Example of Delicious as Next-Gen Blogging
Fred Wilson recently wrote about a friend's delicious page feeling like a blog. I agree that delicious can work as a blog for people who don't have time to write much. With delicious, you're limited to a link plus a couple of lines of commentary for each "post." Result: short and sweet blogging.
As I wrote earlier, you can use our toolbars and delicious to share product recommendations if you don't otherwise have time (or the inclination) to write a blog. As an example, I have started a Gift Ideas delicious page/blog where I will be collecting gift ideas for the upcoming holiday shopping season.
It's pretty easy. I use our toolbar in Firefox. When I find an interesting product at Amazon, Buy.com, eBags or any of our other merchants, I press the Recommend This button and our service creates a Zoundry affiliate link for the product. I write my commentary, add my tags, and then save the link to my delicious page.
You can see how I use tags to organize my posts - by product category, recipient category, intended use, and price range. When my list gets longer, I'll probably create some bundles. Our service also tags each product with a unique URN code that allows you to view all other recommendations by Zoundry users within delicious for the same product.
(BTW, if you like my gift ideas, I ask that you buy the products through the bookmarked links and I will donate all commissions to the Children's Defense Fund.)
I encourage all of you to create similar delicious pages using our toolbar and ask your friends and family to do their shopping through your pages. Consider sharing or donating your commissions. Experiment with tagging and let me know what system works best for you. (Update: I forgot to mention that delicious allows you to create an RSS feed to your page so ask your friends to subscribe too.)
You'll need an account with our service in order to earn commissions and you can download our free toolbars here.
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