said on March 3, 2007 4:32 PM PDT:
What if Google's servers are down? Is there a cached version of the bookmark database on my computer?
ImJasonH said on March 3, 2007 4:47 PM PDT:
Google Bookmarks was always such a letdown for me. The bookmarking process is difficult, the interface is clumsy, there's no sharing or browser interaction... who would use Google Bookmarks when there's del.icio.us ?
I'd love to see them start it over from scratch, giving users everything they can already get from del.icio.us and more, like page caching, and recommendations based on what you've bookmarked.
It's definitely one of those services that could have been so much more.
del.icio.us has a very bad interface and a different purpose than Google Bookmarks (or Yahoo Bookmarks).
del.icio.us =
* by default public bookmarks
* private bookmarks if you enable an option and click on a checkbox every time
Google Bookmarks =
* private bookmarks
* integration with search history, web search
It's easy to bookmark stuff using either Google Toolbar, Gmarks or the bookmarklet. It's not that easy to manage the bookmarks and search is not always the best idea (although it helps a lot).
said on March 3, 2007 7:43 PM PDT:
all i need right here.
www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/
said on March 3, 2007 8:22 PM PDT:
I've been using Google bookmarks for awhile now and love the fact that I can access my bookmarks from any computer. Just clicking on the star while browsing adds the page to my list. Editing the list is easy by using the 'managing bookmarks' selection which turns all of my bookmarks into a web page that allows me to edit each one.
I can't imagine what more they could do, but I'm also anxious to find out.
ImJasonH said on March 3, 2007 9:17 PM PDT:
You're right about their purposes being different, but with del.icio.us it's at least possible to do both.
They could have a "share" option next to bookmarks like they have with RSS items in Google Reader, or have a setting to automatically share bookmarks.
And you're right about del.icio.us' interface being clumsy too, but it's at least better than Google's (tag clouds, for example)
I guess the thing that bothers me most about Google Bookmarks is that there doesn't seem to be any development on it, especially since there's so much that could be done.
said on March 3, 2007 9:52 PM PDT:
Both google's bookmarks and google's personal homepage are "primitive" looking services that lag far behind the competition.
Netvouz, for example, allows for private bookmarks and has a beautiful, speedy and tractable interface. It far surpasses del.icio.us (which I used to use). Try rearranging a boatload of bookmarks among various "groups" in del.icio.us and you'll want to scream from the slowness of the interface.
Similarly, Netvibes and Pageflakes, make google's personal homepage look like yesterday's stale donut. Microsoft's personal homepage doesn't look bad, but its nag screens are infuriating and make it unusable IMHO.
Google has some nice products, but sadly its bookmarking and personal homepage services are outdated and outclassed by the competition. There's really no point in talking up this crap just because google owns it.
Anuj said on March 3, 2007 11:31 PM PDT:
I prefer to use
GBookmarks in place of GMarks in FireFox. At just 20kb, this extension is lightweight and works well for those of us who don't want the Google Toolbar in FireFox.
I can't imagine what more they could do, but I'm also anxious to find out.I've heard they'll integrate Bookmarks with Google Notebook.
said on March 6, 2007 10:27 PM PDT:
I think bookmarks are very helpful especially for those of us who use the internet frequently. These tips help to understand the google bookmark feature better.
John said on March 15, 2007 3:52 AM PDT:
don't use Netvouz:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/netvouz.com
I love Google bookmarks!
The fact that by having a Gmail account you can have acces to all the following services bu just loging in ONE time is amazing:
Gmail,Google bookmarks,Notebook,reader...and you can have all these on the perfectly simple personalized homepage?They just work perfectly with one another.Amazing!
And whoever called google services "primitive",must be a bit mad.
:)
said on March 17, 2007 5:45 PM PDT:
The only thing I miss in Google Bookmarks is the possibility to add last added bookmarks on their homepage.
The existing gadgets just allow switch between your labels but none of them allows you to see last bookmarks you added regardless of their label :-/
Some kind of sharing could be nice, but I can live without that.
xaKira said on April 4, 2007 4:06 AM PDT:
I have a lot of bookmarks in MyBookmarks.com, maybe a few hundred, and have tried many other on-line products including delicious, but have found them all lacking. One think I have noticed is, that although I would like to keep my bookmarks all nice and orderly and useful, it's much easier just to google search what I want. Most of my bookmarks only stay relevant for a few days to a few months so would like a purge option on bookmarks, like auto delete if I haven't used it for 6 months or 1 year or something like that. I think Google do most thing right. They create something to do a specific task that intergrates well with other products, so they are usualy quick and simple (intuitive to me) to use. Bookmarking systems that share like delicious just sound like people that want to say Hey Look at Me! and look at My Bookmarks! .... and look at Me again! I have other sites where I can be social, I just need bookmarks to be productive, thanks Google.
密爾希弗拉雪 said on April 6, 2007 1:30 AM PDT:
GMarks is great, it's original and convenient, and it doesn't bring burdensome toolbars. I don't know Anuj is talking about.
And the only thing I miss now in Google Bookmarks is the ability to share. If it can offer personal pages to list the bookmarks (including the ability to keep some of them private), then I will cease to use del.icio.us completely.
le said on April 7, 2007 6:14 PM PDT:
Please, Google, can you buy the "linkagogo.com" and give it for free? :))
销声客 said on April 9, 2007 9:02 AM PDT:
How can I share my google bookmark with friends?
Google bookmarks desperatetly needs a way to share or better yet, "collaborate" much like google notebooks does...
