Social bookmarking
Social bookmarking is a way to collect, organise and store a list of web pages that interest a user and they want to remember and share with others either publicly or privately. Other users can save bookmarks and make comments about the websites which enriches this collaborative online activity. Popular social bookmarking sites are Delicious, Furl and Twine.
Most social bookmarking sites give the owner control over who has access to their list of links. They can be open to the public or available to private groups only. Users are encouraged to label links with tags—short descriptions that describe the content of the page. A tag could be as simple as the word ’cat’ or it could be a phrase such as ’cat training tips’.
Users can subscribe to particular keywords, or combinations of words, to keep up to date with new links as they appear. Other users may be able to comment on the accuracy of these tags.
Social bookmarking is useful because it ensures that bookmarks are available from any computer.