Delicious as a social bookmarking tool

 

I had a few problems with Delicious; it didn't send an email to verify my email address, so I was unable to "follow" the SISsocialmedia user page. I found the search functionality to be poorly structured, as the search returned bookmarks rather than user pages. Overall I would say it is not particularly user friendly for new users.


I then created a Diigo account instead. It installs a little button on your bookmark toolbar which is helpful, and then you select how you want to record web pages. I  can see how this would be a great resource to a large public library, where several librarians could share an account and record useful pages as they come across them. From a business perspective, it would depend on the organisation as to whether they would have a use for it. Larger companies tend to have intranets where the content is managed by a select group of people; smaller or more creative and less traditional organisations would have more potential use for bookmarking collaboration.