The browser toolbar needs to meet or surpass the viewing options that del.icio.us offers such as tag view etc.
fixerdave said on April 17, 2007 10:45 PM PDT:
What I'd like to see in Google Bookmarks, and any Google product that uses tag/labels, are:
1) the ability to search for NOT tag/label. ie. label:Computing AND NOT label:Work - for a list of non-work related computing links. I'd like this to be in Bookmarks, Notes, Docs... everywhere. Tags/labels are a great way to find things - but NOT would really help narrow down the list.
2) Some consistency would be nice. I'm too old to remember that it's 'label' here and 'tag' there. Why not just have them used interchangeably? Everywhere?
Other than that, between Bookmarks, Docs, and Notes, I've pretty well moved entirely online. Thank you! I'm not complaining here, just offering some suggestions for improvement.
Coldmiser said on April 25, 2007 12:47 PM PDT:
Google bookmarks are great, but sometimes I would like to be able to sort my bookmarks in a little more finer detail for instance in my 'linux' folder I have additional folders for each flavor. Is there anyway you can add the ability to put folders inside of folders?
said on May 7, 2007 3:43 PM PDT:
But how can i import google bookmark in google reader? when i try it i see nothing...
said on May 11, 2007 7:39 AM PDT:
It would be awesome if they allowed you the "option" to share selected bookmarks via a web page or feed, i.e Google Reader.
said on May 18, 2007 7:11 AM PDT:
Google Bookmarks is very easy to use and it is useful for those using multiple computers. However,when the bookmark list keep expanding, it is sometimes not convinient to look for what you want, esp. for the bookmarks at the bottom of the list. Is there any way to make 'folders' for the bookmarks like those we use in Favorites in Internet Explorer, so the list seems shorter and easier to find what you want?
Labels are a replacement for folders. Use the search box to find a bookmark: it's easier than browsing a long list of links.
You can also restrict a query to a label:
label:blogs googleand even search for pages that have more than one label:
label:blogs label:tech googleI agree that Google should improve the way they display bookmarks and make them shareable at least with your contacts.
brinko99 said on June 3, 2007 9:18 PM PDT:
I really feel that labels are inferior to folders for bookmarks. Labels cannot contain the granularity that folders do.
For example. I have a folder Interests->Food/Drink->Liquor->Bartending where I hold bartending/drink recipe pages. I don't want a top level label for "bartending" nor do I want all food/drink pages in one list.
Searching is useful to find a specific page, but often I like to browse my bookmarks and the hierarchy of folders is very nice for that.
Ricco said on August 26, 2007 12:57 PM PDT:
Like the last person my problem with Google toolbar is not having the capability to have folder structure. I noticed it allows you to choose multiple labels, but it does not allow you to have sub labels like a folder structure. That is the only reason I end up using Yahoo tool bar's bookmark which still allows folder structure that we all are so used to.
said on August 28, 2007 1:55 PM PDT:
I need features to be able share my bookmarks, and I would like to put them in folders!!!!!!!!
Patrick said on August 29, 2007 2:11 AM PDT:
The problem with searching for bookmarks instead of being able to have a heirarchy of folders is that you may not know exactly what you are searching for. If you have a large collection of bookmarks those that you have not used for a while and have been forgotten may miss your search criteria.
said on September 1, 2007 10:13 AM PDT:
Why can't there be both folders and tags. Allow the user to organize a hierarchy *and* tag the bookmarks!!! Isn't that simple? Why is nobody doing this? Plus then when the bookmarks are exported they are categorized properly for loading into browsers.
Stephen said on September 1, 2007 11:33 AM PDT:
Yahoo bookmarks uses folders and tags. For this reason I think I will use that, even though I find the interface a little ponderous.
LeeSeng said on September 1, 2007 11:54 AM PDT:
does it handle firefox live bookmark.? or RSS feed.?
g.Don said on September 4, 2007 1:53 PM PDT:
I didnt found the API for Bookmarks. Who knows that?
Yang said on September 11, 2007 5:55 AM PDT:
How to clear up my Google Bookmarks?
I want to re-organize items of my Google Bookmarks. So I need to empty my Google Bookmarks. After re-organizing my bookmarks (exported from Google Bookmarks)locally, I will re-import them into Google Bookmarks.
Install
Google Toolbar and find the bookmark button.
For each label do:
* right-click on the label
* click on "Delete all bookmarks with this label"
For each unlabeled bookmark do:
* right-click on the bookmark
* click on "Remove bookmark"
Mansoor said on September 19, 2007 2:41 AM PDT:
Facility to organize the bookmarks in the heirarchy of folders should be available as almost all the browsers use this approach and majority of the people are used to this approach.
said on September 21, 2007 2:25 AM PDT:
Google should do something early to share the bookmarks. It is a vey huge drawback.
Willem said on October 3, 2007 9:41 AM PDT:
definitely support folders. simply for the reason of browsing your bookmarks. quite often you don't know what you are searching for or why you organized something the way you did when you first included the link.
Second that (fifth that?) request for sharing - I just assumed you'd be able to.
said on October 8, 2007 10:10 AM PDT:
Enough! Add folders already!
Henrique said on October 14, 2007 3:56 AM PDT:
When do we get folders?
I wouldn't push for folders as much as I would ask for nested and/or sub labels
Hi, How do I create Label in Google Bookmarks?
It doesn't make any sense to create a label. When you add a bookmark (from the site, the toolbar or the bookmarklet), you'll have the option to add labels. Google auto-completes the label names, but you can add other labels.
said on October 22, 2007 1:13 PM PDT:
When I first created my google bookmarks, there was a method whereby the labels were nested. I loved it. Unfortunately, it seems to have disappeared.
I don't care if you call it nested labels or folders; however, as an organizational tool, it is sorely needed. I have over 2000 bookmarks, all neatly organized in Firefox. Using them without either folders or nested labels with Google is a disaster.
