Bookmarking URLS Favicon Style
TECHNOTES #1 Favicons Break Out!
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Ever since internet browsers appeared the term bookmark has taken on another definition and several sub-definitions associated with it’s use. Anyway, today bookmarking usually refers to actually saving one of more of your favorite sites in a folder named bookmarks or favorites that’s stored under your browser’s menu and in an html backup file.
First, there’s basic bookmarking that we’ve all come to know as the ‘bookmark’ or ‘favorites’ button on our browser menu bar, or CTRL D
on the keyboard, or the right-click drop down menu selection ‘bookmark this page‘.
Secondly, as a subset of basic bookmarking there’s also the common practice known as social bookmarking where we share our favorite websites or bookmarks with the world at large through social bookmarking sites like Delicious, Digg, or Stumbleupon, and through social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. This particular article is not about social bookmarking. That’s a large enough topic for another series of articles. This is about basic bookmarking for personal and business purposes.
Sharing, promoting, and saving both link based bookmarks or shortcut links and text based bookmarks has become something that I do routinely, and so much so that my browser’s bookmark menu has become ‘too big to manage’. Has your bookmark menu outgrown it’s habitat to?
I wondered if there was something that would make bookmarking easier. Can’t I do a simple one click, drag ‘n drop style bookmark.
I proceeded to make the browser window smaller so that I could see my desktop at the same time and then the trick came to me by staring a little longer than usual at my browser’s address window and that little square on the left of the address window that seemed to change all the time. That little square is called a favicon. I grabbed hold of it with a left click and dragged the site link right onto my desktop. Voila, a simple one click drag n’ drop bookmark! This also works by dragging the favicon right down on to your task bar and as you hover over the task bar the browser will automatically minimize and the desktop will appear and then you can release the shortcut on to your desktop.
That’s also what I call, in effect, “off browser” bookmarking and the same technique works for “on browser” bookmarking to. Simply left-click and drag the favicon over your browser’s bookmark or favorites menu button and when the menu automatically opens, continue to hold the link until the folder you’d like to save to is lit up and release the mouse.
I then made a LINKS folder on my desktop as a main storage folder and started to drag n’ drop links directly into it. Soon I could see the dominant or distinct categories and groupings of links and then made a seperate folder for each within the LINKS folder.
Off browser, favicon style bookmarking gives me a granular sense of the sites that I like or that I like enough to share with others – and all without having to clog up my browser’s bookmark menu.
The technique saves me loads of time because I can manage, organize, and access all my bookmarks without going online and naturally, of course, I must actually be online to access the sites that the bookmarks link to. When I am online here again it saves time because I don’t have to wait for or wade through my browser’s long bookmark menu every time I want to bookmark a specific type of website. I can simply use the one click trick and get right back to business.
I still use my browser’s bookmark menu feature to access the sites I visit on a regular basis but not for all the other types of sites that I want to save or share.
Finally, you may need the text url in order to share it in emails or paste into your url shortening service. Simply right-click on the shortcut link itself and select properties and within the properties window is the text url. Right-click, copy and paste into any document you wish.
Enjoy all the time and many websites you’ll save and share as a favicon bookie. 
That’s the story of the favicon’s escape, surrender to capture, and confession to distributing raw & uncut hypertext across the borderline. All are now living with relatives under house address. 
Steve D.
*Updated content: Sept.4, 2010 – 7 min. screen capture video
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I’m a big fan of drag and drop, so I tried your favicon trick Steve – and it works, no problem.
My bookmarks are called “favourites” on Internet Explorer, and luckily I haven’t let them get out of control. I have one sub-folder for ‘Blogs’ and the rest of my bookmarks I can see on one page.
Keep these tips coming though Steve, it’s useful to know.
John
Hi John, Thanks for checking it out. I’m amazed that you’ve kept your browser’s favourites folder so in order. I’m a bit link hungry and click happy when I’m online which leads to a bloated browser.
Be well, Steve D.
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it was very interesting to read stevedeerfield.com
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
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Hi Steve, you’ve just solved a problem for me in this post. I’ve been putting a little package together and wanted to include pages to my websites.
