Social Bookmarking is a Web 2.0 Technology that allows users to store and share their bookmarks online. In addition, users can add notes to book marks and use tools to push bookmarks to web pages and blogs.

Social Bookmarking allows you to:

• Create a web-based favorites list
• More easily search bookmarked materials
• Take notes about bookmarks
• Share bookmarks with others
• Discover other sites of interest

 

Examples of Social Bookmarking sites:

 

Delicious http://del.icio.us/

Digg http://digg.com/

Furl http://www.furl.net/

Connotea http://www.connotea.org/

 

An Excellent Introduction to Social Bookmarking:

 

Common Craft - "Social Bookmarking in Plain English" video

 

7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2005) http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7001