With so many social bookmarking sites available today, it's often difficult for a newcomer to know which site is the best one to join. Many people become members of several social bookmarking sites so they can make comparisons and see which one they like the best. Not everyone wants to or has the time to do this, however.
Therefore, I have made a list of some of the most popular social bookmarking sites and features that each one has to offer. Keep in mind that there really isn't a "best" site; it's more finding the one that best meets your needs. With so many social bookmarking sites out there, it's almost impossible to review every one of them, which is why I'm discussing the features of some of the most popular.
Digg and Delicious are consistently right up there on top. Delicious offers importing and exporting of bookmarks, commenting, sharing bookmarks, searching site and uses tags to help users save their content. When it comes to organizing your bookmarks, Delicious can't be beat.
Digg is the most popular site when it comes to functionality, overall design and is ideal for meeting people and finding new sites. Readers vote on websites by "digging" them. Digg is popular also as a social news site, offering late breaking news stories in many categories.
StumbleUpon has been around for a while now but recently has gained in popularity among social bookmarking sites. Once you download the StumbleUpon toolbar, it's very easy to use. When you find a website you want to save, you click on the StumbleUpon icon on your toolbar, which happens to be a thumb up sign. If you see an article you do not like, you give it a thumb down.
Reddit is a social bookmarking site that uses a karma system to rank websites and stories. The votes that websites get affect their karma points, which determine how high or low the websites will be when searched. If you're looking for a simple site (it's definitely no frills) and one that caters to social news as well, Reddit just may be what you want.
Furl is a popular social bookmarking site that lets you save web pages exactly as they looked when they were saved, regardless of how many changes were made to the site. Furl will help find others that share your interests. When you find a site you want to save, you just hit the FURL it Fast option. Many state that Furl is similar to Delicious.
Fark is a social bookmarking site where you'll want to go I you're looking for funny stories. As far as a serious social bookmarking site, it's somewhat disorganized and not real useful but it is popular with users. The one thing that many users didn't like about Fark is that the Fark administrators are the ones that determine which stories will show up on their front page.
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