Diigo
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| URL | http://www.diigo.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Social Annotations, Highlighting and Social Bookmarking |
| Launched | July 4, 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
Diigo (pron.: /ˈdiːɡoʊ/)[1] is a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page. These annotations can be kept private, shared with a group within Diigo or a special link forwarded to someone else. The name "Diigo" is an acronym from "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff".[2]
Premium account holders can perform full-text searches of cached copies of bookmarks. A full-text search also searches page URLs, tags and annotations.[3] This means that premium account holders can choose to omit tags that already appear in the text of a page to be bookmarked (although text inside images cannot be searched).
The launch of Diigo met with mixed responses, from the unimpressed[4] to the enthusiastic.[5] Diigo beta was listed as one of the top ten research tools by CNET in 2006.[6]
Outside the website, Diigo's graphical user interface includes an optional bookmarklet, or a customizable toolbar, with various search capabilities. Highlight is enabled by a menu, that can either appear automatically when content is selected, or be embedded into the context menu.
In March 2009, Diigo acquired web-clipping service Furl from Looksmart for an undisclosed price.[7][8]
The site also has an extension available on the Chrome Web Store.[9]
On October 25, 2012, the diigo.com domain was hijacked.[10][11] An unknown attacker changed the authoritative nameserver records ("NS records") for DNS zone DIIGO.COM, temporarily giving control to nameservers at AFRAID.ORG, and causing traffic to be misdirected. [12]
Mobile apps for Diigo are available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7.
See also [edit]
- ShiftSpace, an open-source web annotation framework for Firefox
- Reframe It, a free commenting plug-in compatible with multiple browsers
References [edit]
- ^ Diigo V4: Research ~ annotate, archive, organize (flash) (Presentation). Diigo. 2009-09-24. Event occurs at 0:00.
- ^ Diigo is about Social Annotation
- ^ "Full text search - diigo help". Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ Diigo Launches, Nobody Cares
- ^ Diigo Offers "Social Annotation" Tool - Search Engine Watch
- ^ Get smart: Top 10 research tools - Internet
- ^ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/09/diigo-buys-web-page-clipping-service-furl-away-from-looksmart/
- ^ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/diigo_acquires_furl.php
- ^ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oojbgadfejifecebmdnhhkbhdjaphole
- ^ http://www.diigo.net/about/domain
- ^ https://twitter.com/diigo/status/261228053961797633
- ^ http://www.who.is/domain-history/diigo.com
