What is A Bookmark cluster?

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A Bookmark cluster is a group of related websites organized by topic. BookmarkSync's clustering technology allows you to find all of the websites that everyone knows about, but could never easily share with each other. BookmarkSync clusters give you all of the benefits of a huge social network without sharing your private bookmarking habits.

Tagging is the latest phenomenon of the internet. You've likely seen it on popular photo sharing sites and other bookmarking sites. Tags provide a convenient way for large groups of interconnected users to share related information. However it's time consuming to enter additional tag information for each website that you bookmark and your bookmarks may become scattered all about, some on the web, and others on your various browsers.

BookmarkSync clusters solve this problem by automatically assigning tags to your bookmarked websites according to the names that you have already created in your browser favorites!

Here's how it works...

If you bookmark the Dictionary.com homepage, you will be prompted by your favorite browser to supply a folder in which to store that bookmark. Chances are, you either already have or will create a folder called "Reference" or "Books", but you just as well might place it into a folder called "Learning" or "Research" or "Education" or "E-Books". Sync2It's librarian looks at where you decided to store your bookmark, then she looks at where others decided to store the same bookmark. If several users decided to store the bookmark into a folder of the same name, then that folder name becomes a "Cluster" and you can search for new websites based upon that Cluster.

This index becomes a clustered hierarchical structure built by thousands of users. Clustering allows you to draw from the collective work of thousands of people with similar interests. Clusters are similar to other site's tags, except that you don't have to change the way that you use the Internet to use them. Simply bookmark sites as you normally would, either using your browser or BookmarkSync's Quick Add bookmarklet. BookmarkSync's Clustering software takes care of the rest!

Your bookmark collection is secure and private

Susie will NEVER share your private folder information, Susie has been instructed to completly ignore any folders marked "Private" or "
Personal" (in several different languages) , she's very obedient!

How to get started with Clustering

Clusters have been incorporated into most bookmark and bookmark detail pages throughout the website. If you are viewing your personal bookmarks, or public collections you can click on the yellow or blue flags to retrieve the website details. Or just click on the "Related Clusters" links next to any other website and find more quality websites related to the topic of your search.

You can discover new websites by browsing through popular and the most recent clusters added to the website via the web or through your favorite  reader. (What is RSS?)

 

More Information:

1. Automatically Organizing Bookmarks per Contents
2. Hierarchical cluster analysis
3. Clustering vs. Taging
4. A Bookmarking Service for Organizing and Sharing URLs