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5 Twitter Bookmarking ToolsA review of five apps10.02.09
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If you’re like me, you find lots of great content online every day that ends up being fodder for Twitter. It can be hard to keep track of what you tweet much less the links you send out. Favoriting a link makes it easy to find later, but if you favorite a lot of links, it can be hard to find older links. If you want to tag your favorites, well forget that. Or how about searching other people’s favorites? Impossible at the moment. These frustrations sent me on a search for the best bookmarking Twitter tool. It turns out there are many more with a wider variety of features than I imagined.
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OverviewCriteria
I sat down with my co-workers and created a wish-list of qualities that we as marketing people want in a Twitter bookmarking tool. As usual, all the tools have to be free and not require a download. Beyond that, we wanted to be able to:
have an easy-to-use interface
get the hang of it quickly
send updates to Twitter and other sites
easily configure it
shorten URL´s, preferably with the ability to choose the URL shortening tool
use analytics
save links
tag or categorize links
link to other social media sites
search through the collection bookmarks
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Apps to Review
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FREE TWITTER iPhone APPS
Have an easy-to-use interface
Get the hang of it quickly
Send updates to Twitter and other sites
Easily configure it
Shorten URL´s, choose shortening tool
Use analytics
Save links
Tag or categorize links
Link to other social media sites
Search through the selection of bookmarks
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Tweetmarks
Sharein
Yourversion
Twitthat
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TwitthatPros
Easy -to-useBookmark twitter links
ConsVery limitedCan’t tag bookmarksNo analytics
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YourversionPros
Easy to useImports Delicious bookmarksLink taggingRate contentPublic profileSend bookmarks to Twitter, Facebook and emailBrings now content to you
ConsNo analytics
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ShareinPros
Amazing analyticsToolbar basedShows your influenceLink taggingRate contentPublic profileSend bookmarks to Twitter, Facebook and email
ConsNo tagging bookmarksYou can’t send bookmarks to other sites
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TweetmarksPros
Easy-to-useIntegrated into DeliciousSaves tweets via predefined hashtags
ConsLimited by features of Delicious No analytics
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ProsEasy to share and save links.Lets you tag bookmarksSearchable database
ConsOwn tweets not visible in profileBookmarking didn’t work when demoed.
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CONCLUSION This was a tough one to pick. Tweetmarks is great because if you already have a Delicious account, you don’t have to open another bookmarking account. However, Delicious lacks any way to share your bookmarks beyond its service. Sharein is also great. The analytics are beyond anything else I’ve seen but it doesn’t bring new content to you. My pick for this week’s winner is Yourversion. It imports your existing Delicious account (making Delicious redundant), serves up content to you that might be of interest and has a mobile interface. It’s got some great tools that other sites should add to their list of features.
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