Thinking i was clever i went my webmail account and sent an email to my outlook ex account containg the urls, i then right clicked and saved the pages to the relevent folders. Problem solved i thought…..wrong! When i checked them the images were missing so i’ve been scratching my head about it.
You’ve just solved the problem for me Steve, thanks mate.
Have you heard about the 100 blog comment challenge?
A few of us bloggers have got together for it. The aim is to write a blog post and then try and reach 100 comments for it, which in turn builds backlinks and helps improve our google ranking, as well as letting us get to know eachother a bit better.
I have created a page on my blog dedicated to the contributors Steve:
http://barry-wells.com/contributors-to-the-100-blog-comment-challenge/
If you would like to climb aboard let me know and i’ll add your details to the page.
Take care, Barry
Hi Barry, I”m glad the favicon trick was helpful. The challenge idea sounds brilliant! I’m on my way over a.s.a.p., Steve D.
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Hi Steve
I enjoyed reading your blog particularly your thought provoking post about autoresponders.
Whilst I agree that it is important to control your costs very carefully particularly when setting up your business I do feel that the long term benefits of building your list from day one will outweigh the costs of running your autoresponder.
The danger of waiting until you have enough knowledge to set everything up perfectly before you invest is that you spend too long setting up and get sidetracked or lose interest and quit before you’ve really begun.
Stuart
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Steve
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August 4th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Hi Stuart, A hearty welcome to you! Thanks for stopping by. Your point on auto-responders is well taken. I did set up an opt-in form and signed up with Aweber long before I had any offers or promotions in the shoot as you may have gathered from my post. The thrust of my caveat is based partly on the idea that many folks are only going to pass your way on the first encounter and that they may never return for one reason or another. Consequently, placing your product or service offer early on in the process maybe the only opportunity to convert a subscriber into a customer. A simple Clickbank link to a product that enhances your opt-in gift is a relatively easy solution to implement within your auto-responder series. I neglected to offer any real solutions in the post and that’s something that I’ll do henceforth. Steve D.
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Rob Bradley (** RJB **)
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August 26th, 2010 at 8:54 am
I agree with Stuart 100% here! It’s really important not to keep putting things back, waiting for the ideal moment!!
Don’t get it perfect…just get it going!
Rob
(** RJB **)
Hi Rob, welcome! That’s the ticket. Be well, Steve D
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Welcome to the challenge Steve
And what a cool post to have it in
I’m sure this will be very helpful to a lot of people visiting.
Regards
Randy
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Steve
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August 4th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Hey Randy, thanks a lot. I’m very glad to be in the mix with some of the best people I know. I can’t wait to read your post, the title is most intriguing. See you there. Steve D.
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Hi Steve, this sounds cool. My bookmarks are very organised with little sub folders…but I like this so I am going to use it too!
Good luck with the challenge, glad to see you on board.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
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Steve Deerfield
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August 4th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Hi Mandy, Thanks for visiting. I’m very excited about the 100 comment challenge. It’s causing quite a stir already and it’s bound to be a benefit to everyone involved. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve
This is a great idea.
I’ve been using my browser bar quite a bit lately and it is getting quite long, I’ll give this a try…anything that makes life easier is good for me
Thanks
Steve
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Steve
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August 4th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Hey Steve, thank you mate! I’m glad your favicons are free at last.
(btw, excellent follow through and shoulder rotation on your swing 
Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Thanks for the tip on favicon bookmarking I will give it a try I too use Internet Explerer for my bookmarks and try to keep them all neat in folders but they can get a little messy at times.
Nice to meet you and good luck with the challenge.
Regards
Dawn Kay
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Steve
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August 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Hello Dawn, Welcome to my blog, it’s nice to meet you to. It’s an honor to be part of the 100 comment club and I can’t wait to see everyone’s progress along the way. See you soon.
Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Nice Little Time Saving Tip you wrote here. And is practical here. Our disk drive capacity is way powerful than before, but our attention is getting sacred as multi-tasking is no longer viable to describe the way we work, we all now need to learn hyper-tasking. Anything that can save our attention and focus energy is well worth a try. Your tip here does that.
Thanks again
Cheers
Jason Ser
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Steve
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August 4th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Hi Jason, Welcome to my blog and thank you for excellent comments. Hyper-tasking – what an appropo term for what many of us find ourselves doing when trying to keep up with our daily goals. Is multi-hyper-tasking next?
