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 | Giikers is a social bookmarking and content sharing network here users can finds and recommends web content. Its features allow users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos that are personalized to their tastes and interests using peer-sourcing and social-networking principles. | [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