Many of you have heard the recent flood of comments over the e-waves about delicious.com and its demise. While the company isn’t exactly saying what’s happening to this tool, I can just imagine how people are feeling about the news. I use it myself to organize my bookmarks to share with you. But knowing that we’re using a free service I always have a backup plan. In the past, I used diigo for collaborative note-taking with classes. Now I’ve imported all bookmarks from delicious to diigo and a link can be found on the sidebar. There are other alternatives that you may be interested in exploring:
- list from TNW
- 10 Alternatives from Search Engine Land
- How to export delicious bookmarks, do backups (Thanks to Jeff Thomas)
Why use social bookmarking sites? 
- access to your bookmarks, no matter what computer you happen to be using or where you happen to be
- organize and deliver your websites for class research projects
- know that you have a vetted list of great sites
- share content lists with colleagues (open or small groups)
- gain access to bookmarks by other educators (in the public area)