Steve D.
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Hi Steve, WOW! How easy things can be when you know how. Thank you very much for this computer bookmarking tip. Knowledge is power.
Terry Conti
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Steve
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August 5th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Your most welcome Terry, I’m glad you liked the favicon trick. I’ll be posting these tips and tricks under my Technotes category as often as I can. See you. Steve D.
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Terry Conti
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August 6th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Will be looking forward to it Steve, thanks again. Terry Conti
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Howdy Pal,
All my life I have been seeking smart looking friends and you certainly have that smart look about you…
And you know big words and how to assemble them in a humorous teaching way. Again, very smart of you.
You even smell smart.
I CAN FEEL MY IQ RISING!
Thank you muchly, Steve. Have a grand day.
Barry
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Steve
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August 5th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Barry you’re a scholar and a gentleman and it’s my pleasure to convey any smartness that my good parents bestowed. Still, my IQ hasn’t risen in a while because my EQ requires so much more attention as of late.
Thanks for visiting Barry, I look forward to our continued friendship. Steve D.
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What a great trick to learn from you, Steve – would’ve never occurred to me to do it this way. Thanks for sharing!
Side note: when I read your posts, I see your alignment all over the place – is it just me? Makes it harder to read your posts.
Ana Hoffman
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Steve
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August 5th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Hi Ana, thank you so much for saying that. I’m so glad you like it. Ana I’m really not sure why my post formatting is askew but I think it’s because of the graphic insert which seems to confuse wordpress somehow. I might have to start doing browser authentication in order to correct it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve!
What a cool idea!
I never thought of doing it that way. Always fun to learn something new.
I find it interesting how different people will pick up different tips and tricks. It’s fun to share and learn something from everyone else.
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Steve
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August 7th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Hi Jess, Welcome! – I agree. It is fun to share and learn. I’ve learned more from fellow bloggers like yourself and so many others than I have from almost anyone else. The blogging community is strong because there’s so much support for apprentice and pro alike. Long Live The Bloggers…and internet neutrality to
Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Thanks for solving a problem that I have,in particular since I joined this challenge I have been book marking all the addresses and its quickly become too big. Your method is a great way to keep the favourites under control. Thanks for sharing this great tip.
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Steve
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August 7th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Hi Stan and welcome here, I’m very glad to hear that the favicon trick is as helpful to others as it is to me.
I hope, with a little more pokin’ and proddin’, to find a few more tricks to share about Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari, etc.
Thanks for dropping in and best of luck in the challenge ahead. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
What a brilliant idea. I am going to use your method now to create a folder for all the great blogs I am visiting.
I was going to do it from Jacinta’s page and create a swipe file.
But not now.
Pete
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Steve
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August 7th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Hello Pete, Welcome! Thank you for the compliment. Sometimes it’s the little things that make a difference. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
I’m a little slow but I think I got the idea. Terrific idea. You never know what you’re going to come up with if you only just know what you want and try some things. Good deal.
Take Care,
Steve
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Steve
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August 8th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Hi Steve, Welcome! Isn’t that the truth? It seems that internet marketing is more like a game of hide and seek – the information we’re looking for is definitely out there somewhere and when we find it we’re ready to play again – Davinci’s Code on a smaller scale perhaps.
Steve D.
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Thanks Steve for the tip. I never fail to be amazed that apps we use every day have these obvious features hidden in plain sight
Good luck with the challenge.
Michael.
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Steve
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August 10th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Hello Michael, I’m glad you like this little time saver. If I only knew who wrote the browser software maybe I could find out what else is hiding in the codework. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
In how many different ways can it be said…
I can’t think of an original way to say it ….
it’s been said before so I will add to it
B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T!
This is such a time saver… my bookmarks are so many and such a mess… now I can organise them.
Thank you for sharing
Good to meet you here.
Cheers
Bryan
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Steve
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August 10th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Hi Bryan, Your most welcome. It’s good to meet you to. I’ve already noticed a jump in my browser’s load times and refresh times by unloading dozens upon dozens of bookmarks from my browser’s bookmark menu. Best of luck in the ongoing challenge. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
That’s a cool way to bookmark.
