Need help finding a replacement for Yahoo Bookmarks service.

December 19, 2008 3:47 PM

Need help finding a replacement for Yahoo Bookmarks service.

I really like Y! Bookmarks, but I want to close my Yahoo email acct. which requires either
a) closing of entire Y! account, which means also losing access to Y! Bookmarks., or
b) leaving the email account untouched for 4 months. However, if the account accepted emails I'd need to respond to them. There are too many people for me to remember who all to notify that my address is changing, and I don't want to pay the $$ for the forwarding capable upgraded email acct.. With the email account closed, incoming emails will bounce back to the senders as undeliverable and they'll know I didn't get their email.

I'm looking for a service that, like Y! Bookmarks:
1) is online, accessible from internet, preferably online only
2) caches copies of the page being bookmarked (so that future searches will find the words on the web pages, not just tags added during the bookmarking process)
3) is private by default, unlike Del.icio.us which requires putting a check in a box to keep a bookmark private
4) is free
5) is easy to add bookmarks, preferably without an additional toolbar
6) has a good chance of being around for many years to come

Thanks for your help.

posted by atm to computers & internet (8 comments total)

instead of closing it, you can just turn on vacation response so that people who email you there get an immediate reply saying that you've changed your email address, no longer check yahoo, and where they should reach you from that point on.
posted by lia at 3:56 PM on December 19, 2008

You can still use Yahoo Bookmarks. Just create a new account and use it only for that.
posted by tiamat at 3:57 PM on December 19, 2008

Thanks Lia and Tiamat. Unfortunately, I don't want to respond to all emails - read: some people ;) - so I'd rather not do the vacation auto-response.

Creating a new Y! account for only bookmarking may be the answer though. But while I'm in this position (and in the spirit of maximizing what I learn from my one weekly question here), are there any other services that fit the criteria that are worth considering?
posted by atm at 4:10 PM on December 19, 2008

What is it you like about Yahoo bookmarks? Would del.icio.us suit your needs?
posted by notsnot at 5:12 PM on December 19, 2008

Don't mind me. THe cat distracted me from your more inside.
posted by notsnot at 5:12 PM on December 19, 2008

If you're a Firefox user, Read It Later does the trick. It's an extension, not a online website, but it meets pretty much all the requirements you've asked for.
posted by WCityMike at 9:47 PM on December 19, 2008

Furl satisfies all your requirements. You can even export the bookmarks. Can't recommend it enough.
posted by ALongDecember at 10:36 PM on December 19, 2008

Furl looks great. Are there any important differences between Furl and Yahoo Bookmarks? Nothing jumped out at me while reading about Furl at its website.
posted by atm at 4:12 PM on December 20, 2008