When surfing the web, there are times when you see some amazing stories or pictures which you would want to share with so many other people. However, taking a bookmark with it through your web browser only saves it for your own purpose. How about the millions of other people who need to read or see it? It would be a chore to have to email blast everyone in your address book, just to let them know about it.
This is where social bookmarking comes in. This is a method for Internet users to save, manage, and share bookmarks of things they see around the internet. This is different from file sharing, wherein the actual files are shared. In this kind of bookmarking, only the address of the resources are saved and shared. These bookmarks are typically shared through online sites, be it in websites dedicated to such or in other popular online networking sites. Your contacts will see the resources you have bookmarked, and if they get interested, they are one click away from viewing what you want others to see as well.
Users can add descriptions to these bookmarks, so that your contacts would have an idea to what they would expect before visiting the website or downloading the file. Apart from descriptions, users can also use “tags.” These are words that can be associated with the bookmarked resource, helping those searching for a particular thing. For example, a website about the latest installment for a video game can be tagged with the title of the video game, the year it came out, and the genre of the video game.
With this type of bookmarking, your contacts will be able to associate themselves with your interests. Which means if you are a freelance web designer you can use this method to promote yourself and website. This could help you in your social or professional life, as you continue to connect with peopl