I noticed though that you don’t have your own favicon on your blog.
It shows your hosting company one.
By the way your Comment Luv is not working right now for me.
It can’t find my posts. I tried more than once and all the info I’m putting in is correct.
Vance
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Steve
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August 11th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Hi Vance, thanks for stopping by. I’m not at all sure why CommentLuv is unable to retrieve your site link.
I’ll place the link to your post here until we can figure out the glitch.
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Creating a custom favicon is on my to do list for sure. Take care, Steve D.
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Vance@John Chow's Last Dot Com
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August 30th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Hi Steve,
Thank you for putting up the link to my post manually. I found that it was the Comment Luv server overload problem.
Nothing to do with your blog. It took me a while to figure that out with the help of Google.
All the Best,
Vance
Hi Vance, thanks for the heads up. I did go ahead and sign up as a registered user of CommentLuv to see if that would solve the prior issue that we had. In the process I found out that as a registered user I can choose to show and one of my last 10 blog posts as my CommentLuv link. Anyway, I’m glad I did because the added option makes the plugin even more effective. Take care, Steve D.
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Hey Steve,
Favicon bookmarking is a completely new term to me. Thanks for sharing:)
J
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Hi Steve,
I’m an organised bookmarks folder and sub-folder guy. But I am going to give it a shot. The faster the access the better for me.
Thanks for the tip
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I really enjoy what you write about here. We try and check your site every day so keep up the good writing!
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Hi Steve,
what a great little tip, on the autoreponder debate my open rate varies between 4% and 10% personally I think this is pants but Its only high when there is something up for grabs for nothing,
My entire affiliate earnings for the past year has been $44!
Just thought I would share that with you.
Cheers
Rob
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Steve
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August 15th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Hello Rob, Welcome! Developing a progressive autoresponder follow-up series is a bit of an art. If it’s done well our subscribers won’t opt-out when their emails are too many to manage anymore. I’m on over 40 lists and in two years I’ve learned that over half of the marketers are sending me offers that they’ve never used or tested. They’re just firing off promos in hopes that something sticks. This fall I’m separating the wheat from the chaff and reducing my stress and involvement with the email frenzy I’ve come to know. Be the wheat.
Steve D.
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Thanks Steve
So Favicons are not just for looking at! Tried it and of course it worked.
Will have to see if this will fit into my system, I currently used FeedDemon for all forum and blog bookmarks, lets me know about the updates as well. The firefox bookmarks are a complete nightmare! Last night, I knew I had bookamrked a page, but as to where that was? I still do not know.
Great tip and off to add your site to FeedDemon
igor
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Steve
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August 15th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Hi Igor, You’re welcome and thanks for sharing the tip about FeedDemon. You seem to like it so I’m going to check it out today. See you, Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Thanks for the pointer. I tried it in firefox and it didn’t save the favicon image. It gave me a generic. Have you run into this? Is IE different?
Thanks
Alex
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Steve
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August 15th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Hello Alex, Welcome, and yes, the favicon trick works in I.E., Chrome, Safari, and Firefox browsers. When you left-click drag and drop the favicon it doesn’t copy the favicon itself. It copies the shortcut to the URL that’s in your address window. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
So do you just save it to your desktop? Or do you have a folder on your desktop with all the bookmarked sites in there? I would think if it’s on your desktop, it would be kind of messy after a while.
Now I am not organized in any way shape or form, but every little bit helps!
Thanks for the tip!
Lisa~
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Steve
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August 17th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Hi Lisa, You’re most welcome. Yes, I created a folder on my desktop to store and organize all the new bookmarks. I’m making a screen capture video to demonstrate the same technique as well as a couple new tricks I just discovered. See you. Steve D.
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Hi Steve:
Great ease you have provided to so many people with this new way of bookmarking. My bookmark page is also too long. Now I see I can change it into folders. Great job. You have a nice networking group here. And this 100 comments challenge is a great idea.
It works so well in many ways. I am glad to be a part of it.
Talk again
Fran Aslam
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Steve
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August 17th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Hi Fran, Welcome here and to the 100 comment challenge! I’m glad you like the bookmarking tip, I’m about to post another article along the same lines. Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
What great tip. I will be using this in the future as my menus on my browser bar are filling up fast with all the great blogs I am visiting.
