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Social bookmarking is a method in which internet users can store, organize, search and manage resources that they have found online. Unlike regular bookmarking, it is not limited to just one computer; a user can access their bookmarked sites from any computer anywhere in the world simply by logging into their account. Users are also able to continue bookmarking sites from other computers if they download the appropriate toolbar from any given social bookmarking site with which they are registered.x4cFree Articles Directory | Hostsee.com It came around in the late 90s with the launch of a now-defunct company called itList, which featured both private and public bookmarks. Soon thereafter, several companies hopped on the bandwagon, and brought with them a plethora of new features, many of which are still used today; folders for organizing bookmarks (both automatic and manual) as well as the ability to click on a button to save a particular website to a user's list. The first social bookmarking site to come out of the dot-com bubble burst at the turn of the century was del.icio.us, launched in 2003, and was the company that coined the term "social bookmarking".x4cFree Articles Directory | Hostsee.com Bookmarking has many advantages over traditional search methods such as automated resource location software like search engine spiders. Unlike other internet-based software, that technology is solely reliant upon human-based indexing through tags. Also, unlike search engines which use algorithms to rank pages according to relevance, this technology ranks sites according to how many times a particular site has been bookmarked by users. For some users, this method of site ranking is very useful.x4cFree Articles Directory | Hostsee.com Social bookmarking does have its disadvantages, just like any other technology. Spam and corruption are two of the most common problems users run into when they are surfing through bookmarked sites. Because this type sites are so popular, many site administrators will post spam sites created only for making money on programs like StumbleUpon, Digg, Del.icio.us or any other site, which in turn loads users of these programs with useless pages which are potentially harmful. Most bookmarking sites try to protect against spam; however, this is a difficult process, as often times a highly usable page can be labeled as spam, even if the administrator did not use any spam techniques to their knowledge.x4cFree Articles Directory | Hostsee.com Another disadvantage to it is the fact that the internet has fallen prey to highly informal language. This means that one page can have multiple tags, or keywords, not to mention misspellings, errors in singular v. plural, along with personalized tags meant solely for one person, and absolutely no way of telling which keyword is more relevant in the list of tags. For instance, if a user was looking for books and came across flip books, the site could be dedicated entirely to flip books or it could just be a minor subsection.x4cFree Articles Directory | Hostsee.com All-in-all, though, it is a highly usable and advantageous form of indexing pages for users all across the internet. It's completely accessible wherever there is an internet connection, it's more organized, and a user can access other people's bookmarks as well. It has taken the internet by storm and has all but replaced conventional single CPU bookmarking. While it is not a replacement for search engines, social bookmarking is an absolutely vital complement which will continue to contribute to internet users across the world for many years to come.x4cFree Articles Directory | Hostsee.com
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