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In the age of Web 2.0, people are no longer looking to a single source for recommendations for information and entertainment on the ‘Net. It’s far better to have a collective recommendation, ranked by hundreds of like-minded people. How does it work? Read on.

Have you ever seen additions to online articles that say “share this article” or “submit to Digg”, and wondered what they mean? These are links to social bookmarking sites. So, what is social bookmarking? Allow me to explain.

In the post dot-com age, the industry is full of buzz terms like ‘Web 2.0’ and ‘productise’. People are turning away from television and the mainstream media as a source of information and entertainment. The Internet has become the favoured conduit and increasingly, people are no longer looking to a single source (such as a search engine) for recommendations on information and entertainment on the Net. Raw search engine results are missing any kind of “recommendation” element, to help us make a decision about what to access. And we are increasingly time-poor as content consumers. In the milliseconds after you load a page of listings, it’s far better to have a collective recommendation, ranked by dozens of like-minded people, who share your values or world view. This is what social bookmarking provides.

In short, social bookmarking allows you to suggest something interesting to people who share your values, lifestyle and attitudes. In kind, you can access a selectively ranked list of interesting material that’s suggested and compiled daily by your peers. With social bookmarks, such focused groups of people can come together and increase their knowledge, or just share entertaining multimedia snippets. Rather than just forwarding an email to your peer group, or posting on a forum page, the social bookmark opens up the audience for your contribution to a far larger pool of interested people. If your contribution strikes a nerve, it may go on to be read by thousands of people, who share an interest in it. They may also remember your screen name, and consider your post with greater esteem the next time you make a submission.

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What is Social Bookmarking?
by Ed Dawson on Aug 6, 2007
Tags: What | is | Social | Bookmarking
In the age of Web 2.0, people are no longer looking to a single source for recommendations for information and entertainment on the ‘Net. It’s far better to have a collective recommendation, ranked by hundreds of like-minded people. How does it work? Read on.
Have you ever seen additions to online articles that say “share this article” or “submit to Digg”, and wondered what they mean? These are links to social bookmarking sites. So, what is social bookmarking? Allow me to explain.

In the post dot-com age, the industry is full of buzz terms like ‘Web 2.0’ and ‘productise’. People are turning away from television and the mainstream media as a source of information and entertainment. The Internet has become the favoured conduit and increasingly, people are no longer looking to a single source (such as a search engine) for recommendations on information and entertainment on the Net. Raw search engine results are missing any kind of “recommendation” element, to help us make a decision about what to access. And we are increasingly time-poor as content consumers. In the milliseconds after you load a page of listings, it’s far better to have a collective recommendation, ranked by dozens of like-minded people, who share your values or world view. This is what social bookmarking provides.

In short, social bookmarking allows you to suggest something interesting to people who share your values, lifestyle and attitudes. In kind, you can access a selectively ranked list of interesting material that’s suggested and compiled daily by your peers. With social bookmarks, such focused groups of people can come together and increase their knowledge, or just share entertaining multimedia snippets. Rather than just forwarding an email to your peer group, or posting on a forum page, the social bookmark opens up the audience for your contribution to a far larger pool of interested people. If your contribution strikes a nerve, it may go on to be read by thousands of people, who share an interest in it. They may also remember your screen name, and consider your post with greater esteem the next time you make a submission.

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