I have again explored the bookmarking in del.icio.us and found it could really be a help to research. Type in the subject you want to research on, you will be able to access other people's bookmarks that have this as their favourites. You will be able to see how many people have bookmarked this subject. By entering bookmarks of all these people, you will be able to identify a lot of bookmarks related to your subject. Of course, the next step is popping into each of these sites to look for required information. It may take a lot of time in pursuing the links and sometimes you may get lost.
Using Technorati Advance search seems more straight forward. I have used Keyword search in blog for Rangitoto island and I got 95 results. Using URL search, I got 16 results and 15 results in using tag search.
I feel both del.icio.us and Technorati search can be used as research assistance for doing research. I am glad that I have mastered the basic technique of using them.
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