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Publish Your del.icio.us Bookmarks on Your Website.
In addition to all that, you can also share your latest del.icio.us bookmarks on your websites for all of your readers to enjoy. You can do this using Linkrolls and Tagrolls.

Linkrolls display your latest del.icio.us bookmarks while tagrolls display all of your del.icio.us tags in a tag cloud.

You can see these unique features in action at this blog . His bookmarks are on the left and his tags are on the right.

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ways to search del.icio.us.

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To view bookmarks tagged with a specific keyword, type in:
http://del.icio.us/tag/keyword

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To view bookmarks tagged with two or more keywords, type in:
http://del.icio.us/tag/keyword+keyword

So for example, if I wanted to look for sites about organization and GTD, I would type in:
http://del.icio.us/tag/organization+GTD

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2. Desktop Shortcut for Delicious
Having to visit the del.icio.us website each time you want to access your bookmarks can be a time-consuming process. Why not plug your bookmarks into your desktop for easy access. You can do this with Delwin for Windows and Delibar for the Mac.

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If I wanted to narrow the search even further, I could include four terms:
http://del.icio.us/tag/organization+GTD+office+tools

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for the most popular sites in any category, than simply type in:
http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/TAGNAME

So if you are trying to find the most popular sites related to GTD, you would type in:
http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/GTD

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Bookmark from Google Reader
If you’re a fan of Google Reader, then you’ll definitely want to start using Google Reader + del.icio.us. This is a Greasemonkey script that puts an “add to del.icio.us” button at the bottom of each post in Google Reader. With a single click, you will be able to transfer interesting posts from Google Reader into your del.icio.us bookmark collection.

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Bundle those tags into related categories for easy access. To organize your tags into bundles, click on the “Settings” link in the top right-hand corner.

From this page, click on “bundle tags” under the tags heading and start creating your own bundles.

Of course, if you’re not into the whole bundling idea, then you can always just use the search box in the upper right hand corner of del.icio.us.

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If you are looking for the most popular sites in any category, than simply type in:
http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/TAGNAME

So if you are trying to find the most popular sites related to GTD, you would type in:
http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/GTD

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4. Bookmark from Google Reader
If you’re a fan of Google Reader, then you’ll definitely want to start using Google Reader + del.icio.us. This is a Greasemonkey script that puts an “add to del.icio.us” button at the bottom of each post in Google Reader. With a single click, you will be able to transfer interesting posts from Google Reader into your del.icio.us bookmark collection.

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If you want to limit your search to specific tags, then use the prefix “tag:”. An example for all you productivity junkies might be “tag:gtd”

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Greasemonkey script called Newsmasher that places a small “del.icio.us” tag on the upper left corner of your browser. When clicked, a small window appears displaying what del.icio.us users are writing about the page you are viewing

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http://del.icio.us/inbox. Here you can subscribe to various tags or specific users. This is an excellent way to discover new sites that you may enjoy. It almost reminds me a bit of StumbleUpon. Based on the preferences you submit, you will be given a flow of new items to check out.

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If you want to limit your search to specific tags, then use the prefix “tag:”. An example for all you productivity junkies might be “tag:gtd”.

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Here’s a cool Greasemonkey script called Newsmasher that places a small “del.icio.us” tag on the upper left corner of your browser. When clicked, a small window appears displaying what del.icio.us users are writing about the page you are viewing.

This is a great way to get some quick feedback on any website you’re visiting. Quickly find out if people are giving it a virtual “thumbs up” or “thumbs down”.

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Navigate to http://del.icio.us/inbox. Here you can subscribe to various tags or specific users. This is an excellent way to discover new sites that you may enjoy. It almost reminds me a bit of StumbleUpon. Based on the preferences you submit, you will be given a flow of new items to check out.

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For my most important tags, I place an “@” in front of them. This moves them up to the very top of my tag list

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you can also share your latest del.icio.us bookmarks on your websites for all of your readers to enjoy. You can do this using Linkrolls and Tagrolls.

Linkrolls display your latest del.icio.us bookmarks while tagrolls display all of your del.icio.us tags in a tag cloud.

You can see these unique features in action at this blog . His bookmarks are on the left and his tags are on the right.

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I tag websites that i think my friends might like with their initials

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  • I tag stuff that I want to save for later reading with the tag “2read”.

  • Archaeogeek says on:
    May 24th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    Adding on to Fubek’s comment about a “2read” tag, I use a wget script (from lifehacker) to download pages I’ve tagged like that for offline reading on my pda. Good for long train journeys!

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    have a tag bundle called “bookmarks”, that is, bookmark management, containing tags like @unread, @incomplete (sometimes i have no idea what tags or description to write so i suspend it to a later date), @unsure (maybe unserious, don’t really know, have to read it a while to get an idea etc.)

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    cool tag, “weekly”: these are websites that require my attention weekly only.

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    When I’m writing a report I like to use del.icio.us to keep track of all of my sources. I use the notes section to write a brief summary and what I’m going to use it for. And I create a new tag for each paper.

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    I have “todo”, “toinstall” and “forwork” tags, with each feed plugged into Google Reader. That way, when I get five minutes free I can immediately jump to a useful page to still be productive whilst waiting for downloads or compiles etc.

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    The RSS feeds from del.icio.us have really improved my productivity.

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    tag for the products I find in online stores that I want with ‘wishlist.’

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    I can send family and friends to the list.

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    tag : !brilliant for priceless websites I wouldn’t bear to forget

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    !daily for sites I check daily
    !wishlist

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    my:installed:apps
    my:totry:apps
    my:installed:winamp_plugins

    special files :
    .midi
    .doc
    .pdf

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    The license of a software
    license:freeware
    license:open-source
    licence:commercial

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    Add a * for a collection
    example : musicsheet*

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    The nature of the link:
    =feed
    =wiki
    =blog

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    Ratings:
    ****
    ***
    **
    *

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    The website where i found the link:
    in:lifehack.org
    in:ceclair.fr

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