The website del.icio.us is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks.
Del.icio.us was established by Joshua Schachter in late 2003.
Back in December 09, 2005, Yahoo acquired del.icio.us from its founder.
A combined view of everyone's bookmarks with a given tag is available in the del.icio.us website.
Del.icio.us’ collective nature makes it possible to view bookmarks added by similar-minded users.
CNET Reviews of deli.icio.us transpired back in September 20, 2006.The del.icio.us website was reviewed Elsa Wenzel and Robert Vamosi from CNET Reviews. According to the September 20, 2006, at a glance CNET Reviews, editors’ rating of del.icio.us is 7.3 [which equates to] very good.
Some of the positive points identified by the CNET Reviews editors include, “…Imports bookmarks from Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari; tags pages by topic; lets you share bookmarks with other people; has a dead-simple interface; browser toolbar allows quick bookmarking; saves up to 5MB of content.”
Some deficient aspects revealed by the CNET Reviews editors indicate that, “Del.icio.us doesn't detect broken links, or merge similar tags; doesn't preview bookmarked pages; no easy way to delete multiple bookmarks at once."
All in all, the outcome of Wenzel's and Vamose's rating from CNET Reviews is that, “Del.icio.us lets you save, import, and tag bookmarks without fuss. As the most popular take-it-with-you bookmarking service, Del.icio.us can be a powerful tool for sharing content with other users."
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