Thanks
Craig
P.S. As Vance mentioned the comment luv is not working with my comments. Don’t know if its at my end or yours as other comments have them in?????
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Steve
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August 18th, 2010 at 2:15 am
HI Craig, Thanks, there’s more to come on the same topic soon. I’m posting your link here because I’ve checked my CommentsLuv plugin and I can’t see why it’s got a hiccup.
Craig recently posted: http://www.craigsowerby.com/using-an-auto-responder/
Take care Craig and best of luck on the challenge ahead. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Boy did I need to read this! Ha ha…my bookmarking is a mess…very disorganized to the point I don’t even like to bookmark in that manner anymore.
I am going to have to put your idea into practice and finally get organized!
Thanks for the great info Steve…I am learning so much from this exercise!
Kathy
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Steve
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August 23rd, 2010 at 1:44 am
Hi Kathy, you’re most welcome and I’m still very glad to hear that my little mouse trick is being found useful. I’m working on a follow up article that expands some ways to do bookmarking as a marketer.
BTW Kathy, I really enjoyed your recent articles with guest writer Honey Young from easyoutsource.com
Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
I think I need to use your little trick there. I have a million of those bits and pieces laying around I seldom can find them. I think it will be better than the bookmark method. This way if I crash my hard drive I will get a clean start. Just joking
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Thanks for the very cool idea.
Justin
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Good read … headline catchy … good points, some of which I have learned along the way as well (humility, grace, layoff the controversial stuff). Will share with my colleagues at work as we begin blogging from a corporate perspective. Thanks!
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Hi Steve
Well I am in the business of self learning (hence my site)and always say that you learn something new every day. Well today I learned about Favicons so thank you very much. Weekend tomorrow so will check them out!
Best wishes
Anne
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Steve
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August 23rd, 2010 at 1:56 am
Hello Anne, and thank you for stopping by. I’m also very keen on self learning so I stopped by your very cool website – selflearning.com – I already registered and I’m looking forward to all the free training. Take care, Steve D.
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Well I had a little chuckle at the Wikipedia definition. Perhaps you should update it.
Thanks for the bookmarking tip. My bookmark menu has definitely outgrown it’s habitat. I tend to do more social bookmarking these days to create some backlinks and traffic to my site.
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Great information, Steve.
Tips like this make everyone’s life a lot easier.
I’m just glad that you don’t need to be a computer techie to run an internet marketing online business (if you did, I’d be scuppered!)
I’ve posted a link to this page on identi.ca for you (makes a change from Twitter!)
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Steve
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August 23rd, 2010 at 2:11 am
Hi Martyn, thank you so much. there’s more to come on bookmarking stuff soon.
Thanks for the link on identica.ca – I just checked the site out for a few minutes and it looks pretty cool. I’ll look closer on another visit. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for sharing this excellent idea! Although I have thousands of bookmarks on my browser and organized in subfolders I sometimes get lost in there.
Well I guess I have to try your tip.
Take care,
Andreas
PS. I have the same problem with Craig. The ComLuv plugin shows a message “No last blog posts to return”. Mine blog feed load correctly. If you click the gray arrow next to the message it mentions something with banning. Perhaps we had a ban instead of love from ComLuv plugin?
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Hi again Steve,
I found the solution to mine and Craigs problem.
It seems that my URL was added to the errors table of ComLuv database.
To remove it you just go to: http://comluv.com/member/
and create a new account. Then you have to verify your email address.
Then you go to http://comluv.com/member/unban-url/
and enter the URL of the blog and click the button.
Problem solved!
I hope this will also help Craig.
Take care,
Andreas
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Steve
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August 23rd, 2010 at 2:20 am
Hi Andreas, thanks for doing the research on the CommentLuv problems. I followed your advice and became a registered member with CommentLuv. After confirming my membership email address I continued to the members unban-url page and entered in yours’ and Craig’s urls and it then indicated that those urls are not in my banned url table. So, I’ll do a regular check up over the week and try to learn a bit more. Take care, Steve D.
