List of social bookmarking websites
Social bookmarking websites are centralized online services which allow users to store and share Internet bookmarks. Such sites typically offer a blend of social and organizational tools, such as annotation, categorization, folksonomy-based tagging, social cataloging, commenting, and interface with other kinds of services like citation management software and social networking sites.[1]
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| BibSonomy | BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature. |
| CiteULike | CiteULike is a web service which allows users to save and share citations to academic papers. |
| Digg | Digg is a news aggregator with an editorially driven front page |
| Diigo | Designed to bookmark web pages and highlight key points for reference. Free. |
| Google Bookmarks | Bookmarking service by Google |
| Pearltrees | Collaborative bookmark exploration and curation tool organized and presented like a mind map. |
| Pinboard | Pinboard can automatically import your links and tweets from a number of outside services. The archive feature saves a local copy of everything you bookmark in case the original page goes offline, and offers full-text search. Currently 11 USD annual fee, with an optional 25 USD fee for archiving. |
| Pinterest is a web and mobile application company that offers a visual discovery, collection, sharing, and storage tool. | |
| Bookmarking articles and links. | |
| Users submit content in the form of either a link or a text ("self") post. Links and content can be voted on. | |
| SiteBar | SiteBar is free online bookmarking manager open source software, mainly runs with help of authors donations. |
| StumbleUpon | StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that finds and recommends web content to its users. |
| We Heart It | We Heart It is an image-based social network for inspiring images |
| Plurk | Plurk is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as plurks) through short messages or links, which can be up to 210 text characters in length (previously 140). |
Defunct sites
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| BookmarkSync | |
| Clipmarks | a Delicious-like social bookmarking service, bought by Clipboard in 2012.[2] |
| Connotea | discontinued service on March 12, 2013. |
| Delicious | The site was bought by Avos Systems on April 27, 2011 though was operated by Yahoo! until July 2011.[3]. On June 1, 2017, Delicious was acquired by Pinboard, and the service will be discontinued. As of March 2018, the website is read-only. |
| Faves | as of January 2012, the service is no longer active. |
| Furl | web page clipping and archiving service, founded in 2003 and acquired by Diigo in 2009.[4] |
| Gnolia | formerly Ma.gnolia |
| My Web | as of November 2005 - Internet Expert |
| oneview | |
| Simpy | formerly de.lirio.us |
| Trackle | |
| Twine | |
| Newsvine | Owned by NBC, Community-powered which host content from its users and syndicated content. Discontinued on October 1, 2017 redirected to NBCNEWS web page |
| Xmarks | Syncs bookmarks (folders & sub-folders) and profiles across different browsers and platforms. Includes sharing option and possibility to access bookmarks via web-based-interface. On May 1, 2018, Xmarks was discontinued after being acquired by LastPass. |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Gilbertson, Scott (November 6, 2006). "Social Bookmarking Showdown". Wired.
- ↑ As Social Bookmarking Reignites, Venture-Backed Clipboard Acquires Clipmarks & Amplify
- ↑ Guynn, Jessica (27 April 2011). "Bookmark this: YouTube's Chad Hurley and Steve Chen buy Delicious from Yahoo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart
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