Social+Bookmarking

Introduction
Social bookmarking is a way of storing bookmarks online so that they can be accessed from any computer. Each bookmark can be categorised by one or more key words (tags) to make it easier to organise and find bookmarks. Social bookmarks are public and can be shared with other users.

Social Bookmarking in plain English
Note that the following video uses the social bookmarking site Delicious. Yahoo, who own Delicious, have announced plans to close down the site. Other free social bookmarking sites include [|Diigo] and [|Google Bookmarks]

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Questions

 * 1) Describe the process of bookmarking (or adding favourites) before social bookmarking.
 * 2) List two disadvantages for storing bookmarks in this way.
 * 3) What is a tag, and how is it used in social bookmarking?
 * 4) Explain why social bookmarking is social.

Task
Create a Google account, and use the Google Bookmarks tool to set up 15 bookmarks of your choice. Make sure you provide appropriate tags for each bookmark

Assessment
This task can be one of your three assessments for Assessment 3.

Create a blog post or word processed document which:
 * specifies the url
 * explains how you registered for your social bookmarking account
 * explains how you added bookmarks
 * explains how you added tags
 * contains 3 different screenshot views of your bookmarks