List of social bookmarking websites

A social bookmarking website is a centralized online service that allows users to store and share Internet bookmarks. Such a website typically offers a blend of social and organizational tools, such as annotation, categorization, folksonomy-based tagging, social cataloging and commenting. The website may also interface with other kinds of services, such as citation management software and social networking sites.[1]

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BibSonomy | A system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature.
Digg | A news aggregator with an editorially driven front page.
Diigo | Designed to bookmark web pages and highlight key points for reference. Has both a free version and a premium version.
Hatena | Hatena Bookmark is a social bookmarking service by a Japanese company. It is often colloquially referred to as Hatebu.
Pearltrees | Collaborative bookmark exploration and curation tool organized and presented like a mind map.
Pinterest | A web and mobile application that offers visual discovery, collection, sharing, and storage of images.
Pinboard | Pinboard has a plain design and a focus on personal management of bookmarks using tags to organize them, similar to early versions of the Delicious social bookmarking service
Reddit | Users submit content in the form of either a link or a text ("self") post. Links and content can be voted on.
SiteBar | A free online bookmarking manager. It is open source software, mainly funded by authors' donations.
We Heart It | An image-based social network for inspiring images.
Plurk | A free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (known as plurks) through short messages or links, which can be up to 210 text characters in length (previously 140).
Scoop.it | A content curation website that lets businesses and professionals to research and publish content.
Flipboard | A content aggregator website that allows users to share, group, and collect content from multiple sources.

## Defunct sites

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Name  | Description

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BookmarkSync |
CiteULike | A web service that allowed users to save and share citations to academic papers.
Clipmarks | a Delicious-like social bookmarking service, bought by Clipboard in 2012.[2]
Connotea | discontinued service on March 12, 2013.
Delicious | The site was bought by Avos Systems on April 27, 2011, though was operated by Yahoo! until July 2011.[3] On June 1, 2017, Delicious was acquired by Pinboard, and the service will be discontinued. As of March 2018, the website is read-only.
Faves | as of January 2012, the service is no longer active.
Furl | web page clipping and archiving service, founded in 2003 and acquired by Diigo in 2009.[4]
Gnolia | formerly Ma.gnolia
My Web | as of November 2005 - Internet Expert
oneview |
Pocket | Established in 2007, for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. [5]
Simpy | formerly de.lirio.us
StumbleUpon | StumbleUpon was a discovery engine that finds and recommends web content to its users. It has moved to Mix
Trackle | Trackle offered a variety of information categories that users could keep tabs on and share like-interests with groups of users via Twitter, SMS, and Email.
Twine | Twine existed from 2007 to 2010.
Newsvine | Owned by NBC, Community-powered which hosts content from its users and syndicated content. Discontinued on October 1, 2017, redirected to NBCNEWS web page
Xmarks | Syncs bookmarks (folders & sub-folders) and profiles across different browsers and platforms. Includes sharing option and possibility to access bookmarks via web-based interface. On May 1, 2018, Xmarks was discontinued after being acquired by LastPass.

## See also

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* Comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms
* List of social software
* List of social networking services
* Comparison of reference management software
* Social network aggregation

## Notes and references

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1. ^ Gilbertson, Scott (November 6, 2006). "Social Bookmarking Showdown". Wired.
2. ^ "As Social Bookmarking Reignites, Venture-Backed Clipboard Acquires Clipmarks & Amplify".
3. ^ Guynn, Jessica (27 April 2011). "Bookmark this: YouTube's Chad Hurley and Steve Chen buy Delicious from Yahoo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
4. ^ "Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart".
5. ^ https://getpocket.com/farewell