Al said on October 23, 2007 3:21 PM PDT:
I'm just been trying to figure out how to create nested folders to organise my google bookmarks, but it would seems that's not possible?
I would agree this is a basics requirement.
dvfer said on November 1, 2007 3:43 AM PDT:
Google must allow users to share the bookmarks!!
Justin said on November 10, 2007 11:55 PM PDT:
We're seriously debating this? Come on Google for Pete's sake! You can't put someone on an extensive bookmarking system like Delicious? I use Google as my "Web OS", don't make me look elsewhere. :)
Just imported all my bookmarks and end up with this:sort:of:rubbish:!
So can anyone create an extension which takes this:sort:of:thing, chops it up at the : and then makes nice little folders? then you'd have the best of both worlds. Then they could also let you then visualy browse for an appropriate already existing super:meta:tag when you create a new bookmark....
Maya said on November 21, 2007 11:13 AM PDT:
I agree that the
ABSENCE OF FOLDERS *OR* NESTED TAGS/LABELS IS A HUGE DISADVANTAGE of using Google Bookmarks.
While I *love* the tags/labels idea, it is utterly pointless if you CANNOT organize favorites into any type of STRUCTURAL HIERARCHY!! There are MANY times when people want to just BROWSE their bookmarks rather than search. Although browsing is possible with Google bookmarks, it is VERY ANNOYING because SUB-CATEGORIES (VIA FOLDERS *OR* NESTED TAGS/LABELS) ARE NOT AN OPTION IN GOOGLE BOOKMARKS.
The only way to create a hierarchy with Google Bookmarks is to manually create individual labels with names such as this:
* Tag1 - SubTag1 - SubSubTag1
* Tag1 - SubTag1 - SubSubTag2
* Tag1 - SubTag2
* Tag1 - SubTag3 - SubSubTag1
* Tag1 - SubTag3 - SubSubTag2
* Tag2 - SubTag1 - SubSubTag1
* Tag2 - SubTag1 - SubSubTag2
* Tag2 - SubTag2
And so on...
As you can see, this DOES allow for sorting bookmarks in a nested hierarchy, but
when you have many categories and subcategories (and even subcategories to the subcategories!), you end up with a VERY LONG LIST, which still makes browsing unpleasant (to say the least!)I use GMail and iGoogle (both are great!), so it would be nice to use Google Bookmarks as well, since they are so integrated.
However, until some type of nested hierarchy (either folders or nested labels/tabs) is possible, I will have to look elsewhere for my bookmark manager.
said on November 25, 2007 4:15 PM PDT:
i agree with alot of the comments here,
i would love the option to share/collaborate bookmarks. the other thing i would like a a links bar type option. currently i use IE favourites aswell but would like the options to includea google favorites bar instead(based on the label you are working on.
just my thoughts
said on November 29, 2007 3:15 AM PDT:
Listen up Google. I imported all my bookmarks with subfolders only to find the subfolders gone. I use bookmarks for businesa and I need a hierarchy. I am going back to IE for the time being. I'd love to be integrated but....
Paul said on December 1, 2007 5:41 PM PDT:
No ability to drag and drop groups of bookmarks around = forget using it. For those of us with hundreds of bookmarks, Google Bookmarks is not an option - i can't believe they didn't get that built in at the beginning. In marketing 101 they teach you "don't try to make what you think is the best - just ask what people want and then go make it".
Teadrop said on December 3, 2007 12:16 AM PDT:
said on December 8, 2007 6:33 AM PDT:
I have some less than 400 bookmarks, which are arranged in folders and subfolders. The upper folder layer is only 10 folders, and I do not need to go to a depth more than 2 or 3 subfolders usually.
I cannot imagine having all these in one page and having to search through labels e.t.c. I guess I'll be using some other solutions until google allows folders in the bookmark facility..
Via said on December 12, 2007 12:45 PM PDT:
bump yada yada bump ditto ditto, uhhuh, uh-huh.
Yea, like dat.
I agree with all the above.
I loves Google.
Give us nested folders, uh huh.
wendyj23 said on December 12, 2007 1:10 PM PDT:
FOLDER-LABEL Resolution!!
Using the Firefox plugin
Google Bookmarks Button by Pau Tomàs, you can add a button to your browser that looks almost identical to the bookmark button on the Google Toolbar. At the bottom of your bookmarks list there's an entry called 'options' where you can enable label hierarchy, using a character such as '/' to separate your label hierarchies, in much the same way as you would separate web folder hierarchies with a forward-slash. Then, using this addon to view your bookmarks, you then see your bookmarks in a folder-like or explorer-like expanding structure (AND A MUCH SHORTER LIST!). In IE (the google toolbar) and on the Google bookmarks webpage you'll see it listed as any other label, but it will still be in context, for example, I have a label called SEO and then another called SEO/keywords and one called SEO/linkbuilding. I agree Google needs to add in this functionality, but for me (who considers this FF addon a must anyway because at work they won't let me install the google toolbar), it's a brilliant resolution!
Brendan said on December 12, 2007 3:05 PM PDT:
Request: that Google Desktop Search also searches with labels from Google Bookmark. Then I could categorise my own files in this powerful way! (instead of having to choose one specific hierarchy of directories).
I agree with Maya on hierarchical labels, so that more specific labels denote a subset of broader labels. Tagging with a more specific label automatically adds the superset label. These are contrary to the concept of labels in way, because they are a strict hierarchy, ie. not overlapping (unlike normal labels). I guess another approach would be to label the labels - because the issue here is really how to organize labels. Why not use the same system again? (one drawback is that it is confusing to use the same concept at different levels).
