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del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. It allows you to keep your bookmarks online and share them with others, as well as browse other members bookmarks and find new resources, be it for entertainment, research or to find other members with similar interests to you.
del.icio.us can be used in many ways. Those listed as examples on the site itself include;
- Research - Keep track of the sites you’ve used for researching a specific topic - this will make it easier to come back to them when it comes time to do your referencing.
- Wishlist - You can save pages from commerce sites to your wishlist on del.icio.us and then send people to http://del.icio.us/username/wishlist to feed them gift ideas.
- Podcasting - You can find or post podcasts using the mp3+podcast tag combination.
- Vacation Planning - Bookmark and tag all the sites you find whilst researching your holiday, or browse through to find sites others have found for the destination you wish to visit.
- Linklog - You can save bookmarks to interesting websites along with a bit of commentary. There are features on the site to help you posts these lists to your own blog.
- Cookbook - Bookmark recipes and tag them with the recipe’s ingredients or style of cooking.
- Collaboration - Create groups, specific tags or share an account with friends or colleagues.
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