The worldwide web has becomea fathomless ocean of information available at the tip of your fingertips,where ignorance has no excuse.
Access to seamless knowledge iseasy, but retrieval of information relevant to a certain purpose canput your patience to a test.
Where exactly do you start? In a labyrinth of sites throughoutthe internet, to retrieve information at will is more difficult thanfinding a piece of needle among haystacks.
Remembering specificlocation of information that need further study may pose a challengeas well.
Bookmarking was born out ofthese necessities.
Some people access the interneton "borrowed time" - during a coffee break, in the course of research,or in the middle of a conference session.
Information they wantto keep either for reference or for keepsake find a special place inthe bookmark, the most convenient place to store valuable informationwhile in haste.
Bookmarking can be done on addressesin the internet that you frequently visit.
This aids you in locatingvaluable information, at once.
News items you wish to read further,or do lengthy research on, can also be put in this special repository.
Bookmarking is highly functional - almost anything can be saved forlater.
But there are disadvantagesas well.
Ordinary bookmarking in yourPC's browser may allow you to save valuable information but restrictsyour access to this information in your PC alone.
Accessing itfrom an internet café, your school's library or from the workplaceis futile.
When you have overloaded yourbrowser with stored information, retrieval may slow down, then you areback on square one - you will be finding pieces of needles among haystacksagain.
Don't despair.
Socialbookmarking is now here.
Social bookmarking has definiteadvantages and features, alien to ordinary bookmarking.
For one,it has gone public.
Social bookmarking is sharedby individuals belonging to a similar bookmarking service like Wirefan.
It allows them access to theirpersonal bookmarks anywhere, share these among their friends, or boosttheir collection with additional bookmarks coming from online friends,as well.
In short, social bookmarkingtransforms the concept of a once-private activity into a progressiveinterchange of information among people sharing what they find and gatherfrom their virtual existence.
Every bookmark falls under aclassification labeled with "tags".
Retrieval of selectinformation becomes easier since tags describe what's in store inthe bookmark.
Organizing and sharing of bookmarks among friendsbecome hassle-free.
Browsing bookmarks belongingto other people, as well as allowing other people to view yours is madepossible by social bookmarking, in fact, this feature defines what is"social" in social bookmarking.
Bookmarks do not merely defineyour preference, they tell your story.
Remember, you are what you holdmost dear to your hearts.
Therefore, bookmark only what is good,fair and inspiring.
We are directly responsible for the kind ofinfluence we put on others.
Christiene S.
C.
Villanueva