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Andreas Spyrou
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August 24th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Hi Steve,
It seems that my first comment about this post was not successfully posted. Anyway here it is.
Thanks for sharing this excellent idea! Although I have thousands of bookmarks on my browser and organized in subfolders I sometimes get lost in there.
Well I guess I have to try your tip.
Take care,
Andreas
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Hi Steve
Had read about Favicons on Jose Perez’s blog. However never knew that it could be dragged anywhere wanted. Guess I did not understand it yet!
When you store each of these social bookmarks favicons, how do you use it .. I mean you would only be able to use it when you are connected to the internet right ?
Oh I think it gives you the shortcut to directly get onto the bookmark website – its like having your favourites on your desktop – right ?
Nice to meet you …
Cheers!
Abizer
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Steve
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August 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 am
Hello Abizar, it’s nice to meet you to! Yes, favicon bookmarking is exactly like having your favorites on your desktop but naturally the links are usually dragged into a unique LINKS folder on to your desktop or into any other folder you choose.
And yes again on your first question. Since the links we’re talking about are shortcuts to an internet address then yes, your computer would have to be online to get to the sites that are stored as shortcut links in the favicon bookmarking folder.
There’s more to come Abizar, and thanks for the excellent questions. Be well, Steve D.
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Hey Steve,
A drag and drop method would be both nice and useful.
Favicon is something I will look into
Hi Daniel, Thanks for stopping by. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
I am not well versed in all the use of bookmarking but you have given me hope.Pierrette Is the techy one and I write the content. She will check out all you say for sure.
We are here from the 100 comment challenge at http://theequest.com/?p=3018.This is our post, please visit and tell us what you think.
Great to know you,
Thanks
Pierre & Pierrette
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Hello Pierre and Pierette, Welcome! It’s a pleasure to know you. I’m so glad you’ve joined the challenge and I wish you the best of luck ahead. I’ll drop in tomorrow to say hi. Steve D.
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Hi Steve, i’ve just popped back to bookmark your blog and noticed that you have a double image showing in your replies.
I’ve just created a video to show you how to get over the problem mate.
Catch up soon, R&R Barry
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Hi Barry, I hope recovery is going well for you. Thank you so much for sharing the solution to my double gravatar issue. I’m going to head over right away and watch the video. You’re the best, your grateful friend, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Cool post! I often bookmark my faboutite URLS on the left hand side of my browser and have just organised them into handy subfolders for my online business after letting them get a tad out of control in revent months
Regards,
Steve Wilkins.
Hi Steve, Welcome! Thanks for stopping by and best of luck on the 100 comment challenge. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
I finally got here!
Great tips on the favicons. I need to make myself one of them, I just have a blank page image for mine.
Although I will be interested in watching your video, because I just tried the drag and drop and I ended up on another browser page! Oops on that one!
I am a little confused! 
I hope the challenge is going well for you. We have all the contributors on board now. All we can hope for now is that everyone gets around to everyone’s sites so we all succeed on the 100 comments together! Fingers crossed!
See you back here soon!
Cheers
Jacinta
Hi Jacinta, Welcome back! The challenge is going great and I’m sure it’s going to be a success all the way around. Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the very informative bookmarking tip, easy when you know how!
I have enjoyed visiting your blog on the challenge Steve and rest assured I will be back soon for some more of your great advice.
Nice to meet you.
Regards,
Brian
Hi Brian, Welcome! Thanks for stopping by and it’s nice to meet you to. See you soon, take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
You must have read my mind on this topic. My bookmark folder is at capacity and I needed a better way of managing them. You found the solution!
Thank you,
Mark
Hi Mark, that’s great. I’m glad the favicon tip is making it easier for active bookmarking. There’s more to come on the topic soon. Take care, Steve D.
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Steve
Great post – a really useful technique to bookmark a load of sites (I too suffer from bloated favourites menus!!) for categorisation and so forth. Had never thought of this one so thanks as have learnt something new today. Speak soon, Tom
Hi Tom, I’m glad you like the tip. There’s some additional of advantages to favicon bookmarking that I’ll be covering in my next post. Take care and good luck in the challenge, Steve D.
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Steve:
What a delightful post. I have to admit, when I first started reading your post I thought, “I’m in way over my head.” But when I saw “URL Bookmarking,” I knew I was going to be o.k.
