Parents' Guide to

Delicious

By Erin Brereton, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Appetizing way to save and share links, but some iffy items.

Website http://delicious.com
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age 17+

Based on 1 parent review

ryancyr12
ryancyr12 Adult
October 7, 2014
age 17+

Delicious review

I think that delicious was a great website for using bookmarks. It keeps all of your bookmarks in one area so it is easy access to everything you need to go to. If your looking to do this as a teacher it would help tremendously for the students to be able to find everything they need right there in front of them on one page. This can also help with your everyday job being able to give presentations easy due to the fact that you can easy access everything on the page in such little time. i would recommend this to all users who love keeping bookmarks close and easy.
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What’s It About?

The save-and-share bookmarking site DELICIOUS can help you organize links to videos, blogs, and other online items you'd like to keep on hand. You can search within the site, find links to external sites, and store the URL in only a few clicks. (Download a bookmarklet button, and you can save sites even faster.) Users also can link up to their Facebook and Twitter friends or make new ones on the site and find additional content through shared items from followed users.

Is It Any Good?

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Delicious, formerly called del.icio.us, can help you organize website links you'd like to save. It's fairly easy to use and can help frequent readers categorize valuable reference materials with tags and notes for later use. The site's sharing capabilities also can help users find new content. It features some nice touches; for example, users can view the site in 50 languages. However, without more chances to interact and discuss with other users, users may opt only to use their browser's bookmarking feature and share articles with friends on Facebook or Twitter. Also, there's no way to safeguard kids from potentially finding questionable content; all they have to do is type in a term such as "sex," and they'll be directed to sites about porn, nudity, and other adults-only topics.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about online search engines and credibility. How can you tell if a website is a legitimate source of information?

  • If you find information on a website that isn't run by a reputed organization, educational institution, news outlet, or other verified source, how can you tell whether the information is someone’s opinion or fact?

  • You can include a photo, a bio, your full name, and a website URL in your Delicious profile, and you can link your account to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. What privacy and safety concerns are involved with doing that? How can you make sure your experience on the site is safe?

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