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In a nutshell

People have been bookmarking web pages since the advent of the modern web browser, but free social bookmarking services like Delicious have take it a giant step further. Delicious, also known as Del.icio.us, is a social bookmarking web site for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Web users can register a free account with at Delicious and immediately start saving their favorite web pages as they browse the Internet. They can choose to make their bookmarks private or available to other Delicious users to either refer back to later or share. A majority of blogs and web sites feature a Delicious icon to help users bookmark their site or articles to the user’s Delicious account. There are also an increasing number of browser add-ons that have been developed to make saving and sharing bookmarks even easier.

Why is it useful?

Delicious and other social bookmarking web sites can be a very powerful source of information and reference on any number of topics. Rather than relying on computers (search engines) to find links and web sites relating to your topic of choice, the sites that are bookmarked on delicious are actually cherry-picked by human beings who have found use and value in that information. Delicious also allows users to add descriptions and categorize links by adding multiple tags (keywords) that make the information much eaiser to sift through. As a web site owner, you should ensure that your site bookmark-friendly by adding a Delicious bookmarklet.

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