I, too, have done some social bookmarking…not as much as I need to. I also suffered from an oversized browser bookmarker on my previous laptop but couldn’t figure out how to transfer them over.
Loved the idea of favicon bookmarking. I will give it a try.
Thanks for being in the 100 Blog Comment Challenge!
Kat
Hi Kat, thank you! I’ve got more coming soon on the same topic. The challenge is humming along very well. Good luck Kat and be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Favicon seems like a very helpful tool for bookmarking.
I shall certainly try it out.
I can see you are enjoying the challenge.
Good luck
Eamon
Hi Eamon, welcome! For sure Eamon, give it a try. Favicon bookmarking is a pro-active style of managing website links. The challenge is going strong and I’m definitely having a good time staying involved. Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Great post and wonderful idea about Favicon bookmarking. I am afraid I am not like a lot of other people, my bookmarking is not in neat folders and is a bit of a mess. Not any more, with your great information I am off to do my bookmarking housework. Thanks.
Good luck with the Challenge, I will be back soon to check out the rest of your blog, especially the video on our bookmarking techniques.
Take care.
Robyn
Hi Robyn, thank you. I’m pleased that you like the favicon trick. More to come on that topic for sure. See you soon, Steve D.
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Ingenious! I loved your idea. It makes life easier, and I am all in favor of such tricks.
Thank you Deb, it’s a time saver for anyone who likes to share and save bookmarks and whose bookmark menu is beyond control. Steve D.
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Steve:
I have seen the favicons but never put much thought into them. This seems like a potentially useful technique. I am going to give it a try and see if I like it or not. Thanks for the idea.
I do not bookmark too many sites anymore, especially blogs. For blogs I usually just sign-up for their RSS feeds.
Continued Success!
- Rick
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Hello Rick and welcome!, I like getting the RSS feeds for the many blogs that I like to read to. It’s one of the best ways to stay in the community loop and be responsive. I’m preparing a follow-up to this article about bookmarking for internet marketers where I’ll take a closer look at mission critical links and link groups. Be well, Steve D.
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Hey Steve, isn’t is fun when you come across your own methods?
Glad this works for you and helps your organize your favorite sites.
Peace,
Lauren
Hi Lauren, welcome! Yes, indeed it is fun to discover new ideas, tricks, methods etc., and we all enjoy sharing something of ourselves with others. See you, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
I have to admit that a lot of your post and the comments have gone over my head. I am new to computers and the technology involved and rely on my techie for advice and problem solving.
I am on Internet Explorer and my problem is remembering where the url’s are listed in my ‘favourites’. I have that many I will have to ask him how to organise them better.
I am learning slowly but surely.
Regards,
Bill
Greetings Bill and welcome, I find it’s easier to convey technical stuff in screen capture video. Text based demos can be misunderstood without the right visuals to enhance the writing. Anyway, I’m working on a short video to demonstrate favicon bookmarking. I hope to clarify anything I muddled in the article. Slow but sure is still one of my golden rules to. Best of luck ahead, Steve D.
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Very clever Idea. Keep up the good work!
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Hi Steve, This is a good useful post to refer to again. I have about 15 categories in my bookmarks and several sub categories, although everything is (almost) in order I tend to forget where I put them. One trick I have now is because I use Firefox (this may work in other browsers) and I save several favourite tabs at once as a bookmark tab (normally monthly) and give each one a heading. This way I know they are important enough to go back to on a regular basis. It works for me so others may wish to try. Enjoy the challenge mate.
Keith
Hi Kieth, welcome! I like to stay as organized as I can to. It’s not always easy to do but if I stay on top of it with some good sorting and storing techniques pretty soon it won’t be so difficult I hope. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Great post, great idea.
Took me a little while to get my head around it but now I have I can only say thanks for sharing this.
This is going to be very useful. Now in planning mode
Regards,
Dave
Hi Dave, welcome! Thanks, I’m glad it helped and do check back soon. I’m staying on the bookmark topic for awhile yet. Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Well they do say your learn something new everyday, and I learned something new from your blog.
Had never even heard of favicon bookmarks!
