Delicious.com (previously known as del.icio.us) is a bookmarking site which allows users to save their favorite websites, blogs and articles. And as a social networking service, it also makes it easy to share these favorites with others and check in on what they are bookmarking as well. The site was acquired by Yahoo! in 2005 and has grown to over five million users, making it one of the most popular of its kind.

Because each link is given a categorizing tag, you can search out the most popular sources for just about any genre. For this reason, Delicious is very helpful for those conducting web research and seeking niche-specific information. Even if you don’t have a specific topic in mind, the home page always displays the most popular bookmarks for the day and provides fascinating reading.

Delicious solves a common problem facing many computer users – multiple bookmarks on multiple computers. With the old method of bookmarking, if you have a computer at your office and a laptop at your home for personal use, the bookmarks you keep on each computer won’t be synced. And if you were to use a different computer while on vacation or visiting a family member’s house, those bookmarks would be of little use to you once you leave. With Delicious, your bookmarking is synced and available from any computer, anywhere, anytime.

When you find an amazing link, you will often want to share it with your friends. With Delicious, you can send them to any fellow user and they’ll see it the next time they log in. You can also follow other users who share similar interests, giving you access to an incredible stream of relevant information. It’s this access to categorized bookmarks that makes Delicious so helpful. Whether you are researching for a work project or just reading up on cooking tips, Delicious is a great way to find relevant information recommended by your peers.