‘How to’ Set up and Use Social Bookmarking Tools.

Quiz: Is Social Bookmarking for you?

Do you like to be organized?
Would you like an easy way to share your online content with friends and colleagues?
Do you want to increase the relevance of your internet searches?
Do you want the ability to access and manage your online content from any computer or mobile device?
Do you value user-generated information?

If you have answered yes to any of the following questions then social bookmarking may be a tool for you.

Social bookmarking is a web based application that enables users to search, store, and manage their online content. Unlike traditional electronic bookmarking, you will be able to access your content from anywhere with web availability.

Social bookmarking has also introduced the tag feature, a new way to organize content by theme, relevance, and social appraisal. By tagging, themed collections will organically emerge. All social bookmarking sites rank and organize content by what is important to users. A typical search engine, however, can only attempt to determine the meaning and importance of its results.

Finally, social bookmarking makes it easy to share your online library with friends and colleagues. This revolution will forever change how you organize your online content.

You have many options when choosing a social bookmark site. For example: Digg, StumbleUpon, and Reddit – just to name a few. However, today we will look at how to set up and use Delicious. This site is one of the most popular social bookmarking options available today.



Let’s Get Started:

The video we have chosen offers the best introduction to Delicious. It is short, sweet, and to the point. It uses fun and easy examples to follow, and most importantly, it won’t make you fall asleep. The video focuses on the 3 most important aspects that you will need in order to learn the basics; 1) How to get started? 2) How to organize by tags? 3) How to use the site as a social library that you can share with friends, family and colleagues?



If you like what you see and you want to take your knowledge base to the next level, check out this “how to’ video. It will help you master all the features and functionality of Delicious.

For additional social bookmarking information, please check out my group members individual blog posts. They will have secondary 'how to' sources about social bookmarking. Group Members: Jenna, Auravalia, and Danyel. For an extensive 'how to' list please see this link.