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+Like speed dial, bookmarks are essential. Just like you've long since forgotten your friends phone numbers, good luck trying to remember the exact URLs of the pages you want to revisit.
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+The problem is most of us have several computers, one at work, one at home and maybe a laptop as well. Syncing and managing bookmarks between them is pain, especially if some are Macs, some Windows and some running a mobile OS.
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+But it isn't impossible, here's a our guide to keeping your bookmarks in sync at work, at home and on the go.
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+#Get Organized
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+Before you run off exploring sync options, it's worth taking a minute to organize your bookmarks and develop a consistent system of folders or tags or other organizational scheme. There's no one recipe that's going to work for everyone, so you'll just have to settle on one that works for you.
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+Many browsers on the market today offer more bookmark tools than most people realize. Opera and Firefox for instance both let you add descriptions and short notes to your bookmarks. They also allow you to assign "keyword" shortcuts. 
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+In Firefox head to Bookmarks >> Organize Bookmarks. Select the bookmark you want to create a shortcut for and click the information icon. This will bring up a little window where you can extra data about the bookmark, including a keyword abbreviate. Say you're bookmarking Wired.com, enter a "w" in the keyword field and save your changes. Now head to the URL bar, type and "w" and hit return. Firefox will automatically load wired.com.
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+#Bookmark Applications
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+We tend to think of Bookmarks as something stored in the browser, but they don't have to be. In fact system wide URL managers are common on all platforms and offer the advantage of accessing your bookmarks from any program.
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+Most system wide managers will add a new option to menu bar (Mac) or taskbar (Windows) that offers a list of bookmarks just like you're used to in a browser, but you can get to it from anywhere.
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+If you're just trying to have access to your bookmarks regardless of what browser you're using this is an ideal way to go.
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+On the Mac you can try "URL Manager Pro"<http://www.url-manager.com/>. The app costs 25 Euro and is slightly outdated looking but has powerful features like tracking your History using several different browsers (making it a universal history manager as well), multiple format import and export and integration with .Mac. Other Mac options include "iURL"<http://www.turingart.com/iurl_lan__en.htm> (19 Euro) and "Bookdog"<http://www.sheepsystems.com/products/bookdog/> ($20).
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+Windows users can turn to "Links2Tray"<http://www.wv-be.com/Links2tray.asp>, a free a utility that resides in the system tray and combine Internet Explorer's Favorites, Netscape's Bookmarks, and Opera's Hotlist links. Despite what it says, the app will also read Firefox bookmarks.
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+#Online Bookmark Servers
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+The above methods are great if you're on one machine and using multiple browsers or IM clients, but what if you want access to the same bookmarks on two separate machines?
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+For that you have two options, one would be a thumb drive, but that involves constantly exporting and importing, or dedicated portable apps, neither of which are as simple as the second option -- online storage.
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+If you just want to store and access your bookmarks there are plenty of dedicated bookmark storage sites that will allow you load your favorites into any browser from anywhere. Some even offer browser plugins or add-on to make the process smoother. 
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+"SiteBar"<http://sitebar.org/> is one option. The free service is limited to 500 bookmarks, though for a 1 euro a month you can upgrade to unlimited. SiteBar offers link validation, secure access (SSL) and daily backups.
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+"Yahoo Bookmarks"<http://bookmarks.yahoo.com/> and "Google Bookmarks"<http://www.google.com/bookmarks/> offer similar services for free, though lack niceties such as validation and duplicate removal. Both companies make toolbars for Firefox and IE to provide easy access to your bookmarks.
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+#Social Bookmarking
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+Like bookmark servers, social bookmarking services let you keep links to your favorite web destinations in one location that's accessible from any computer on the net. 
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+But the added ability to share your favorite web destinations and search through other users' bookmarks to discover new sites, has made them a highly addictive and truly remarkable phenomenon in last couple years.
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+There's a score of services out there, and no single service has it all. Some social bookmarking sites focus more closely on sharing and discovery, while others offer more options for sorting and organizing.
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+"Del.icio.us"<http://del.icio.us/> is the site that started the whole social bookmarking trend, and with more than 3 million users, it remains one of the most popular. The site's search and sharing features make it an interesting place to explore even if you don't use it for storage.
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+Handy tools like browser toolbars and Firefox plug-ins are available del.icio.us, one of which, "del.icio.us Bookmarks"<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615>, will effectively replace the Firefox bookmarks manager with live access to the delicious account. Mark sites while you're at work and when you get home they'll be right there in your browser.
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+The downside to del.icio.us is that, while you tag entries, there are no folders or other sorting mechanisms. 
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+"Ma.gnolia"<http://ma.gnolia.com/> offers almost all the same basic features as del.icio.us, plus a few more. Ma.gnolia lets you rate your bookmarks using a Netflix-style 5-star system. The site also has a feature called Roots. It utilizes a browser bookmarklet that you can click on while you're surfing to see how many Ma.gnolia users have linked to that particular site, as well as their ratings and descriptions.
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+Ma.gnolia also offers thumbnails and page caches for all bookmarks so you can see those old pages even after they're gone.
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+If you're serious about your bookmarks and you're working across locations and platforms, social bookmarking sites are the way to go. What they lack in organizational methods they make up for in search capabilities.
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+One final tip: Most social bookmark services offer an RSS feed for your bookmarks. Send that feed to a service like RssFwd, enter your e-mail account and get your bookmarks delivered to your e-mail. If you use an online service like GMail or Yahoo, you've got another way to access your bookmarks from anywhere in the world.
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