Social Bookmarking

Bookmarking with delicious What is social bookmarking? Social bookmarking is a way of saving URLs online so that you can access them from anywhere and tag and share them with others. Delicious is a great tool for curating content. 7 reasons to use social bookmarking: 1. Organize your collection of web-links 2. Share useful web-links within your team 3. Publish organized lists of resources for outside partners and clients 4. Keep up with the latest news, online resources, and information in your sector 5. Discover websites, online resources, organizations and individuals in your area of interest 6. Publish or promote your bookmarks on a blog or website 7. Search with a more human touch Lets get started... What is Delicious? Delicious is the place to collect and showcase your passions from across the web. Save what you like - videos, pictures, tweets, blog posts, or articles - on topics you enjoy and compile them into one themed stack for easy sharing. Register Visit http://delicious.com Click on Join in the top right-hand corner, to create an account or go to https:// secure.delicious.com/register Bookmarklets The bookmarklet is a button you add to your browser's Bookmarks Toolbar so you can easily save links to Delicious or directly into your stacks. Installing the bookmarklet is easy: 1. First, make sure your browser's bookmark toolbar is visible. In Firefox, choose "Bookmarks Toolbar" in View > Toolbars. 2. Second, drag the bookmarklet button to the right to your Bookmarks Toolbar. 3. That's it! Now, to save a webpage to Delicious, just click on your bookmarklet to open the save window. Add notes, tags, images, or send it directly to a stack. You can also highlight text on the page to add it to your comments.

This handout was created by SMEX and is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike unported license. Parts of it were inspired by a social bookmarking handout created by Practical Participation (www.practicalparticipation.co.uk).

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Bookmarking with delicious To get started, drop the Delicious bookmarklet in your browser bar and use it to add websites to themed stacks. Personalize each link with your comments and invite friends and colleagues to contribute their own links as well. You can keep your stack private, or, when its ready to share, publish your stack and help others discover your finds. Stacks Stacks can be about anything youre interested in - your favorite cookie recipes, how the federal budget works, or the worlds most atrocious sweaters. What is a stack? A stack is a collection of links built around a common theme, which can include the collector's commentary. They are a great way to present a more dynamic view of links rather than, say, a tag search result. Stack creators can choose link order, images, descriptions, and ultimately frame the conversation or topic with personal titles and comments. How do I share a link or a stack? You can click the arrow shaped share button on individual links or the "Share Stack" button on stacks to share them with friends on and off Delicious. You can also share a stack on Twitter or Facebook by clicking the "like" or "tweet" buttons just below the "Share Stack" button. Where are all the tools, buttons, bookmarklets and widgets? They're all located on the Tools page; you'll also find a link to the Tools page at the bottom of every page on Delicious. For more info: http://www.delicious.com/help#title0 Entering and choosing tags If you have trouble coming up with tags, look at the recommended or popular tags at the bottom of the form. Note that you can also use other languages, including Arabic, for tags! You can also add notes about the link as reminders for yourself or comments to others. You can make the link private if you prefer not to share it. Also note the Send tag (below). This is a way in which delicious users can send links to others through delicious, via Twitter, or by email. For example, want to share a link with us, type for:socialmediaexchange or go to https://secure.delicious.com/settings/people/ network and add socialmediaexchange to your network. Well add you back. You can also use Network bundles to create a bookmarking group.

This handout was created by SMEX and is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike unported license. Parts of it were inspired by a social bookmarking handout created by Practical Participation (www.practicalparticipation.co.uk).