social bookmarking

social bookmarking definition - computer

Ranking a Web site by users who like the content rather than by the total number of links to the site. Social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) let users tag their favorite sites with key words and post them for others to see. See folksonomy and page ranking.


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Tag Your Favorite Site

del.icio.us offers browser tools for tagging sites. For example, clicking Tag in the Firefox browser opens a window for adding notes and descriptive tags to the site before posting it.






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