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| Social Bookmarking Websites |
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Social Bookmarking Websites allow consumers to bookmark websites on the Web using tags and other forms of categorization. Bookmarking is when a user saves a link to a webpage These bookmarks are available for the user anywhere in the world through with a web browser and an Interent connection. Social Bookmarking Websites also allow the bookmark owners to share his/her bookmarks with others, thus creating a discovery engine for new websites.
Tags, or keywords, allow users to describe / categorize a specific bookmark for easy filing and finding later. Tagging is a form of taxonomy and is a non-hierarchical keyword or term describing to a piece of information (such as a website link, photo, or file on a computer). Social Bookmarking Websites allow all users to tag websites as they see fit and this collection of tags is known as a folksonomy.
Social Bookmarking is slowly becoming common place as web surfers are flooded with new websites and media such as videos, pictures, and music. Social Bookmarking Websites provide convenience for users that want to store their bookmarks but don't want to be tied to viewing their bookmarking on one computer. Social Bookmarking allow access from any computer as long as their is a web browser and an Internet connection.
Social Bookmarking Websites began as a way for those in the educational field to share data and sources of information with others however it has evolved into a mass consumer service that is beneficial to all web surfers. Current service providers are focusing more on community features such as sharing bookmark lists and providing recommendations. |
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| Web Browsers |
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Web browsers allow users to surf the web. Web browsers translate web page and graphics code to create what you see, a legible webpage. Web browsers are a user's eyes for viewing the web. |
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