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[BlinkList][1] is another popular player in the social bookmarking scene. Started in June of last year, BlinkList has already gained quite a following. Indeed, if imitation is any indicator of popularity than BlinkList must be doing well since they had their entire [design ripped off][2] by a site calling itself wirefan. For shame wirefan, for shame.
Never mind the imitators, let's have a look at BlinkList.
Signup is painless and once you verify your account via a link BlinkList will send to your email address, you're ready to go. During the signup process BlinkList served up the usual bookmarklet for my browser toolbar, but unfortunately it didn't work in Safari. Switching to Firefox solved the problem. Your mileage may vary.
BlinkList allows you to import links from a browser, del.icio.us or Furl. Once you've got things set up and all your bookmarks imported, you can share them with other users via RSS, friendslists or email.
BlinkList has some nice options for those that want to display link or tags on their blog. BlinkList will give you Javascript widgets to show both links and tags, just cut-and-paste the provided code into your site, MySpace page or where ever you like.
BlinkList has a star ratings system like ma.gnolia, and BlinkList also allows you to mark links or tags as favorites. Favorites then show up at the top of your profile page so you can get to them quickly.
The standout feature for me though was BlinkList's ability to take any highlighted text on the screen and auto fill a bookmark's description field with the text. This is really nice for quickly getting snippets of descriptive text into your bookmarks.
BlinkList has a very intuitive interface and a nice clean design that makes it simple and pleasant to use. And as a sidenote I always like to see a company with a sense of humor, the folks behind BlinkList have a Ozzy the Labradoodle as their offical PR rep.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Can import a number of formats
* Has bookmark thumbnails
* autofill a description field
**Cons**
* No backend API
<p>Previously Reviewed: <br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html" title="Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_1.html" title="Monkeybite's review of ma.gnolia">ma.gnolia</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_2.html" title="Monkeybite's review of wink">Wink</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_3.html" title="Monkeybite's review of StumbleUpon">StumbleUpon</a></p>
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_4.html" title="Monkeybite's review of furl">Furl</a><br />
[1]: http://www.blinklist.com "BlinkList.com"
[2]: http://blog.mindvalley.com/2006/10/20/copyright-in-web20-blatant-code-theft-of-a-web-20-site/ "Wirefan steals BlinkList Design"
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