Frequently when you read an article on a website such as the BBC
you’ll see a series of icons or buttons along the bottom of the article.
Beside these icons it will usually say something like ‘add this’ or
‘bookmark this’ or ‘share this. In fact, you will see a version of a
‘share this’ button below every post in this blog.
If you press any of these they automatically add a ‘public bookmark’
for this article into a bookmarking service. A ‘public boomark’ is a
page on the Internet where you can show people all the websites and
articles that you think are good, and worth visiting. Its like saying,
‘I bookmarked this because I think its its good, why don’t you have a
look.
Popular bookmarking services include Delicious, Digg, Reddit, and
Stumbleupon. Because you’re effectively recommending...