It allows users to keep their bookmarks on a central Web site (rather than on an individual computer) allowing for easy access away from the office. However, its strength lies in the ability to tag links, add notes and share these with others.
Delicious can be found at http://delicious.com/
The site can provide you with a way of seeing what Web resources other people think are useful, and view their notes on the sites. As with the other sites we are looking at today, you can view content without signing up. However, if you wish to create your own list of links you will need to create an account.
- Load up Delicious in your Web browser
- Take a look at the tour of the site at http://delicious.com/help/learn
- Search for Web 2.0 in the search box
When you see the results for this search you will see:
- The name of the resource (which is a link to the site itself)
- How many other Delicious users have saved this link
- The username of the first person to save it to Delicious
If you want to view the links collected by an individual you can click on their username,
You might want to have a look at the links collected by is_alto or rscwales (hint: have a look under the People link)
Next steps
Have a look for some links that might be useful in your work, either by searching for a person or a topic.
Your thoughts
Let us know what you think about Delicious by commenting on this post. Some questions to get you started:
- What do you think about Delicious?
- Can you see any uses in the work you do?
- Are you tempted to create yourself an account?
Hmmm, I like Technorati, but am not very impressed with Delicious - though it does throw up one or two interesting sites, but nothing much that could not be found by just searching directly in Google.
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