I had always wondered what tagging is? De.icio.us was easy to use though I had trouble adding a subscription. I can see now that adding bookmarks on a computer in the traditional way is quite restrictive. It is useful to be able to add several tags to the same resource. I was concerned that if you had a large number of sites bookmarked, that to organise them you would need to be careful with the bookmarks you used. This was before I realised that the tags you have used are displayed in De.icio.us and you can pick from them. In this day an age when people move regularly between computers and mobile devices, it is useful to have your bookmarks follow you.
It is also in an organisation's interest to add a link to De.icio.us. as another way for potential clients to acccess it. Checked a few out = the State Library of New South Wales has a link to De.icio.us, but the Taronga Park Zoo hasn't . It was quite satisfying to realise that I could now recognise a number of those mysterious ittle icons (Facebook. Twitter, Flickr and now De.icio.us) on a website.
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