Anything that helps me organise or plan better gets a big thumbs up in my book(mark) ha ha.
Sally
Hi Sally, welcome! I’m glad you like the favicon trick. When I’m not writing I’m usually reviewing work or organizing the files and folders that have accumulated on my computer. Saving or bookmarking links off browser has helped me get a grip on things. Thanks for the thumbs up Sally in any book
Be well, Steve D.
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Hi, Steve,
At first glance I thought the favicon was for your blog! I have one of those for mine. It was challenging for me. I am a newbie, so I think I will hold off on your method of bookmarking. I have a few more blogs to go in a few days.
Thanks for sharing,
Fran T
Hi Fran, Thanks for stopping by. Check back next week Fran and I’ll have a little video to demonstrate the technique, ok? Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
This seems like a great idea but unfortunately I have no idea what a Favicon is at the moment so I’m really looking forward to watching the video as my bookmarking is rather messy at the moment and most definately needs some TLC.
Good luck with the challenge and I’ll be back for the video
Take care
Michelle
Hi Michelle, yes, please stop back this week and you’ll see it’s a snap. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
That’s a good habit to acquire. My browser’s bookmark menu is too crowded and difficult to manage now, your idea will certainly help.
Great advice,
Jose
Hello Jose, thank you, I’m glad you find this useful and there’s more to come on the topic. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Excellent post! My bookmarks are completely disorganised and well overdue for a good sort out so I’ll certainly be using your clever little idea.
Warm regards
Lynn
Hi Lynn, thank you and I’m happy you like doing the favicon to
Take care, Steve D.
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Wow – thanks for the wonderful tip for saving our sites – good way to organize them.
Gwen
via 100 Comment Challenge
Hi Gwen, you’re most welcome! Thanks for the visit. Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the tip on favicon bookmarking. I will start using that idea. Thanks for the information. I appreciate you sharing it. There is so much information to absorb.
Much Success,
Lorina Noble
Miss Mindset Makeover
Millionaire Mindset
Hi Lorina, your welcome and best of luck ahead. Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Oh now you’ve confirmed what I’ve always suspected-that I’m technically challenged!
But thanks for the heads up. even I understand this
Good luck with what’s left of the “other” challenge.
Best wishes
Mike
Hey, Mike, I’m technically and time challenged to, that’s why I keep writing about things like this I suppose
There’s more technotes on the way. Thanks for stopping by. Be well, Steve D.
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Hi Steve
Thanks for the great info, I am totally disorganized on this and waste far to much time. I am not at all techie so any help is much appreciated. Being organized and planning are an essential part of this business (and any other come to think of it)
Vince
Hi Vince, your welcome and you’re right, organization is more important than ever when it comes to finding everything that’s on our hard drive. Check out my video called Portable Database With Power Windows. It’s a simple set of techniques for managing your the resources on your hard drive. Take care, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
I’ve been hopping my heart out trying to get to all these blogs to honor my commitment to this challenge. I still have a lot of ground to cover so I can leave a comment. There is a lot of interesting blogs out there. Thanks for leaving a comment for me.
Have a good one.
Enjoy the Challenge.
Mike
Hey Mike, your most welcome. I started in the middle of August and after visiting from 10 to 15 blogs a day I hit 100 visits and now I can relax and savor the huge rise in my Alexa rankings and to try and keep the ball rolling. Good luck ahead Mike, Steve D.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for sharing with us this trick. Normally, I bookmark through Evernote and rarely use my desktop as I’m on my browser a lot. So interchanging between the tabs is what I do. The favicon trick however is handy because it saves you time.
See you on the 100th comments!
Thu
Hi Thu, Your welcome! I started to check out Evernote on a suggestion from one other blogger. I’m glad you like it so I’m going to give it a closer look. Take care, and see you there,
Steve D. 
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Great tip Steve, I must try it sometime as my list has grown. What I tend to do is remove old/rarely used bookmarks as I add new ones. I like your idea… better.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and sharing your touching story. Your story and sharing about your daughter made a difference in my day and left a special warmth in my heart… Thanks again and blessings!Stopped by on my 11th hour visit for the 100 comment challenge.
Best,
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth, your welcome and I loved reading your 100CC post and the many fine comments it received. Take care, Steve D.
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