online. Normally when you bookmark a website, it goes into the bookmarks/favourites folder on that particular computer. If you log in on another computer, you do not have access to any of your bookmarked sites. When you set up an account with Diigo (or Delicious), you can bookmark your favourite sites and that information is kept online. You just have to log in to the site to retrieve your bookmarks.
- Bookmarks on Diigo & Delicious are organised by tags. Tags allow you to bookmark sites under a number of different categories at the same time. It is like placing the same piece of paper in a number of relevant folders in a filing cabinet.
So why do I use Diigo instead of the more popular Delicious? Simply, it is the ability to join groups. While I do spend a bit of time on the internet, I do not have the time to search for everything. By becoming part of a group, I can benefit from all of the links found by other members of the group by receiving emails periodically. By joining multiple groups, I can share and receive links in a number of different areas. Some of the Diigo groups I belong to include IWB Pedagogy, OZ/NZ Educators, English teachers, Ed Tech Crew. They all provide me with links on a daily or weekly basis.
The video below is another excellent tutorial from the people at Commoncraft and it explains the ins and outs of social bookmarking and how it all works.
Social bookmarking or social websites are communities based on broad or niche specific topics like Social Community of Webmasters, Social Community of Video sites etc.Social Bookmarking is a swift and easy way to get acknowledgment for your website. You have to register with all of the Social Bookmarking Sites and then start bookmarking and properly tagging the pages from your site.Social Bookmarking is an inclination that has risen dramatically.SEOBID
Hello Mark,
I would have to agree with the “power of social bookmarking”, you begin to tap into other like minded and interesting educators, especially through diigo.
Interestingly, while I use diigo for much of the social stuff, I still use delicious when I need to find something eg http://delicious.com/ictguy/tag_I_am_looking_for
With diigo you can bookmark in two places at once, so you get the best of both worlds.
Cheers
I also get my diigo bookmarks automatically sent to my delicious account, it’s so handy. I suppose because I came to it late, I never had delicious as my default social bookmarking tool. They are both useful, though, as I discovered last year when diigo was blocked at school but I could still use delicious.