What are social bookmarking services and why are they needed? Social bookmarking services were originally created for users who prefer to use the Internet to store personal data. Each browser has a “Bookmarks” or “Favorites” menu item, and they are needed so that the interesting information found can be accessed at any time, rather than rummaging through the history of visited pages. It’s very convenient, however, there is one drawback - if the operating system fails, the bookmarks collected by users for several years will cry.
For many, bookmarks are an almost invaluable resource, a collection of working tools. In addition, not everyone has a laptop, and being away from their own computer, the user remains cut off from their own information, although some get out of the situation by saving their personal data to external media, or synchronizing their data with mobile devices.
To get out of this situation, social bookmarking services were created that allow you to save found information in a matter of seconds, share what you find with other users and access your profile from anywhere in the world. In addition, many webmasters use social bookmarking services to attract additional users to their resources.
There is another option for using social bookmarking services - if you are too lazy to constantly synchronize your favorite pages in your browser at home, at work, on your laptop - create an account in one of the projects described below and save time on data synchronization.
The idea of social bookmarking services fully complies with web 2.0 standards - most of the projects mentioned below are full-fledged social networks, with the ability to rate and comment on information provided by other users. Naturally, if you do not want to put any bookmark on public display, you can close it for the system and leave it only for personal use.
Many people have been using the opportunities provided by various social bookmarking services for a long time. An even larger number of people have never heard of them, or simply do not see any need for using such services.
In this article, we'll look at nine of the most popular social bookmarking services and help you understand the tools that different services offer. In addition to the description, each service will receive an assessment on three parameters: functionality, design and usability, and the popularity of the project among Internet users.
1. 
This service is, without a doubt, the leader among similar projects. The author is Maxim Spiridonov - he also came up with the appearance and the very concept of another popular social bookmarking service: BobrDobr.ru. Both projects appeared on the RuNet with a gap of about two months (the first was Beaver), but Memori.ru quickly overtook its competitors, including Beaver. From the very beginning of its existence, Memori.ru was positioned as “the most beautiful social bookmarks.”
After it went on air, Memori.ru attracted users with various interesting promotions, including paid ones. For example, in May 2007, the “Invite Friends to Memori” campaign was launched, where the most active users who brought their friends and acquaintances to the resource were promised to pay small bonuses. The 10 most active “recruiters” were promised $100, the second ten – $50, and the last 10 users – $25.
The vast majority of users find this service extremely convenient. This applies to both the interface and some technical aspects. Let's start with the fact that there is very little advertising on Memori.ru, which is so boring to most users. Those who came to the main page for the first time and don’t know what to do next can watch a flash video that explains in detail what, where and how.
Excellent organization of saving found information: not just the link is saved, but also all the information found by the service on the page you specified. That is, even if the site you are interested in is closed or unavailable for any reason, the information can still be used.
The positive point, one of many, is that local links from your browser can be imported into the service.
Another advantage for this service is the presence of toolbars for various Internet browsers, including the beloved FireFox.
The service has relatively few shortcomings; for the most part, these are some imperfections in old tools in the pursuit of innovations. Many users complain that old “bugs” remain unfixed for a long time, although the project is actively developing and often adding new features. In addition, the popularity of the service also has a downside - the server sometimes simply cannot cope with the huge number of visitors, and then the “bookmarker” simply does not work.
2. 
In a relatively short time of its existence, this service has become very recognizable among Runet users. In fact, this social network has become a popular brand. The advantages of “Place” are its intuitive operating interface, simple design, and most importantly, the ability to store up to 500 megabytes of personal data. The project is developing very quickly, and new features are added almost every month. Now the project represents not just a “social bookmarking service”, but a full-fledged user workplace on the network.
In addition, the site loads and works very quickly even with a poor Internet connection. This is a big plus that has already been appreciated by thousands of users. There is also an import function, through which you can import your local links or bookmarks saved on some other similar service.
The disadvantages include a slightly unfinished rubric and structure, which the creators of the project promised to correct in the foreseeable future, the results of this work are already visible. For a long time, one of the disadvantages of the service was the lack of an RSS news feed. Now the tape is already there, and it works great.
3. 
