Back in May Microsoft reported on a new social bookmarking application that was going into closed beta. In early September they will open their doors to the general community to try out. John Martin on his TechNet blog reported:
Microsoft is opening up the MSDN, TechNet, and Expression sites to the community, so that technical professionals can better connect with each other, share knowledge, and succeed. Tagging – and especially social bookmarking – are essential ingredients for making this happen.
Back in May, just before TechEd North America, we released a preview version of our new social bookmarking app for MSDN, for TechNet, and for Expression. Since then, thousands of technical professionals from around the world have begun using it to save their web favorites online, share them with others, see what other technical pros are favoring, and connect with others.
With the new app you can:
- Subscribe to tags or people
- Browse and find users
- Import tools
- Incorporate bookmarking widget on your blog
I wonder how long it will be before readers become a little blind, or perhaps sick of seeing, all these social bookmarking widgets. I come across some sites that have two or three dozen widgets below each and every post.
It is important to note that this is devoted to the technical professional niche so for the majority of bloggers, submitting content will most likely see it sent to the trash can. If you do write material that is of a technical nature then this will suit your niche.
