Are you a social bookmarking addict?
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:48:00 PM
Or maybe you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about. Social bookmarking is the action of sharing links to websites to others through a web service. Examples include Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, del.icio.us.
So am I a social bookmarking addict? Maybe. It might say something about me that I use more than one service. As my main service, I use spurl.net. Spurl.net is the most complete online bookmarking service I've seen. It completely replaces any locally running bookmarking system. With instant bookmark search, categories and tags. But there's a catch. Importing your bookmarks might not work. And it's currently in a limited feature set. It seems like it's abandoned by the creators. Because of that I'm using Simpy as a backup bookmarking system if Spurl ever dies.
While Spurl definitely does have some social bookmarking features for sharing, I find friend based systems to be more enjoyable when sharing links. Therefore I'm using Digg and StumbleUpon. Digg.com is a site for sharing links to technology news, and related things that geeks like me enjoy, such as videos. But since Digg.com is mostly technology related, I'm using more mainstream social bookmarking services such as StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon was originally a social bookmarking community based around a Firefox extension. But later they added a Internet Explorer add-on and several people are working on various tools for other browsers such as Opera. There are already bookmarklets available, widgets (including one from a team I've been working with). There are even some Opera add-ons that I don't trust.
Facebook is another alternative if you want to share links with your friends. Facebook is a very popular online community where you can find your friends and socialize with them. Facebook allows you to share links to videos and sites with your friends.
Well. With all these services, it might be hard to keep track of all the ways you can bookmark sites. But people have been trying to do something with the problem. One of these sites are AddThis.com. Sadly, they've done overkill by using extensions instead of more simple browser modifications. But fear not. I bring you the AddThis social bookmarking button for Opera. Just drag it to your toolbar of choice to start sharing links with your friends.
Add This!
For those of you that are using another browser, you can't add this button to any of your toolbars. But that doesn't mean you can't use AddThis. Their JavaScript based site buttons aren't only useful on sites. They work as bookmarklets too. Simply visit AddThis.com and drag The button that says Bookmark to your bookmarks toolbar.
Good luck and have fun playing with social bookmarking!







KimberlySqueakeyCat # Friday, September 21, 2007 4:43:13 PM
even though i read this all the way through...
u have totally and utterly confused me.
what the heck is SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?
Knut Remi "DrLaunch" Løvlidrlaunch # Friday, September 21, 2007 7:36:21 PM
Originally posted by blog post:
I don't know if it's possible to say it any clearer. Unless you don't know what a link is then. http://my.opera.com/drlaunch/blog/ is a example of a link, also known as a URL.
If you want to save a link (also referred to as a website by some people), you usually save it to your bookmarks or favorites. Then you call it a bookmark or favorite.
Saving it online to services like del.icio.us is almost the same. But now it's a social bookmark.
Click here to see my social bookmarks.
It's really not that difficult. It's your bookmarks/favorites gone online. But instead of being called a online bookmark/favorite, it's a social bookmark. And now you're able to let others see it.
KimberlySqueakeyCat # Friday, September 21, 2007 8:44:34 PM
Mainjailtrap # Saturday, September 22, 2007 4:21:04 AM
Knut Remi "DrLaunch" Løvlidrlaunch # Saturday, September 22, 2007 11:27:39 AM
del.icio.us manages your bookmarks, and can be used to show friends and others cool sites.
Digg is only used to show others cool sites, usually technology related.
StumbleUpon is mostly used to show friends and others cool sites, and you discover new sites by "stumbling" over them with a Opera widget, Firefox extension or Internet Explorer add-on.
Facebook is mainly a social network. But you can share links with your friends there.
Spurl is the most advanced online bookmarks manager I know. You can share your bookmarks with others by publishing the categories you want others to see. Still, it's more a manager now. You can get recommendations from the service.
KimberlySqueakeyCat # Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:25:07 PM
thats how i feel
ne1 care to join me?
and if u think i'm joking, read my new blog post
will reply later about ur comment...sry
Bhaswati Mazumdersymphonied # Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:14:41 AM
Janizomg # Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:32:40 PM
Sure - there's probably a lot of fun stuff etc., but I have better things to do
Unregistered user # Wednesday, January 9, 2008 1:36:23 PM
sunandgames # Monday, March 24, 2008 10:27:37 PM
Knut Remi "DrLaunch" Løvlidrlaunch # Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:13:45 PM
Add This!
CarnageCarnage360 # Friday, August 8, 2008 7:45:14 PM
i wouldnt really consider facebook as social bookmarking thats just plain old social networking with bookmarking features. I prefer stumble upon over digg simply for that stumble button
dennie555 # Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:15:24 AM
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Knut Remi "DrLaunch" Løvlidrlaunch # Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:16:36 AM
But I bookmarked it so I can take a look at it later. If I like it, I might add it to my links section.
rockymeet # Monday, August 17, 2009 8:49:05 PM
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