Social Bookmarking is an online service that is generally unknown by internet users. Sites like Del.icio.us are in danger of being taken away from internet users. Yahoo has announced that they are going to discontinue Del.icio.us’ services sometime in the near future. Is the fate of this site the future for the rest of the social bookmarking? If so, then the entire internet community will be at a loss. This is because without social bookmarking, we will lose the ability to find new sites that are recommended by our peers. We will miss out on new information and opinion from other bloggers and sites. As well as the convenience of being able to keep all of our bookmarks in a location that the accessible from any computer. We need to show these sites that we value their existence before we lose them forever.
A reason why Yahoo might delete Del.icio.us is because it seems to be an ineffective technology. However, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. This is because workers for Del.icio.us looked back at all their bookmarked pages and found the first 20 users of each page and cross referenced them in order to find any repetition. In class I tried this experiment with a couple of sites. And while it took a while to complete, I found the same users bookmarking many sites. Which proves that people, in fact, are using this and therefore it is a relevant technology. If you don’t already have an account at Del.icio.us I suggest that you start one today. It’s an easier way to find sites that pertain to you, without wasting as much time as users tend to do on Stumble Upon. I recently set up my account and I couldn’t be more impressed by how easy it is to use. Be sure to set up an account today and see what it’s all about.
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