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Ask HN: What do you use to organize your bookmarks?

6 points by crocowhile ↗ HN
Simple question. I still haven't found a way to organize my bookmarks the way I want, namely: 1. available on all my computers 2. should not take too many clicks and tags to put away 3. should be easily searchable when I need them

What do you guys use?

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rythie
I use Xmarks for sync and I have a set of folders on the bar below the location box. Syncing seems to have broken recently though
faramarz
I find my Chrome browser does an adequate job for me. I'm using it constantly.

When you star a page, make sure to type in a descriptive title and include keywords. This will help you narrow down your search in the Bookmark Manager.

Another great thing about it is that all your bookmarks are sync'd to your gmail account and make available in a spreadsheet at Google docs. Sync any computer and you're always up-to-date.

PanMan
http://del.icio.us? Tagable, across devices, in the cloud.
zephyrfalcon
Seconded. Delicious still does it for me. Tagging is a great way to find things in piles of hundreds/thousands of bookmarks. Sure beats having to organize them all in your browser... :-/
mpm
Pro tip: try to figure out the delicious accounts of your friends, coworkers, and generally interesting online people. Add these people to your delicious network and then subscribe to your own network with your feed reader of choice. It's an easy and passive way to harvest lots of great links.
crocowhile
I tried del.icio.us when it first came up and didn't find it too helpful. Does it allow to sort and search bookmarks by entry date? Does it allow to search bookmarks by doing a full search of the pages they actually refer to? I wish there was something smarter...
grep
I use the sync option on Chrome to keep my 3 computers synced.
pasbesoin
Years ago, PowerMarks. The best implementation of tagging that I've yet run across. Unfortunately, while the website is still up, development has essentially long since ceased.

These days, I'll often save a copy of a specific page using the Firefox extension "Scrapbook". In part because pages get taken down or die not entirely infrequently.

kschua
Opera It has a bookmark sync option. I sync my Mac, PC and office bookmarks
japanesejay
FireFox + Xmarks. With FF you can add tags and things to various sites and save them in folders. With xmarks, you can sync the bookmarks to a server to your liking.

Additional Bonus points: I also have them linked to my mamps server at home so i can access them online (Password protected of course).

A new idea i need to try out is to store them into dropbox so i can access my links on my ipad and on my droid.