In simple terms it can be explained as a way of tagging a website, web document or a page and instead of saving it to the browser, this is saved in the web through social sites as a bookmark. This is helpful as sharing bookmarks of a favorite article or site will increase the chances of more people viewing it and the popularity increases. Searching of bookmark lists to find information is easier than the search engine where as you can specifically target your relevant topics and easily find them in tags unlike the search engines where you have to go through hundreds of results.
The added advantage of finding popular links and voted articles lets you decide the importance of the topic corresponding to your search. There are numerous ways to share the bookmarks, most social social sites, allow using their sites to bookmark and share. The lists are organized in the sites so other users can view it too. It can be a so said as an improved method of web search. It’s a good way for channeling quality traffic and also for site promotion.
