For years, I used a bookmark application on my computer to store a single collection of bookmarks that I could use, and add to, from any web browser on my computer. Then, a few years ago, I switch to the tool that lets me access, and add to, my bookmarks from any computer (or mobile device) with an internet connection. I imported my bookmarks into Delicious, the free online bookmarking service. And I’ve never looked back.
For those of you still organizing your bookmarks in your web browsers, or elsewhere on your personal computer, Delicious uses tags rather than folders to organize bookmarks. This is effectively like being able to file a bookmark in more than one folder, which makes it easier to recall later. Delicious has a tool to easily import all your existing bookmarks from the web browser(s) where you store them now. It gives you a choice of making all, or any individual, bookmarks public or private. Plus it has other features which just aren’t possible while your bookmarks exist only on a single computer.
Furthermore, there are applications we can run on our computer(s) to enhance this bookmarking experience. I use the Delicious Bookmarks add-on for Firefox to automatically synchronize the online bookmarks with those in the browser. I use Pukka when I want to post a new bookmark to more than one Delicious account (for example, Hearth Hill’s bookmarks). I keep meaning to try out WebnoteHappy, which looks like it stores bookmarks on your computer, shares them between web browsers and integrates with Delicious. But most of the time, I just use the simple and reliable Delicious bookmarklet to save new bookmarks, and Delicious’ standard web interface to search for bookmarks.
I have about 10,000 bookmarks, which is much more than most folks, yet Delicious works reliably for me, every day. This is just one reason why I don’t hesitate to recommend it to you.