BTW: Google Notebook automatically includes Google Bookmarks (as "Unfiled bookmarks"), and searches them.
http://www.google.com/notebook
Via said on December 12, 2007 3:32 PM PDT:
Thanks Wendy, but ... looks dicey.
I'm using G.Bookmarks with the GMarks extension these days. GMarks allows me to simultaneously save a site in my FF bookmarks and my Google bookmarks, in addition to managing them. However, it doesn't have nested folders, nor does it have sharing capacity. So it doesn't work for me, really.
I think I'll migrate my FF bookmarks to Netvouz, since it is so painless, and then migrate back to G.Bookmarks whenever they make it more robust, so I can have all the advantages of integration.
Would love to be able to know if and when the big Goog is planning to add features, but I understand they gotta do it in their own time in order to do it right.
said on December 21, 2007 10:34 AM PDT:
I would prefer to just have the browsers bookmark.html stored on the web. Then just put a url in the browser settings. Then the browser would work like normal.
Google should store, on their servers, the whole content of the bookmarked page, at the date & time the bookmark was created. Then, when searching through the (contents of the) bookmarks, even when the content has changed (or has been removed), you can safely retrieve the content you were thinking about.
For some newspapers, for instance (e.g., Le Monde), or some news feeds, the content changes everyday, invalidating the bookmarked content. So, it would overcome that drawback of the bookmarks... and begin to archive the Web :)
Bookmarks express the intention of the user. It is much like the expression of a search request. Hence, the mere click on a bookmark can be interpreted as a search request. Hence, AdWords are pertaining. Hence, Google could earn even more money (because we explicitly know the user intention).
Bookmarks are actually links to Web documents. Hence, those links could be used by the PageRank algorithm to improve ALL the search results...
And the AdWords would be even more pertaining :)
PaPyRene said on January 11, 2008 6:33 AM PDT:
Google Bookmarks is easy to use on different computers, OSses and browsers.
To structure the bookmarks use GMarks add-on in FireFox. GMarks has the possibility to label, sublabel and multilabel bookmarks. No need anymore to keep bookmarks local.
What is really missing with Google Bookmarks: share Google bookmarks among Google accounts, fe via your contacts.
Fe per Google Bookmark one should be able to link a contact out of the contacts list.
As ICT responsible, I want to use Google stuff in our company, such as Google bookmarks, but it is impossible to share company wide bookmarks. So we wait untill Google implements a share feature in Google Bookmarks!
Thanks in advance Google...
said on January 14, 2008 11:31 PM PDT:
Please Google,
We love you ..
help us to make sub-folders in bookmarks.
said on January 16, 2008 8:11 PM PDT:
Yes... can you please include a subfolders function?
bosconian said on January 17, 2008 6:57 AM PDT:
You all have probably noticed there is a new war happening around - TAGS VS FOLDERS.
Many companies trying to force the new idea of TAGS without usage of any hierarchical structure at all: Google with its ORTODOXISM of disallowing to create hierarchy structure of your bookmarks misses couple of points - WE ARE NOT MACHINES - we don't operate with strings when we think - we operate with IMAGES and the folder hierarchy is a kind of image we remember and get used to and then we can operate on and process it – bookmarks with tags and no folders is like having a book with word index and no table of contents nor chapters nor subchapters etc. Just think - why they still have chapters and table of contents.
Also - hierarchy of folders is kind of search criteria templates - so why disallowing people to create and store their search templates in instance of folder structure???
Technically the folders facility is so easy to implement in this case. What’s the problem then???
Please - just speak to that tag ideologist(s) in Google Company and explain that however tags works great with searching across they are not necessarily the only and best solution for organising e.g. bookmarks. Say to him /her / them. They would work great with accompanience of folders and people would love you even more.
said on January 21, 2008 2:13 PM PDT:
How do I send all the bookmarks I already have from one computer to another, is that even possible?
@(the comment above):
If the bookmarks are stored locally in your browser, export them, save the html file somewhere and import it in the other computer.
Google Bookmarks is an online service, so all your bookmarks are stored online and they're accessible from any computer.
Rab said on January 24, 2008 7:01 PM PDT:
google bookmarks just lost all but my most recently added bookmarks :( I'm hoping it's a temporary glitch.
said on January 25, 2008 8:05 AM PDT:
Rab, I had the same problem, re-booted my computer and they were back (I then IMMEDIATLY exported them with the date...)
said on January 29, 2008 12:35 PM PDT:
Gawd, I know, not having subcategories sucks! Its 2008 people!
I'm learning Japanese, so I need to bookmark Japanese language sites, music sites, movie sites, etc and they all have JAPANESE characters in the title, so searching is now not an option!
Without subcategories I have to rename the page when I bookmark it, and if I forget it gets lost in the shuffle.
Brian said on January 30, 2008 9:33 AM PDT:
Google Bookmarks
I have two google accounts and want to get the bookmarks from one account into the other account to consolidate them. Anyone know how I can do this quickly?
C
said on January 30, 2008 12:52 PM PDT:
is it possible to search substring label, eg label:*substr* ?
Hey Google devs please add folders.
said on February 1, 2008 1:20 AM PDT:
Please, for the love of God, add a public feed...that's all I ask for.
said on February 1, 2008 3:21 AM PDT:
Please, let the bookmarks be public!!
@Brian:
Well, you can export your bookmarks from the online interface. Import those bookmarks in a browser (you could use a different browser, Firefox or IE) and then import those bookmarks to Google Bookmarks using Google Toolbar.
@anonymous:
No, it's not possible to search for labels.
Hi;
I have google bookmarks on firefox on all my computers but the bookmarks on the MAC G5 OSX do not respond to the mouse... What is wrong..
