We all have things that attract us to certain websites on the Internet. What are the things that attract you? Is it the design, content, functionality, color, subject matter, name of the website?
What makes you bookmark a website?
David Jackson
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What Makes You Bookmark a Website?
We all have things that attract us to certain websites on the Internet. What are the things that attract you? Is it the design, content, functionality, color, subject matter, name of the website?
What makes you bookmark a website?
David Jackson
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http://www.Free-Marketing-Tips-Blog.com
I bookmark sites either because of some interesting functionality, or because of interesting content.
As I'm a web developer I also occasinaly bookmark websites with a good design, but I don't think average joe does this (much).
I've never bookmarked a website based on it's name or color and I don't think I ever will.
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That's exactly the kind of response that I was looking for. I'm a marketing consultant, so I tend to bookmark sites with lots of great marketing content and resources.Originally Posted by ScallioXTX
David Jackson
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This is a good question =)
I seldom bookmark websites.. unless it is something related to my trade, which is SEO or Web Property.
I used to bookmark sites a lot more than I do now to be honest - the reasons being that Firefox's awesomebar and otherwise Google#s search index makes refinding that site/page pretty easy anyway.
If I use a site regularly or see it as more of a resource then I will probably bookmark it still of course...
Documentation is often bookmarked or for IE users "favourited". Prefer to download documentation though.
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I use CTRL-D in Firefox almost subconsciously. If something reaches an "significance threshold" i will bookmark it.
That said, I can't stand the Firefox bookmarking system (or any built in browser solution for that matter). Perhaps it's because of the sheer volume of bookmarks, but I've never found a decent bookmarking management solution.
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I bookmark articles with either tutorials (if I'm learning a certain topic like Apache mod_rewrite or Javascript) or articles for reference. Many of my bookmarks are so I can grab them for other people talking about the same subject. I also have my validators bookmarked because I'm too lazy to google. Some specs are bookmarked for quick lookups.
Because I don't use RSS, I have a list of web comics bookmarked and I just check them every week.
RSS may be why some pages don't get bookmarked as much as you would expect.
I mostly bookmark websites when I'm in a hurry and don't have the time to read all the content, so I can read it later on.
If there is lots of content I need later on, or too much interesting things to read and I still need it, I put it in my bookmarks.
Sometimes, to remind me, I just mail myself an email with a link to the website, so I can reach my deadline to read the info I need.
FireFox has an excellent add-on for this purpose: Read it later
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i almost never bookmark anymore, except if the site loads fresh articles often that i find interesting, or if they have great tutorials
*bookmarks the link*
offcourse site design and because of site features. If the site design is advanced and beautiful we might learn from it by bookmarking it and open it later. If it has got excellent features then quick signup will be a deal.
Off Topic:
*bookmarks the link*
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These are some great replies, guys. Keep 'em coming!
David Jackson
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Anything that I'll need to go back and look at for one reason or another.
Many webpages contain read-once content - i.e. once you've read it, you've read it and you know it. These don't get bookmarked all too often.
Pages which have a lot of information (such as a reference) or which update regularly with useful information (such as a parcel tracking service) end up being bookmarked by me. I have a few dozen guitar tabs bookmarked, as well as some piano scores, some revision websites and a page which is currently tracking my soon-to-be-arriving laptop delivery.
I also bookmark services - such as quick translators (e.g. English to Welsh, or Decimal to Binary), RegEx checkers and email systems like Windows Live Mail. My phone has Facebook and Sky News bookmarked because they are the services I use most on my phone.
Jake Arkinstall
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Sometimes its enough to make that wheel more rounded"-Molona
I generally book mark sites depending upon the importance of the content it have. I am not minding other things.
Most of my bookmarks are actually to basic designless websites with good physics/maths content on.
Design is useful but isn't a reason for people to come back to your website unless they are designers themselves. It's like having a restaurant - even if it looks nice, if the food is bad they won't come back. If it looks boring but the food is great, it can still thrive.
Jake Arkinstall
"Sometimes you don't need to reinvent the wheel;
Sometimes its enough to make that wheel more rounded"-Molona
Normally things that I think I'm likely to need or want to re-read in the near future. These normally fall under the categories of processing photos, taking better pictures, solutions to things I've realised I do that are bad coding practice (or an improvement) and generally cool or new web dev related things, especially javascript.
When I applied for jobs a couple of years ago I also bookmarked places that interested me.
Content of revisiting or consistent usefulness is the main reason why people bookmark websites (as in it's so valuable they don't want to risk forgetting about it).
PS: Most of my bookmarks are of projects I'm involved in (so I can easily manage all of my accounts and do my job effectively).
I always like to bookmark the website which are related to my theme and with full of unique information and great content.
That's a great idea, Alex!Most of my bookmarks are of projects I'm involved in (so I can easily manage all of my accounts and do my job effectively).
David Jackson
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If it's interesting, but not quite necessary to subscribe to RSS (or the ability to unavailable) , or if it is something which is easily definable and classifiable, then it's bookmarked. If it's something transient and tag-able (say if I like a blg post about wordpress hacks) then I'll use delicious. If it's something of an area I'll return to (say, like places of interest to visit) then I'll usually use my native browser bookmarks.
i often bookmark sites when they've got either a nice lay-out or a interesting gadget (or something like that). cause it's interesting what other websites look like, and what skills the webmasters of those site have. as a 15-year old i don't know all of the languages, so i like to discover new posibilities
I bookmarked sites or projects I'm working with so I can access on it right away. By that, I don't need to memorized the URL's, IP Address or DNS because sometimes we can't avoid being forgetful.
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