Information Management Back Flipping on the Web

Objectives Upon completion of this unit participants : will create a Backflip account. will place Backflip on their tool bar. will create folders in Backflip. will share Backflip folders.

Bookmarks are the foundation of web surfing. There are literally hundreds of thousands of Web sites on the World Wide Web. No one wants to type in long URLs when going to a frequently visited site. Using bookmarks gets us to our favorite web pages without having to type in the URL. Most of us have become accustomed to adding to our favorites or bookmarks. This is fine if we are working from our own computer, but not at all helpful when we are working at a different computer or trying to share a URL with a friend or colleague. Backflip is one of several online bookmarking sites that open a whole new world of possibilities!

There are two basic ways to bookmark. When you are working at your own computer, you can simply use your browser to bookmark. Internet Explorer calls these Favorites. In Internet Explorer, favorites are a selection on the menu bar. In Netscape Communicator these Bookmarks are a selection on the toolbar. Even though they have different names and configurations, they both perform the same function. The second method for bookmarking is to use an online bookmarking site. This will allow you to access your bookmarks from any computer.

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