Regards
Alex
said on February 18, 2008 3:22 AM PDT:
Why can you not store bookmarks in a folder hierarchy deeper than one level. I imported my bookmarks from my browser. The result was a complete mess. Bad impression. :(
Susie Day said on February 26, 2008 3:57 PM PDT:
Tags VS Folders
someone asked why have tabs in the first place - why not stick with folders.
It doesn't have much to do with searching, it has to do with being able to put one physical entry in more than one place at a time. Do I put the medieval goode cookery site in the Cooking folder or the Medieval Europe folder? with folders you either have to choose, or duplicate it - with tags, you can put it in both!
PLEASE, we need nested tags!
I tried to use google bookmarks, and don't for the same reasons. I have too many sub categories.
A helpful firefox extension is foxmarks - it lets you access your bookmarks on more than one computer (or a dual boot system) - replacing one of the cool things google bookmarks does anyhow.
said on February 28, 2008 12:15 AM PDT:
we NEED nested folders - please!
Tom said on March 2, 2008 5:37 AM PDT:
Dear Google:
Google Bookmarks is great mainly because gmarks allows you to use the same book marks across any computer you log in with. Please allow bookmarks to be shared between users. People here have been asking it for a long time.
Regards,
Tom
Yeah, nest those links and keep up the good work.
said on March 7, 2008 9:16 PM PDT:
some quick points
- google is great!
- google notebook integrated in bookmarks is very nice
- when i search for bookmarks, i would like to have an option to sort by date
- someone asked how to do an "AND NOT" operator. Just use -label:labelYouDontWant (note the "-" at the front(. Very consistent with rest of google search.
François said on March 19, 2008 3:55 AM PDT:
It is a disaster not to have nested bookmarks
said on March 20, 2008 9:42 AM PDT:
I have been using Google Bookmarks and suddenly many of them don't work. When I click on the specific site I get a page that says the site cannot be found. A lot of work down the drain for me. Can this be fixed as all the bookmarks are still there they just don't connect
said on March 21, 2008 11:18 AM PDT:
I am having the same problem. I am getting an error message of 404 - Not Found. Its been going on for few days now.
said on March 23, 2008 3:24 PM PDT:
@The last two posters: I think Google Bookmarks was down. I was having the same problem but now it looks like things are back to normal, though I still can't export my bookmarks (in case something else happens).
If the site (Google Bookmarks) goes down again, go to iGoogle and use the bookmark gadget to access your bookmarks. I love it! You simply type/paste the URL and the gadget generates a name for it, and each link is opened in a new tab (no need to middle-click).
said on March 26, 2008 5:07 AM PDT:
I cant add any bookmarks..
Keeps saying: Unable to connect to google bookmark service..
Ive turned virus software off, that didnt help..
Ive googled this, and others have had problems and migrated to YAHOO Bookmarks..
We need help!
said on March 28, 2008 12:28 PM PDT:
I need to update a few links and couldn't do it in IE google toolbar. I plan to switch to Windows Live Favorites this weekend. There, you just right click and edit whatever you want.
Google Toolbar works exactly how you described. Click on the Bookmarks button, select a label from the menu and right click on the bookmark you want to edit. Then click on "Edit Bookmark" and you can edit the title and the list of labels. To update the URL, bookmark the new address and the delete the outdated bookmark.
Whether tags or folders,find a way to nest or appear to nest, please.
Google bookmarks is so key to me that I wouldn't use Firefox until there was a google toolbar for it.
That along with multiple search choices; images,froogle,news etc.
Thanks, but please find a way to nest.
How do I add a tag to my site so people can add my site to their google bookmarks? I have been searching for this for weeks!! Please help!
@Playhouses:
Add this code to your site:
<a href='javascript:(function(){ var a=window,b=document, c=encodeURIComponent, d=a.open ("http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=" + c(b.location)+"&title="+c(b.title),"bkmk_popup", "left="+((a.screenX||a.screenLeft)+10)+",top="+ ((a.screenY||a.screenTop)+10)+", height=420px,width=550px,resizable=1, alwaysRaised=1"); a.setTimeout(function(){d.focus()}, 300)})();'>Bookmark with Google</a>
Paul said on April 8, 2008 10:19 PM PDT:
said on April 9, 2008 8:37 AM PDT:
I can't understand why my bookmarks have vanished. Is this how google operates? This is a lousy service.
said on April 10, 2008 8:54 AM PDT:
Is there a way to "copy" google bookmarks between google ID's? I have two google accounts and I want to replicate (and later synchronize) my google bookmarks between the ID's.
There is synchronize function under Firefox but that does not seem to address this need. And I jump between browsers so only having this for one browser would limit me.
Advice, ideas, suggestion?
said on April 21, 2008 1:37 PM PDT:
The bookmarks page shows all labels starting with upper case characters first, before listing the ones starting with lower case characters. This is confusing, as I expected them to be in alphabetical order, as in GMarks. Is there a way to do this?
said on April 29, 2008 12:19 AM PDT:
Can I sort the google labels in the order that I last used them, or added them. this way I know which labels I am working with and which projects or group of labels and am working on.
said on April 30, 2008 4:30 AM PDT:
Somebody shoud make petition that google puts folders in bookmarks!!
GOOGLE pls make folders in bookmarks!
said on April 30, 2008 5:11 PM PDT:
When I first started using Google Bookmarks, I used the label name to group my sites. Now it dumps them all down at the bottom. They need to fix that or figure out a way to make folders. It is now WORTHLESS and I'm sorry I started to use it. I can't believe Google put together such a piece of junk.
Herbie said on May 5, 2008 3:32 PM PDT:
Hey Google. I have a carefully maintained bookmark file that I've been growing since sometime in 1997. With a recent pruning of dead links, I still had over 1500 entries.
