Hello friends J
This time I will describe
an online niche social network and some of its characteristics, so I hope you
will find it useful. Diigo, which stands for “Digest of Internet Information,
Groups and Other stuff,” is basically a tool that offers a variety of features
that facilitate personal knowledge management. It also has the characteristics
of a research tool and knowledge-sharing community.
Initially, the site was launched as an online bookmarking site, now you can use Diigo.com to: store links, pages, notes, etc. in the Diigo library, highlight text on webpages, add comments to highlights, add sticky notes, save bookmarks and organize them via tags, and also share annotations and bookmarks with the people you want.
Initially, the site was launched as an online bookmarking site, now you can use Diigo.com to: store links, pages, notes, etc. in the Diigo library, highlight text on webpages, add comments to highlights, add sticky notes, save bookmarks and organize them via tags, and also share annotations and bookmarks with the people you want.
Currently, they have 7
million registered users and still counting. The data shows that the site has
183,612 daily visitors and 501,884 page viewers daily. The site can be accessed
anywhere; however the majority of their users are located in India, USA and
United Kingdom. While the main language used is English, their service is also
available in French, German, Chinese and a few other languages.
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| Source:diigo.com |
But how do they
generate profit? Diigo.com currently operates on a freemium model, allowing
unrestricted bookmarking while charging for the ability to maintain unlimited
page caches and screen shots.
The site is very useful
especially to people who collect and use a lot of online information. Users
have the opportunity to choose between keeping the information personal and
making it available to a selected group of people. Among the various features
this site offers, I consider Diingo Educator as very helpful. It is like a
platform where the teacher creates an account and the students are added to the
group. So, everybody can share their research or annotated bookmarks with the
classmates. It also works well in case of small group projects. I think the site is helpful to anyone.
The only problem is
that the services they provide might be a little similar to some other sites;
however they constantly launch a new feature or service in order to
differentiate and make the user’s experience more satisfactory.
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