Presented by: Nicole Pernatozzi & Elizabeth Menchaca SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

 What is social bookmarking?  Social bookmarking sites  Example and tutorial on how to use a social bookmarking site  Stumble Upon  Why use a social bookmarking site  Video on how to use it  Discussion questions  Resources AGENDA

 It is a tagging a website and saving it for later. Instead of saving them to your web browser, you are saving them to the web. And, because your bookmarks are online, you can easily share them with friends. It is a tagging a website and saving it for later. Instead of saving them to your web browser, you are saving them to the web. And, because your bookmarks are online, you can easily share them with friends. WHAT IS SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?

 There are 50+ Social Bookmarking sites  Their uses range from research and bibliography sharing to simple bookmarking storage spaces  They have Italian and Pakistani social bookmarking sites SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITES

SOCIAL BOOKMARK ING SITES: STUMBLE UPON Personal tutorial on how to use it

SOCIAL BOOKMARK ING SITES :PINTEREST Personal Tutorial on how to use it

You can access a social bookmarking site from multiple computers and multiple browsers These sites don’t loose bookmarked sites like web browsers do Can easily distribute and share links to these sites with friends and other users The user can control all of the links and sites, the site doesn’t add sites that are recommended unless you want it to These sites are free WHY IS A SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITE USEFUL?

Business Use & Personal Use SOCIAL BOOKMARKING WEBSITES ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY FOR SEVERAL REASONS, THEY ARE NOT ONLY A GREAT PERSONAL TOOL BUT ALSO AN INCREASINGLY POWERFUL TOOL FOR BUSINESS HE IDEA BEHIND SOCIAL BOOKMARKING IS THAT PEOPLE “BOOKMARK” SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET TO PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SOCIAL WEBSITES, OTHER PEOPLE CAN THEN SEE YOUR SOCIAL BOOKMARK, READ WHAT YOU HAVE BOOKMARKED AND THEN SHARE IT AGAIN. THIS CREATES A MUCH LARGER LEVEL OF EXPOSURE FOR THE CONTENT.

 HOW TO USE SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITES

Questions HAVE YOU EVER USED A SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITE? NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THESE SITES ARE WILL YOU USE ONE? WHAT ARE SOME BENEFITS TO THESE SITES? DO YOU THINK THESE SITES ARE BETTER FOR PERSONAL USE OR FOR CAREER/BUSINESS USE?

Resources  OCIALBOOKMARKING101/P/ABOUTSOCI ALTAGS.HTM  COM/50-SOCIAL-BOOKMARKING-SITES- IMPORTANCE-OF-USER-GENERATED-TAGS- VOTES-AND-LINKS/    HY-YOU-SHOULD-USE-SOCIAL- BOOKMARKING-FOR-SEO/