Since this system is rooted in older browsers, it of course uses nested folders, but never more than 3 layers deep. And for my benefit, some of the folder names are nice and descriptive. As you can imagine, however, with 1500 links sorted into folders no more than 3 layers deep, that's a lot of entries and sub-entries.
With your current method of importing these into a tagged format, it takes
EIGHTEEN PAGES of links to get through my first folder, and 63 pages total to catalog the links sorted by tags.
Basically, the information is presented in a completely unreadable and un-usable fashion.
For those arguing "just use a search": If I was going to search, I would never search the bookmarks, I would just search the web for the page, since the bookmark system doesn't have all of the context I need. The problem, however is that I don't necessarily remember WHAT page I'm searching for. I remember that I want to re-view something I previously found (maybe more than five YEARS ago!) In all likelihood, I won't remember enough about the topic to search without being able to drill down through my subfolders.
I'm sticking with my firefox bookmarks file for now. This system just plain sucks for someone with the kind of investment and history that I have.
raymund said on May 6, 2008 12:42 AM PDT:
i've been posting in google and i want to know how can i switch my private bookmarks to public bookmarks?
aelfwyne said on May 11, 2008 2:29 PM PDT:
Agreed with those who say this needs a sharing feature like Google Reader.
Yes, there are bookmark sharing sites. But that's ALL those sites do. I use google for many other things, and so do my friends. We share RSS items regularly, but it is maddening to have to open an IM window and direct link webpages when simply clicking "share" should do the job. With a "Share" feature, I don't have to ask my friends to sign-up, check, etc, a website they have no interest in. They already all have/use Google, and just like Reader shared items, it would be no hassle if there were simply a link to friends' shared items in the bookmarks.
As it is, there is little reason to use Google Bookmarks since it lacks any sort of collaboration features.
Fraser said on May 16, 2008 4:23 PM PDT:
Hi,
I have written a VB script that will export your Google bookmarks into your IE Favorites (The opposite of the 'Import IE Favorites...' on the Google toolbar)
It uses the RSS feed to create all the .url files and directories based on the labels.
Check out my Blog for the code...
google-bookmarks-to-ie-favorites
@Fraser:
What you did is redundant because Google Bookmarks has an export feature. The exported HTML file can be imported in Internet Explorer and in many other browsers.
Fraser said on May 16, 2008 5:44 PM PDT:
@Ionut Alex Chitu
Well if prefer you prefer to visit http://www.google.com/bookmarks/bookmarks.html, save the file, then in IE go File -> Import and Export -> Import Favorites -> then
run thorough the wizard then yes it is 'redundant '
Personally I prefer to just a double click on a single file and be done...
Fraser said on May 17, 2008 1:54 PM PDT:
@Ionut Alex Chitu
Also, the steps outlined for importing the bookmarks from Google to IE don't actually work. On downloading the html file and importing I receive a success message, however when I check the Favorites only the file structure has been imported, all the actual .url files are missing. I have tested this on numerous xp sp2 machines running IE7 with Google toolbar.
Fraser said on May 18, 2008 1:20 PM PDT:
@Ionut Alex Chitu
Also, trying to import the bookmark.html file in IE7 dosen't actually work. Only the folders are created, not the actual .url files...
So the script is far from redundant.
TeamFalk said on May 22, 2008 4:57 AM PDT:
Is it possible to import more than one bookmark at once?
Not with bookmarks.html.
I want to mark them in Firefox and put them to Google Bookmarks.
Deza said on May 30, 2008 11:20 AM PDT:
I think that Google Web Bookmarks service is extraordinarily useful, but to recognize them could arise some frustrations. For this reason, I’ve developed an Add-On for IE called Quick History for Google. Its goal is providing a visual help to recognize the bookmarks easier. This Add-On creates and inserts a thumbnail of the target page aside of bookmark.
It has other features. Please, check it.
http://quick.history.googlepages.com/home.html
Thanks!
said on June 5, 2008 12:25 AM PDT:
Why cant you scroll in Google Bookmarks using the wheel on your mouse?
How do you tag your bookmarks to organize them?
said on June 9, 2008 6:40 PM PDT:
Is there anymore development coming out of Google Bookmarks. I used to use del.icio.us. I mostly liked it, but I did everything else in Google so it became easier to use Google Bookmarks. But I need tag clouds. I use a lot of tags, and the list of labels in Google Bookmarks just keeps getting longer and longer for me. It's a pain to scroll through them. I'm fine with everything else in Google Bookmarks, but they desperately need tag clouds.
Doug said on June 13, 2008 8:38 AM PDT:
Anyone know how to get telnet url's to show up in Google Bookmarks (on Google toolbar for ie). I can add them and see them in mange bookmarks, but they dont show up in teh toolbar. Example url - telnet://mytelnetserver.athome.com
Fraser said on June 13, 2008 9:15 AM PDT:
@doug
Havent tested it but you could try specifiying the port rather that the protocol.
e.g:
mytelnetserver.athome.com:23
said on June 15, 2008 2:12 PM PDT:
Just another person chiming in to say I can not use the bookmark feature because it does not allow sub labels / sub folders. I have no choice but to you use the Yahoo toolbar because it does provide a folder structure.
said on June 21, 2008 9:06 AM PDT:
since bookmarks.yahoo.com stopped letting me search my bookmarks a while back, anyone know how i can bring it into google.com/bookmarks??? (using Firefox 3.0)
Thx
said on June 22, 2008 7:36 AM PDT:
I recently starting to get this message "Unable to connect to google bookmark service ..."
whenever I tried to add or remove a bookmark. It turned out that cookie was corrupted. So I fixed this by deleting all cookies in Internet Explorer and reinstall the cookie when I revisited Google bookmark. Works fine now
Without an in-built (i.e. not relying on GMarks) folder hierarchy, I think Google Bookmarks is useless except for a last minute backup for my bookmarks. Right now, even GMarks doesn't help because (as of this morning - 23rd June) I just found that Google Bookmarks isn't even using the full folder structure as labels any more! All of my bookmarks are only getting labeled according to the immediate folder they are stored in.