The original social bookmarking service, called Bobrdob.ru by the creators, will surely delight you from the very first page with its positive design. It works similarly to similar services. There is a tool that allows you to import your local bookmarks. You can also import bookmarks from another service - the same way it works in the two projects described above. In principle, almost all similar services have the ability to import their local bookmarks - and in the future we will specifically mention those that do not have such a tool, but we will no longer highlight the ability to import information into services.
Users can join communities, so this is no longer just a social bookmarking service, but, in fact, a “social network,” that is, a social network. Groups within the service can be of two types: open and closed. Access to personal information can also be limited: either closed altogether, or opened to a limited circle of people, or made available to all users without exception. The web page saved on the service is a complete copy of the original, so if the resource you are interested in is unavailable for some reason, you can always access the information stored on Bobrdob.
In May of this year, the creators of the project opened the API for third-party developers, which added to the popularity of the service, as it became possible to create external applications and browser add-ons, as well as integrate Bobrdob with blogs and other services.
In general, a pleasant, fully working instrument, with almost no flaws. Among the few annoying little things users include is a large amount of spam, which, apparently, no one is monitoring.
4. 
Russian-language version of the popular international social bookmarking service. The total number of users visiting this project is about 4 million people per month.
The positive side of the service is its functionality - in fact, it is a full-fledged social network, whose users can exchange any information - both bookmarks and articles, quotes.
The project often pleases with original promotions - for example, right now there is a “spring cleaning” campaign. Its goal is to remove all spam, to “clean up the project” with the help of the users themselves.
The disadvantages of the service include some difficulty in navigation and the same spam - a lot of it was caused by Mr. Wong. I am glad that the authors of the project have begun to actively combat this problem.
5. 
This service is very similar in functionality to the projects described above, but its creators do not claim primacy. The authors emphasize that their service was created in order to emphasize the relevance of the information provided on popular blogs and portals. Webmasters can use this system to popularize their own resources, and this is very easy to do thanks to an intuitive system for registering and posting personal information.
Naturally, you can import bookmarks from other services, just like your browser bookmarks.
No particular shortcomings were noticed, except for some problems when registering a new user. Perhaps this is a special case.
6. 
High-quality service, which, however, is practically no different from all the others. You can limit access to personal information, or even save your data only for yourself, not allowing anyone to view it. If necessary, bookmarks can be made available to friends and acquaintances.
According to the creators, the project is “a free web service, the main purpose of which is to save information about links, files, notes and other data necessary for users while traveling on the World Wide Web.”
The advantages include a fairly high-quality internal search engine for keywords.
Disadvantages: difficulties in the registration system, low profile occupancy.
7. Ruspace.ru
High-quality service, the main advantage of which is its ascetic design, which allows you to quickly find the necessary tool. However, this is only relevant for users who already have some experience with the system. If you are visiting the site for the first time, you will have to spend a few minutes reading a large amount of text information, which at the same time represents links to the main working tools of the project.
Disadvantages include spelling errors in the interface, which do not detract from the dignity of the site, but it is still unpleasant to see errors on a professional resource. Already on the page that requires user registration, we see the following: “You must log in to view this page.”
By the way, social articles have another interesting aspect that webmasters can use to promote their own resources. How? Yes, it’s very simple - by placing bookmarks on their own projects, a webmaster can achieve a significant increase in search results.
Currently, the topic of social bookmarking is becoming especially relevant - both for ordinary Internet users who want to have at their disposal a universal tool for working with information found on the Web, and for webmasters who want to get additional visitors to their resource. According to rumors, the greatest traffic is brought by the services that rank first and second in our review: Memori.ru, Mymesto.ru.
In principle, most of the listed services differ in nothing special from each other; you can work with all of them. By the way, new social bookmarking services began to appear almost every month - among them there are a large number of “one-day” ones, but there are also quite worthy resources that deserve the right to exist. New services try to take into account the mistakes and shortcomings made by their predecessors.
Maybe the perfect project will appear soon? Who knows. In the meantime, we recommend that you try out all the services we described in order to create your own list of priority projects and use them with maximum comfort and efficiency.
Over the past year, we have seen an extraordinary increase in the popularity of social bookmarking. What is it - social bookmarks, what are they for? Let's try to figure it out. Bookmarks on your computer are used to store links to pages that you visit regularly or would like to visit later. And social bookmarks are stored not on the computer’s hard drive, but on a server on the Internet.
