Social Annotation - Diigo

I just started using Diigo and it really is amazing!


Annotation: This is an extremely useful tool, especially for research. You can highlight text just like you would on paper! And not only that, you can even add 'sticky notes' to the highlighted text. Extracting these highlights on a particular topic across multiple pages helps you keep track of your readings very easily. You can even make your highlights public - quite useful if you wish to compile your findings with those of team mates.

Bookmarks: Bookmark a page like you normally would on any system - just that now you can access these bookmarks from anywhere! 'Clip' the highlights you have already created above and add them to these bookmarks. This really simplifies your search. And see a picture you really like, online? Bookmark that as well and it will be stored in your album.

Share: You can forward any webpage along with your highlights and sticky notes to a friend or team mate. This person can then add on to your comments right there! Do you write a blog? "Blog this" converts your web annotations into blog posts very easily, thus making it even more easy to write about something you have read online. You can even subscribe to a bookmark list, either by tag or by user (or by a combination of both) through the website directly or RSS.

Search: Search based on specific users, topics of interest, hot topics, etc. You can search through the hightlighted contents, comments, tags, title, URL or full text of bookmarked pages. Diigo has a content selection menu which makes this an extremely easy task.

These are just a few of the features that Diigo offers. You can sign up for free and check out the rest of the amazing features!