I really do enjoy so much of the functionality that Google has brought to my life on the web, everything from GMail, Google Reader, Picasa, Blogger, Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, Google Pages... but Google Bookmarks is way OFF THE MARK. I am even less impressed with this now that they have stopped supporting Google Sync for Firefox 3.
Disgruntled.
Rob
:)
said on July 1, 2008 10:12 PM PDT:
based on what " Fraser said...
@Ionut Alex Chitu" on May 18, 2008 1:20 PM,
I face this same probelm of only folders being created when imported in IE. I am using IE6, Win XP SP2. Any solutions?
said on July 3, 2008 6:23 AM PDT:
Yeah I've had to stop using google bookmarks as well due to the lack of nested labels, it would also be great if gmail had them.
said on July 16, 2008 5:41 AM PDT:
I really, REALLY need support for nested folders. Can google at least address the topic - are they considering or looking into subfolder support? Is the nesting capability on a todo list?
TeamFALK said on July 16, 2008 8:59 AM PDT:
Use GMarks (Add-on for Firefox) and you have support for nested folders.
said on July 22, 2008 12:17 AM PDT:
My bookmarks are too long now, too many labels, I want sub folder capability. Im looking at this post to find out when Google plans on introducing it, until then I use this forum to find an alternative bookmark system. Google, you have
a potential winnerhere, but until nested folders becomes available you will just remain a
loser.
said on July 23, 2008 5:22 AM PDT:
thinking of going to yahoo bookmarks to have the subfolders support..
Harry said on July 23, 2008 10:41 AM PDT:
Re lack of subfolders with Google bookmarks
It's pretty clear that no one at Google reads these posts, or even cares.
TeamFALK said on July 23, 2008 11:09 AM PDT:
Use GMarks (Add-on for Firefox) and you have support for nested folders.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2888
Craig said on August 13, 2008 5:57 PM PDT:
"For Firefox and Internet Explorer, you can download Google Toolbar, and use the "Import bookmarks" option that appears on the drop-down menu next to the Bookmarks icon."
I see no "Import bookmarks" option on the drop down menu next to the Bookmarks icon.
@Craig:
Are you sure you are using the latest version of Google Toolbar? From what I know, this option has been available in the all Google Toolbar released in the past two years.
Just click on the Bookmarks drop-down to view your bookmarks and you should see at the bottom "Import IE Favorites" or "Import Firefox bookmarks".
pisyong said on August 14, 2008 12:57 AM PDT:
How about firefox should try to have a complete addons with the complete top rank bookmarking sites, in just 1 download.
François said on August 19, 2008 2:57 AM PDT:
It has been two years now since I use a google account for gmail.
I am now testing a yahoo account (ymail.com).
I really would like to stay on my google account, and I will wait untill Google adds the subfolder capability for bookmarks but not for eternity.
There are a few avantages on a yahoo account :
- You have no limit on your space (mail and docs)
- You have a briefcase (no limit) so you can have any documents in it (google is limiting this to docs that googleDocs can open). So with yahoo, you can put anything like zip, pdf, etc..
- You have SUB FOLDERS in google bookmarks
- The webmail interface is better (right clicks, subfolders, etc..)
- Yahoo messenger is Msn messenger compatible
Conclusion :
I am staying on my google account for the moment, but what made me happy at the begining on my google accounts, is getting old in front of yahoo.
I like the simplicity of google account, but I would like to have such functionnalities as a yahoo account
Please google, read this page and be aware that we are happy for the moment with google account (and it's free, so we should not complain...) but that we are getting impatient on subfolders for bookmarks.
If I have the subfolders capability in google bookmarks (and NOT google notes please), everything else will be secondary
Thanks a lot
François said on August 19, 2008 3:02 AM PDT:
Hi again,
see http://groups.google.com/group/FFToolbar-suggestions/browse_thread/thread/1e75047421c8b089
@François:
Yahoo Briefcase is limited to 30 MB and can't be compared in any way with Google Docs, which is an online document editor. Google Docs has much more reasonable
limits and it also supports PDF storage. If you want an alternative to Yahoo Briefcase, try Box.net (1 GB free) or Adrive.com (50 GB free).
François said on August 19, 2008 5:05 AM PDT:
Hi Chitu,
Thanks for your remark, you're right.
I prefer Google Docs than Yahoo Briefcase. But It would be great if we could upload any type of file into Google Docs, or to have a little briefcase somewhere.
I like Google Docs very much, because I can modify my word and excel documents on line.
Hi,
i m the new one in using Google bookmarks. I m a little bit confuse, like as how to make directory or sub directory, and moving address from one directory to other directory in Google Bookmarks.
i m very appreciate if you can tell me how to do it.
thanks
vdietmar said on September 4, 2008 11:00 PM PDT:
Does anyone have an idea how to use the Google bookmark service with the Google Chrome browser?
I don't think there is a toolbar for Chrome yet and the built-in bookmark feature is local only. On the other hand it appear rather strange to me that Google did not go for a handy built-in way of using their online features with Google Chrome...
Hmmm.
-- Dietmar
Hi.. really those are very useful.. and I had some doubt.. on that.. i got my answer.. thanks ..
said on September 8, 2008 11:42 AM PDT:
vdietmar don't forget Chrome is beta, though it's more like a preview alpha release.
