Bookmark Tools
Created By: eknowledge
Last Modified: 11/04/06
Summary: This is a collection of bookmarking tools that can be used to store, annotate, retrieve, package, send, and manage web content (pages, images, documents, and selected text, or clippings). Functions of each tool varies from the simple recording of links and titles to a comprehensive management of information. The tools cited here are compatible and in some cases interactive. Bookmarking in Diigo adds simultaneous bookmarks to Spurl, Simpy, Shadows, rawSugar, Del.icio.us, and Furl. Some tools are quite similar and are being used to compare features (e.g. Shadows and Diigo). All are free.Link: Del.icio.us
Summary: A searchable collection of favorites - yours and others - accessed via tags, related tags, and user. Store links to any web content and access from any computer with internet access. Easily shared with others. Del.icio.us is a premier web content organizing system.
Link: rawSugar
Summary: Tags and intuitively indexes blog content into meaningful, hierarchal categories. This technology has been proven on such sites as eBay, Amazon, and Endeca.
Link: Furl
Summary: This is the premier bookmarking service that saves, searches, annotates (enter comments, save clippings), shares, and syndicates web content. The cached archive copy can be refresed with updated content - or not. Uses topics and keywords to organize content. Includes a rating system for items you save.
Link: Jeteye
Summary: A Firefox extension that packages bookmarks, allows for annotations, sharing, and publishing. Has a drop-box for items (clippings, images, pages, and documents) that you want included in each package. Excellent tool for research projects and other data gathering needs. Jetpaks can be created on the fly for short term use, or saved for on-going use. Internet storage, so Paks are accessible from any computer with Firefox and the Jeteye extension. Paks can be edited and updated.
Link: Diigo
Summary: A full-featured tool to manage bookmarks, annotate selections (sticky note, highlighting, clippings), archive as originally seen, search, and share collection. Other functions include: create blog posts pointing to captured web content, add bookmark to multiple other bookmark tools (Furl, Shadows,Spurl, rawSugar, Del.icio.us, and local bookmark folder). Is available in a stream-lined form that does not require a download, or with a customizable toolbar. A real time saver and organizer that is accessible from any computer with an internet connection.
Link: Shadows
Summary: Bookmark, tag, rate, share, and search web content. Use Shadow Page to access detail on each site. Create groups, use RSS feeds, and link from your blog.
Link: Spurl
Summary: Advanced bookmark service that stores links and titles and additional information about the page, including a cached copy as it was when you spurled it. Searches full text, Google-style and is accessible from any browser or computer. Provides links to related pages and the opportunity to search pages others have spurled. Can publish to blog.
Link: Simpy
Summary: Social bookmarking service to save, tag, and search your bookmarks and notes, or browse and search other users' links and tags. Bookmarks can be published to a blog using RSS or ATOM. Searches meta-data and full text. Access from any browser or computer.
