Diigo

URL	http://www.diigo.com
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Social Annotations, Highlighting and Social Bookmarking
Launched	July 24, 2006
Current status	Active

Diigo (pronounced /ˈdiːgoʊ/, i.e. "DEE-go"^[1]) is a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page. These annotations can be kept private, shared with a group within Diigo or a special link forwarded to someone else. The name "Diigo" is an abbreviation for "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff".^[2]

The launch of Diigo met with mixed responses from the unimpressed,^[3] to the enthusiastic.^[4] Diigo beta was listed as one of the top ten research tools by CNET in 2006.^[5]

Outside the website, Diigo's graphical user interface includes an optional bookmarklet, or a customizable toolbar, with various search capabilities. Highlight is enabled by a menu, that can either appear automatically when content is selected, or be embedded into the context menu.

In March 2009, Diigo acquired web-clipping service Furl from Looksmart for an undisclosed price.^[6][7]

[edit] See also

• ShiftSpace, an open-source web annotation framework for Firefox
• Reframe It, a free commenting plug-in compatible with multiple browsers

[edit] References

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