Social Bookmarking services help us to find useful Internet resources easily. The resources are categorized by tags or subjects, and sometimes they are just randomly organized. As a member of any of these websites or networks you can browse through the categories and search resources that are useful to you. The bookmarks are generally ranked by the number of times users have marked that particular link. Hence when users search for a specific resource, they can easily find the best resources available for that particular category.

The strategy of social bookmarking first started in 1996 with the launch of the website itList.com. Within the next couple of years, several other bookmarking sites cropped up. Unfortunately, most of those endeavors failed with the dot-com bubble burst of 2000. The reason why these sites could not succeed was because there was no viable business model for them to operate from. Currently, social bookmarking services have expanded their services to include rating, commenting, reviewer posting. In addition, they now allow you to create specific groups as well as join social networks. If you are an avid internet user, becoming a member of a social bookmarking site can help you get access to the specific information that you desire.