Part 2 Online bookmarks: Test your current bookmarks
May 5, 2007 at 11:14 pmIn part 1 I told you about my bookmark hell. So I want to move them all online. Follow this series to see how I move to an online service to manage my bookmarks.
First action was that I wanted to clear out the old non-working sites that I had. Many of them simply gave me an Error 404 and with 2028 bookmarks/favorites - doing it manually was simply not an option.
There are many tools that can do this for you. Here are some free ones:
- AM-DeadLink - works with IE, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape
- Bookmark Master - works with IE
- Check Favorites - works with IE
- Link200 - works with IE, Firefox, and Netscape
- Turbo Favorites Checker - works with IE
I’ve tested both AM-DeadLink and Link200 and they work fine. I’m sorry to say - you have to install them :(. I would say AM-DeadLink gives you a little bit more control since Link200 is more of a wizard-type application. With AM-DeadLink you simply get a list of your bookmarks, decide on which to check, and then sort on Error column and delete those with an errors.
After that, I was down to around 1937. You can also find duplicates with AM-DeadLink.
PS. For you who already use Del.icio.us or Blogmarks, check this online tool out for testing your bookmarks. DS
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Sean Feeney
Sunday, May 6th, 2007 at 5:47 pmNice list!