Diigo: Just Another Social Bookmark Tool?
Posted by Matt on September 26th, 2007
Diigo.com just announced their relaunch of their site at DEMOfall07. This version 2.0 release carries some new features as well as many UI improvements with everything just looking a little bit more “Web 2.0″. Diigo touts themselves as a “integrated suite of online research and social tools that transforms the Web into a writable, participatory media”. In reality, it’s pretty much del.icio.us meets SharedCopy.
Basically, users can either install a browser plugin or use their “magical” javascript bookmark to store, highlight, comment, and share websites as they browse the web. Highlights and comments are sent to Diigo, so that others in your Diigo “group” can now see those same modifications when they visit the same website. This creates a multi-layered web, where basically a conversation takes place about a website thats not integrated into the website. The browser plugin also has some other nifty side features like “highlight and search” and “highlight and blog” allowing you to quickly steal share content you find on the web.
They also just announced a partnership with WebSlides allowing you to convert your bookmarks into slideshows that you can then publish to your our website.
Tags: DEMO, Social Bookmarking, Web Conversations
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September 26, 2007
Maggie Tsai
September 27, 2007
Hi Matt,
Thanks for your post on Diigo. WebSlides is part of Diigo - another innovative service to Diigo’s portfolio of leading-edge tools and services in the area of online knowledge management, sharing and discovery.
By the way, a new Diigo will be forthcoming shortly… With our upcoming re-launch, going beyond web annotation, social bookmarking, and existing social networs such as MySpace, Linkedin, etc, the new Diigo provides a uniquely knowledge-centric social network facilitating knowledge management, sharing and discovery, as well as building social connections and community through content and knowledge.
Check us out http://preview.diigo.com/
cheers,
Maggie
co-founder
Diigo
Matt
September 27, 2007
Maggie,
Thanks for the comment and WebSlides correction. I was unsure whether or not the technology was developed in house and I stand corrected. The re-launch looks very promising and I am waiting on the invite request.
Given the newly geared heading beyond social bookmarking and existing social networks, has there been any thought of developing a Facebook application to draw new users to the product? I am imagining some sort of “Websites I Love” section where users can share and showcase their favorite website content.
- Matt
The Webosphere
Maggie
October 1, 2007
Yes, there will be Facebook apps and among many other great features to enable greater distribution.
If you have something cool that you’d love to share & showcase, please drop me a note.
~ Maggie