All this work of storing your links on the Internet is carried out by social bookmarking services. They perform many, many useful functions for the user. With these services you can:
Store bookmarks on the Internet. This gives you the ability to access your bookmark collection from any computer, no matter where you are.
Share and exchange bookmarks. All you have to do is give your friends a link to a page on a social service, and your bookmarks (not hidden from prying eyes) will tell you about your interests and favorite sites.
Find new interesting sites and like-minded people. If a person has saved the same link as you, maybe this indicates a common interest? Perhaps browsing through other bookmarks will bring you other finds.
Organize bookmarks using tags. You simply assign each bookmark a few keywords or phrases that best describe it. Therefore, you can easily and quickly find any link in your collection.
In order to add a social bookmark, you must be registered in one of the services. Below I have compiled a list of the 20 most popular services. Then you fill out a simple form where you indicate the URL of the page you liked, the title, a short description and assign tags. It's simple - your bookmark is ready.
4. Mister-wong.ru 
7. Google.com/bookmarks 
9. Myscoop.ru - The service ceased to exist
13. Myelect.ru - The service has ceased to exist
14. Ru-marks.net - The service has ceased to exist
You can create thematic panels (Boards), add category columns to them (Categories) and fill the latter with links. For example, you create an “Education” panel, then add columns “Courses”, “Books”, “Articles” and so on to it. Then all that remains is to fill them with relevant links.
With Papaly it is convenient to edit even a voluminous catalog of bookmarks. At any time, it can be easily reorganized in whole or in part, if necessary: the service allows you to drag and drop bookmarks between categories, and categories between panels.
Catalog navigation
Even with a large number of links, it is quite easy to navigate. Having grouped them wisely, you will see a collection neatly laid out on shelves in front of you. For greater clarity, the service displays a corresponding icon next to the name of each added site. To get to any link in the catalog, a couple of clicks are enough.
Bookmarks can be searched by name using the search form. In addition, the service can sort them alphabetically or by the number of your visits. You can also add frequently used sites to a special Speed Dial.
Additional features
Papaly developers have provided several useful functions for working with the database. To protect your precious collection, you can export all bookmarks from your personal Papaly account in HTML format. In case of any failures, it will be possible to recover lost data from it. In addition, the service supports importing links from browsers and other bookmark managers.
Since Papaly stores data in the cloud, all added links are synchronized between devices linked to a common account. Once you enter your username and password on the new device, all your bookmarks will appear there.
Plus, Papaly has a social component. The service acts as a repository of links to various resources, which is replenished by users. Anyone can open personal bookmarks for everyone else, and vice versa, look into other people’s panels with links on the chosen topic and discover several new useful sites.
And also, if you connect social network accounts to the service, then all posts marked with your likes in them will appear on the Social Bookmarks panel of Papaly. Here you'll see what posts you've recently liked on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
App, bookmarklet and browser extensions
To let you bookmark web pages without having to go to the Papaly site, the developers offer a bookmarklet, extensions for Chrome and Firefox, and an iOS app.
The iOS version allows you to send links to Papaly directly from your mobile browser. And with the help of bookmarklet and extensions, you can add bookmarks much faster in desktop Chrome and Firefox. Papaly for Android, as indicated on the service's official website, is still in development.
If you know a more convenient link manager than Papaly, tell us about it in the comments.
The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life for modern people. Communication, entertainment, recreation, work, hobbies - all this has partially transferred to the pages of the World Wide Web. How to effectively organize work on the network in order to have constant access to important information and receive the most up-to-date information. Using various online tools and services allows you to save the most valuable thing for a modern person - time.
The project participants have repeatedly described various cloud data storage facilities and various link storage services (so-called social or visual bookmarks) that help make work on the Internet efficient. Once again, there is no need to describe all these services.
Those who have not had time to familiarize themselves with such services can look at the following links:
Life in the clouds
Another review of cloud file storage
Visual bookmarks overview
It is very important for most network users to have a reliable storage of the most necessary links with constant access to them. Regardless of whether you work on the Internet, use materials from various network resources, or just relax on the World Wide Web, you always work with links. And in order not to forget or lose them, there is a need to store bookmarks in a secluded place. Despite the existence of a considerable number of different social bookmarking services, the topic of storing important links continues to be relevant. Using different browsers at work and at home, it is quite difficult to synchronize them so that the addresses of the necessary resources are available anywhere and on any device.
