Diigo has been around for a while. I recently re-visited the social bookmarking tool and actually found out that it has a lot more features than my current favourite, del.ico.us:
- Longer description when bookmarking pages.
- Saving bookmarks to Twitter (if you are into that!)
- Web links can be automatically saved to del.ico.us and 3 other social sites.
- Instant bookmarking of a web page (one click save)
- The toolbar has an icon which shows whether the site has been bookmark previously.
- Bookmarks can be tagged read/unread status
- There are highlighting and collaborative features like sticky notes and site comments/
- You can import from other social bookmarking tools (del.ico.us, magno.lia.com, furl, etc)
- Images can be clipped and saved.
- Embedded videos can be captured and saved (supporting youtube.com, myspace.com, video.google.com, video.yahoo.com, atomfilms.com and many others)
- You can send bookmarks to major blog platforms easily (one of my favourite features)
- Cached feature: archive of the original bookmarked webpage can be accessed
- Diigo's Site Communities aggregate users who bookmark & annotate the same website & build meaningful reader communities.
-Dashboard: A quick glance of all the latest activities from you and your friends on Diigo. Check out public bookmarks and annotations your friends have added, see what groups they have joined or created, and other interesting activities they are doing at Diigo. also shows you all of your incoming messages, friend request, group invites and more.
Don't get me wrong, del.ico.us is still an amazing and simple tool for any Web 2.0 newbie. I am now in process of transferring all my bookmarks to Diigo. Those del.ico.us links posted on my blog will be renamed also to Diigo links very soon.
Unfortunately, Diigo lacks one simple feature that del.ico.us has: bundles to manage group of tags. The reason I like bundles is because del.ico.us firefox toolbar allows easy access to the bookmarks via bundles as shown below.
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7 Reply to "Diigo: a cut above over Del.icio.us"
Maggie on 13 May 2008 00:04
Thanks for the review. Glad that you found diigo useful..
hm, Diigo is under constant improvement. Stay tuned, as Diigo gets better and better!
Look forward to your active participation in the community!
DaComboMan on 13 May 2008 00:09
Gina,
Diigo has come along way and like Maggie said, i am quite sure that it's going to get better and better.
Clif on 13 May 2008 05:11
Thanks for the friend invite at Diigo. I haven't been there in a very long time (since beta).
I may return after reading your glowing review.
Your friend across the pond ...
Clif
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Linden on 16 May 2008 08:06
I am 100% with you on Diigo being better than del.icio.us! I'm working on a blog about it right now too. :)
Diigo doesn't have bundles, but it does have lists. Could you manage Diigo lists in FF like you do the bundled tags in del.icio.us? I don't use my browser for any bookmarking, as I prefer to just use the site, so I can't help more than reminding you of the list feature, which I totally love. :)
Zia on 16 May 2008 09:19
Hi Linden
Thanks for your comment.
Yes, I am fully aware of the List feature. Until a Diigo resolve the 'bundle' issue, I use an RSS feed of my Diigo tags as live bookmarks. Not ideal but I will patiently wait!
By the way, you have a nice blog!
Linden on 16 May 2008 09:50
Thanks for the kind words about my blog! I'm enjoying yours as well and have subscribed to it already.
Paul Malinos on 02 June 2008 21:16
There is also twine.com (that i prefer beacuse of semantic Web) and jamespot.com because of simplicity
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