List of social bookmarking websites
Social bookmarking websites allow Internet users to organize and store bookmarks to online resources.
The sites provide folksonomy-based tagging, sharing features, web feeds, and bookmarklets to easily add entries.[1] Users can access their bookmarks from any computer.[1]
| Name | Description | Web address |
|---|---|---|
| BibSonomy | BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature. | bibsonomy.org |
| BookmarkSync | Retired | |
| CiteULike | citeulike.org | |
| Delicious | The site was bought by Avos Systems on April 27, 2011 though was operated by Yahoo! until July 2011.[2] | delicious.com |
| Digg | digg.com | |
| Diigo | Designed to bookmark web pages and highlight key points for reference. Free. | diigo.com |
| folkd | folkd.com | |
| Giikers.com | [1] | |
| GiveALink.org | givealink.org | |
| Google Bookmarks | Bookmarking service By Google | google.com/bookmarks |
| HeyStaks | Social and collaborative bookmarking service for enterprise use. | HeyStaks.com |
| Knowledge Plaza | Enterprise bookmarking tool for websites, documents, contacts, e-mails, discussions, book references and wikis. | knowledgeplaza.net |
| Licorize | Bookmarking tool which integrates bookmarking with to-do management and Getting Things Done styled tools. | licorize.com |
| Mister Wong | mister-wong.com | |
| Newsvine | ||
| Oneview | ||
| Pearltrees | Collaborative bookmark exploration and curation tool organized and presented like a mind map. | pearltrees.com |
| Pinboard | Social networking site with functions similar to the original Delicious. One-time signup fee. | pinboard.in |
| pinterest.com | ||
| Users submit content in the form of either a link or a text ("self") post. Links and content can be voted on. | reddit.com | |
| SiteBar | sitebar.org | |
| Squidoo | squidoo.com | |
| StumbleUpon | StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that finds and recommends web content to its users. | stumbleupon.com |
| Twine | [3] | |
| Xmarks | xmarks.com |
Defunct sites
- Furl: web page clipping and archiving service, founded in 2003 and acquired by Diggo in 2009.[4]
- Amplify: web clipping service, bought by Clipboard in 2012.[5] The current website, Amplify.com, runs an education service launched in 2012 by News Corp, which has no relation to the prior bookmark service.
- Clipmarks: a Delicious-like social bookmarking service, bought by Clipboard in 2012.[5]
- Faves: as of January 2012, the service is no longer active. [2]
- Linkwad.com: inactive, accessed July 2013, [3]
- Connotea: discontinued service on March 12, 2013. [4]
- My Web: as of November 2005 - redeveloped social bookmarking website. [5]
- Simpy (formerly de.lirio.us)
- Gnolia (formerly Ma.gnolia)
See also
- Comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms
- List of social software
- List of social networking websites
- Comparison of reference management software
Notes and references
- ^ a b Gilbertson, Scott (November 6, 2006). "Social Bookmarking Showdown". Wired.
- ^ Guynn, Jessica (27 April 2011). "Bookmark this: YouTube's Chad Hurley and Steve Chen buy Delicious from Yahoo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ Erica Naone (2008-09-21). "Untangling Web Information". Technology Review. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart
- ^ a b As Social Bookmarking Reignites, Venture-Backed Clipboard Acquires Clipmarks & Amplify