The first thing you notice is the design of the site in the Windows 8 style. The developers have very successfully chosen a style that noticeably distinguishes this project from its analogues.
After going through a simple registration and authorization process, which can be done through social networks, we get a pretty convenient workspace with many multi-colored blocks of links. They can be added, edited, moved and deleted. In addition to the basic functions for working with bookmarks, the developers have added the ability to create profiles. It will be quite useful for those who want to group their links by topic or area of application.
I liked the ability to customize the page design. Quite a lot of interesting and high-quality topics have been selected. I think everyone can customize their workspace to their liking.
You can also create notes. It is definitely difficult to say how useful this function will be for users of this service.
For some time I couldn’t figure out why the Links page was needed. Then, looking at the Info section, I discovered a new and very useful thing. To quickly save links from any browser, the authors suggest using not a browser add-on, but a simple bookmark.
Just drag the Timedesk link to the bookmarks bar. If you need to quickly save the address of an important resource, you just need to click on this bookmark. The information is sent to the Links section and contains the page name, date added and the address itself. I don’t know how the address is transferred from the browser line to the profile, but I can definitely say that it is very convenient. I use this very often, especially in those moments when I urgently need to run errands and don’t have time to read one or more important web pages.
It is worth noting that the site is localized into Russian and English. This suggests that the project is also aimed at a Western audience.
In any case, the guys did a very good job implementing the main features of Timedesk. This is reflected in the high speed, reliability and comfort of the service.
Thus, we can assume that the developers of this project are serious about conquering the sphere of social bookmarking and getting a place on the browser’s start page.
Where should we store our bookmarks so as not to lose them and have free access to them from any device?
I’ll tell you a little about sites where it’s convenient, in my opinion, to store bookmarks and have free access to them!
Services for storing bookmarks are convenient not only because they make it possible to save the addresses of interesting sites, but also because they allow you to see which sites other users have saved. This review contains the most interesting Russian-language resources for working with bookmarks...
Not a bad site "your bookmarks are simple and useful" You can go to it simply by clicking on the site banner!
By registering on the site, you can simply search by topic from other users, interesting sites...
Site "Picoos" go to the site, just click on the site banner.
Picoos- storage of your links.
You can store your bookmarks on the site or add temporary links.
Separation by catalogs will help you quickly navigate through them.
What I liked about it is that they let you try to work in it, without registration...
A very simple and, in my opinion, convenient site "Bookmarked" Just click on the banner to go to the site...
Well, the last one, what I use.. I’ll explain why... It’s not just important for me to store bookmarks, but also to have access to them, wherever I am... It’s also important to me what’s on my PC had buttons to quickly go to my bookmarks...
I looked through a lot of sites, and settled on the site to go, just click on the site banner
But there is one thing that is not big BUT The site is paid... only a hundred rubles... But I personally, I’m calm about my bookmarks!
Perhaps, when we started talking about rubles, some people immediately began to feel bad. Friends! For that kind of money, you won’t be able to buy yourself an eternal link anywhere with such high rates as in MyMesto.
So, why MoyoMesto.ru? Let's look:
In addition to these indicators, you will also receive additional traffic. More on this a little later, but first let’s find out what else you can get from this service.
MyPlace is:
- Internet bookmarking service;
- storing files on the Internet;
- interesting links.
How to get an eternal link to MyMesto.ru?
1. First of all (as always), you need to go through a simple registration.
2. Enter: Login, E-Mail and password.
3. Then we are transferred to payment (ROBOKASSA system). You need to pay 100 rubles. in any way available to you.
4. After payment, we are redirected to the main page. We go through authorization and go to your personal account.
5. Now you need to go to your profile settings and fill it out 100%. (add a picture, enter the site address in the site (blog) field, etc.).
6. The profile is complete, you can start adding bookmarks (notes). Therefore, click “+Add” ⇒ “bookmark”.
7. We have several fields that need to be filled out. In the “Link (URL)” field you need to indicate the address of the link to your website or blog. We can write anything in the name (you can use the name of the site). The “Description” field is optional. Click “Add”.
This is the panel I have in my browser that helps me work on the Internet, everything is at hand....
If my list of how to store online bookmarks still doesn’t suit you, I’ll insert it into the blog...advanced services for your choice, then what suits you... Read, try, choose!
And let interesting and necessary sites and blogs always be securely stored!
Services for storing bookmarks
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