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10 of the Best Bookmarking Tools
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What We Like Text-to-speech feature overcomes visual and reading impairments. The web version is ad free. What We Don't Like Limited multimedia support. No desktop app versions. Instapaper is one of the most popular bookmarking tools on the web. It saves and formats articles to be more readable, eliminating the clutter that often accompanies web page articles. Apps are available for Kindle, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android. Everything you save can be called up later on any of these devices that link to your Instapaper account. Likewise you can access your saved content through any desktop or mobile browser. A browser extension makes saving articles easy: Simply hit the Instapaper button Then, visit your Instapaper account to read the material when you have more time. Visit Instapaper Pocket
What We Like Comprehensive multimedia support. Social network for sharing articles. Offline viewing capability. What We Don't Like No text highlighting. No support for comments. Formerly known as Read It Later, Pocket allows you to save almost anything from your browser and other web apps such as Twitter, email, Flipboard, and Pulse. You can tag what you save to help you organize, sort, and find content. Pocket is easy to use, even for beginners. You don’t need an internet connection to read stuff stored in Pocket, and you can view items you've saved from a wide range of devices including tablets and smartphones. Visit Pocket Pinterest
What We Like Powerful search features. Easy to share pins on other social media platforms. What We Don't Like Pinning articles takes a few more steps than it should. Easy to get distracted and lose hours browsing the website. If you're more into collecting visual content and sharing it in a social medium, you need to be on Pinterest. Pinterest allows you to create as many organized pinboards composed of images and content you "pin." Download the Pinterest toolbar button so you can pin anything you stumble across while web browsing. Just click Pin It, and the tool pulls all the images from the web page, from which you choose one to pin with your link. You can organize your pins into boards for easy retrieval and viewing. Visit Pinterest Evernote Web Clipper
What We Like Nice selection of annotation tools. Very lightweight and user-friendly. What We Don't Like Sometimes has compatibility issues with browser updates. No Gmail integration. If you have not yet discovered the amazing organizational possibilities of the cloud-based tool Evernote, you're in for a revelation. Evernote is great for so much more than bookmarking, but its Web Clipper tool is essential for saving and tagging pages in whole or in part. Clips can be stored in notebooks to keep them organized. Visit Evernote Web Clipper Trello
What We Like Many uses beyond bookmarking. Terrific mobile support with an outstanding visual layout. What We Don't Like More features than needed if you just want a bookmark tool. There are more robust tools for professional collaboration. Trello is a personal or team-based collaboration tool for sharing information and performing tasks, functioning like a mix between Pinterest and Evernote. You use it to build lists of other lists containing cards of information. Trello also has a convenient browser add-on that you can drag to your bookmarks bar and then use whenever you're visiting a web page that you'd like to save as a card. Visit Trello Bitly
What We Like Highly useful for social media marketing. Bundles feature organizes links to share. What We Don't Like Everything is shared publicly by default. Multitude of features can be overwhelming. Bitly is mainly known as a link shortener and marketing tool, but you can use it as a bookmarking tool as well. Install the Bitly extension to Chrome or Firefox and use the Android or iOS app to easily save any web page as a bitlink to your account. Your links will be viewable under Your Bitlinks. Tag and search functions help you keep them organized. Visit Bitly Flipboard
What We Like Offers good deals on magazine subscriptions. Attractive interface for reading offline. What We Don't Like Web version lacks features found in the mobile app. Trending content is often repetitive. Flipboard is a personal magazine app that you'll appreciate if you like the layout of a classic magazine. You don't need to save your own links to start using Flipboard; it shows you articles and posts based on what's being shared by people in your social networks. You can curate your own magazines with links that you collect for custom content. The easiest way to do this is to install the bookmarklet or extension. Visit Flipboard Digg
What We Like Access to new editions every weekday at 9 a.m. Access to the latest handpicked articles and products. Clean interface on both web and app. What We Don't Like Website isn't secured with an SSL certificate. No way to search your own saves. Once a popular social bookmarking site, Digg is now primarily a news aggregator that you can use to discover and save interesting articles. There's still a bit of a social twist to the platform with its Digg feature, which is like a thumbs-up to vote the story up. Digg specializes in bringing its audience content in topics such as tech, science, politics, and entertainment. Whenever you see an article you like, you can select the bookmark icon on it to add it to the Saved section of your Digg account. Visit Digg Mix
What We Like Social bookmarking with ability to follow users and be followed. Ability to organize saved content into collections. Ability to choose interests and have content curated for you. What We Don't Like Som unique features of StumbleUpon didn't make it into Mix. Clicks on stories take you to the original site so you don't get to stay on a clean, streamlined layout. StumbleUpon was discontinued as a service in 2018 and rolled into Mix, which is a platform you can use to discover and curate interesting things you find online. In addition to letting you follow topics of interest, you also can follow individual users (which might be suggested to you, depending on who in your current social networks is also on Mix). When you find a story you like, add it to an existing or new collection, like categories for your bookmarks. Other users can follow and subscribe to your collections. Visit Mix Reddit
What We Like One of the best sources of news and popular content on the web. Commenting provides a strong community aspect. Lots of extra features including messages, separate activity tabs, awards, and more. What We Don't Like Not built to be a content reader, so you have to click off the site to view content. Overwhelming number of subreddits, many of which are inactive or rarely updated. You can use Reddit, the popular social news site, as a personal bookmarking tool. The site is largely known for its upvote/downvote features that push the good content to the top, and you can use the Save button on any post to add it to your Saved tab in your profile. Reddit is the only bookmarking tool on this list that has a real community engagement component. Unlike the rest, which might allow you to connect with friends in your social network and follow them/be followed, Reddit allows you to read comments from other users and post your own. Visit Reddit Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire The Best Web Browsers for the iPad 10 Best Free Photo Resizers The Top 10 Personalized Start Pages for Your Web Browser The 9 Best Free PDF Editors (October 2022) Top 5 Social Travel Sites 10 Tips on How to Make Something Go Viral Online The 8 Best Facebook Alternatives in 2022 14 Best Places to Get Free Music Downloads Legally What Is Feedly? How to Use Reddit How to Add and Save a Website to the Home Screen on Your iPad The 23 Best Chrome Extensions for Chromebooks in 2022 The 22 Best Free iPad Apps of 2022 The Top 10 Internet Browsers for 2022 The 10 Best News Aggregators of 2022 What Is Pinterest? How Does It Work? Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies