Monday, February 28, 2011

Social Bookmarking... Kinda Similar to Bookmarking Socially

What is social bookmarking?  Well, it's fairly easy to explain.  It's the bookmarking of sites that you find interesting, and sharing them with friends, peers, etc. This is done with social bookmarking sites.  There are many of them out there; all you have to do is look.  

The two I'm going to be introducing/comparing today are Delicious and Diigo.  Cutesy names aside, they both have some seriously cool features and deciding which is better will be difficult.  

Delicious
  • Simple, easy to use, and easy to share.  
  • Bookmark popularity feature is cool.
  • Yahoo is pretty much obsolete.  
Diigo
  • Glitzy graphics, more modern looking.
  • Highlighting feature is simply awesome.
  • Sharing and bookmarking is a little harder to figure out.  
And the winner is...

Diigo.  Delicious is actually better in several ways, but it doesn't have anything going for it.  It's outdated looking and outdated feeling.  Diigo is like a breath of fresh air after using Delicious; Diigo even has tutorials that teach new users how to switch from Delicious to Diigo.  Kind of like the tutorials Macbooks come with that try to erase the awful memories of using blah, run-of-the-mill, boring PCs.  Delicious just isn't that delicious anymore.  Diigo is now more delicious... or is delicious the new Diigo?  We may never know.  

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