Bookmarking and Tagging

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Bookmarking and Tagging
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What is Bookmarking?

• Favorites
• Saved URLs
• Computer
• Web (access anywhere)
• Rename title
• Organize in folders
• Personal or Shared (Social)

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Where can you Bookmark?

• Browsers (example Internet Explorer)
• Many Web sites (examples)
• myBlackHawk
• iGoogle Gadget
• http//Yahoo.com
• http//delicious.com

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What is Tagging?

• Sometimes called Labeling
• Word(s) describe URL
• No hierarchy
• No Folders
• Save URL once
• Searchable
• Assign tag by
• Yourself
• Others

Some information based on http//delicious.com
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Tag Examples

• Location
• Name
• Subject
• Web Site
• Category
• People
• Place
• Idea

• Example
• Title myBlackHawk
• URL http//myblackhawk.bhc.edu
• Possible Tags
• BHC (or BlackHawkCollege)
• portal
• login

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Where can you Tag?

• Google (label)
• Gmail
• Bookmark gadget (iGoogle)
• Yahoo Bookmarks
• Office 2007 (available upon saving files)
• http//www.last.fm/ (music)
• http//flickr.com (photos)
• http//delicious.com (URLs)

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Social Bookmarking (1 of 3)

• Tagged URLs
• Simply, share bookmarks
• Find popular
• List
• Size of Tag (clouds)
• Number saved by
• Hotlist
• Rate via

Most information based on http//delicious.com
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Social Bookmarking (2 of 3)

• Recommended tags
• Bundle tags
• Networking
• Similar interests
• Option not to share
• Personal
• Password hints

Most information based on http//delicious.com
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Social Bookmarking (3 of 3)

• RSS Feeds (tag updated)
• Subscribe
• View users shared
• Link rolls
• Tag Rolls
• Network Badges
• Facebook Integration

Most information based on http//delicious.com
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Where can you Social Bookmark?

• http//www.last.fm (music)
• http//flickr.com (photos)
• http//delicious.com (URLs)

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Social Bookmarking Advantages

• Humans tag, not algorithms
• Access anywhere
• Buttons on browser
• Share or Keep Private
• Rank

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Social Bookmarking Disadvantages

• No standard tags
• Spammers
• Singular vs. Plural vs. CaSe
• No spaces in tags

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Cant Decide?

• Existing accounts?
• Some Import/Export
• Personal or Social

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Resources

• Wikipedia
• Bookmark (Computers)
• Tag (metadata)
• Social bookmarking
• http//del.icio.us/help/
• http//beta.bookmarks.yahoo.com/welcome