Comparison of social bookmarking sites
These are current thoughts and comparisons of various social/URL
networking sites.
| Attribute | del.icio.us | furl.net | spurl.net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Since | 5/2002 | 10/2003 | 1/2004 |
| alexa rank as of 7/19/2005 | 5,246 [1] | 8,827 [2] | 11,392 [3] |
| start of rapid adoption | 11/2004 | 9/2004 | 1/2005 |
| public links | Y | Y | Y |
| private links | N | Y | Y |
| archived content | N | Y only by original user | via iarchive.org or google, maybe native |
| multiple versions of archived content | n/a | N | Y |
| unstructured categorization/tagging | Y | N | Y |
| RSS feeds of categories | Y | Y | |
| API | Y | N | N |
| open source | N | N | N |
| automatic sync | to and from del.icio.us | ||
| sovereignty | US | US | Iceland |
Reference Material:
furl.net discussions:
- 10 cool things to do with furl
- 9/23/04 Looksmart acquires furl
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About furl, file sharing and copyright
When you save an item with Furl, you save a copy of the document,
but that copy is only visible to you. When other users view an
item in your public archive, they are directed to the publishers
site and if it requires membership, they must sign up to see the
content.ref [1]: Alexa: del.icio.us site info
ref [2]: Alexa: furl.net site info
ref [3]: Alexa: spurl.net site info
July 20th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Thanks for sharing this analysis. I found another good resource on social bookmarking sites here:
http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/64211
It includes lots of sites, including some of the newer ones like blinklist. It also points to some other good reviews of other sites.