To the original poster, in the answer to "How can I export my bookmarks from Google?" you said the RSS feed link would only be useful if you're a developer. That's not true. You can use it as a Live Feed under Firefox's bookmarks bar to get a menu of your Google Bookmarks without using any extension like GMarks, or the toolbar. :)
(It becomes hard to manage if you have a ton of bookmarks though.)
said on September 8, 2008 2:02 PM PDT:
Well nevermind, I spoke to soon. You have to login through https and reload the Live Bookmark first.
Anyone know a feed that works after you've logged into Google normally?
@Zabeus:
There's no "normal" way to log in to a Google Account. To protect your credentials, Google doesn't send them in plain text, so it uses SSL.
Google Bookmarks feed should show the most recent bookmarks as long as you are logged in.
said on September 9, 2008 7:54 AM PDT:
It only works if I've logged in recently. Somehow I was still logged in to Google Groups, but had to sign in from the Google homepage to load them. That's what confused me. :)
Thanks for the cool blog!
Lewis said on September 12, 2008 2:02 PM PDT:
I am surprised with Google's deep pocket and brain powers, 1) it took Google so long to add a bookmark feature in their array of services; 2) that a simple subfolder organizational feature in bookmarking is still lacking.
Really, really surprised.
said on September 27, 2008 6:50 PM PDT:
How can I customize the book mark tool bar.
ergj said on October 11, 2008 2:49 PM PDT:
I really like Google bookmarks, but if I don't label each bookmark as I create it, I end up with a HUGE number of "Unlabeled" bookmarks and I think it's crazy that there doesn't seem to be a way to add labels to lots of bookmarks at the same time. It's easy to add lots of labels to one bookmark, but not to add lots of bookmarks to one label!
said on October 27, 2008 9:14 PM PDT:
As of 10-08 still a prob, letting us down google. I was wondering if anyone has heard of an application or site/service that allows you to put in favorites (with folders) in either ff/3 or ie 7 and have it add to both or use same list prefer dbased, Thanks, I wish some of these developers had a good enough, or for that matter a time sensitive search! OK off soapbox.
wattage said on November 7, 2008 6:43 AM PDT:
Not really a comment, a question ... is there a forum or help of any sort? I lost all my bookmarks that I successfully loaded last week. How might I get them back? Thanks in advance.
said on November 7, 2008 8:05 AM PDT:
Dear Google,
it is inconceivable to me that with the amount of money and brainpower you have you haven't managed yet to add the simple functionality of creating sub-folders/sub-labels in Google bookmarks. When will you start listening to your customers? Kind regards, A Google Fan
Andrew said on November 9, 2008 1:51 PM PDT:
I rather like Google Bookmarks. There's no need for it to become a social bookmarking service IMHO, keeping it private is fine.
said on November 18, 2008 6:43 PM PDT:
I do need subfolders for my bookmarks. I love that i can use google bookmarks from every computer when online but hate the fact that i can't create subfolders in my folders. Is this in the works?
M A Khan said on November 23, 2008 12:16 AM PDT:
How can i group my bookmarks? i need to make folders/groups kind of things because i have got so many bookmarks and i have to scrawl way down and its really hard to find my desired Bookmark.
Polaski said on November 23, 2008 12:20 AM PDT:
Hey I have been wondering about the same thing i mean i need to group my bookmarks but i see no way to do that. Any one who has got any idea?
Johni said on November 23, 2008 12:34 AM PDT:
I personally use Foxmarks,it is a free add-on for Mozilla Firefox browser that syncs and backs up your bookmarks and passwords across multiple computers and your bookmarks move along with you.
Arun Kumar said on November 23, 2008 12:34 AM PDT:
Hey guys i would like to share,How you can import firefox bookmarks to google. So here we go:
Well, you can still import your bookmarks but the solution is a little kludgy. First, make sure you are running at least version 2.0 of FF and have installed Google Toolbar (version 4 or later). Once you’ve done that, login to your iGoogle account (if you think you don’t have one of those, it’s basically just your GMail account with knobs on). You should see the “Bookmarks” button on the Toolbar. Click the little down arrow on that button, nip to the bottom of the context menu that pops up and hit “Import Firefox Bookmarks”, now just follow the Google instructions to import.
Ref:http://www.sciencetext.com/import-firefox-bookmarks-into-google.html
Johni said on November 23, 2008 12:36 AM PDT:
But the main headeche is that you need to install it from its website every time on new computer to get your bookmarks
I have just found a useful tool to liberate your bookmarks from Yahoo!'s My Web. this little java script can be used to transfer bookmarks to google with a click.
this little program can be downloaded from the below link:
http://digg.com/software/Import_to_Google_Bookmarks_(and_also_extract_from_Yahoo_My_Web)
said on December 2, 2008 7:53 PM PDT:
It can be said that we all unanimously hate the idea of that having sub-folder/nested option in google bookmarks.........Google.....please add this option ASAP
said on December 6, 2008 12:53 AM PDT:
Google! Please LISTEN!
"Search, don't sort" does not cut it. For bookmarks, searching assumes that you KNOW what word you are searching for. It also assumes you know how to spell that word. It also assumes that you spelled it correctly when you entered it into your bookmarks.
The more bookmarks I get, the harder it is to search of find what I want on my google pages because of the above reasons.
We NEED folders. While I like most all of google's features, I am moving my bookmarks to foxmarks because if this reason.
said on December 9, 2008 3:29 PM PDT:
I use Google bookmarks instead of favorites,,for some reason my list in my bookmnarks has disappeared,,I have done everything I know to do to restore them and had no luck,,can someone tell me what to do?? I am desperate..thanks
bw said on December 16, 2008 7:09 PM PDT:
Oh my god, please add sub-folders / folders to Google Bookmarks. This is like the twilight zone. I use Google for everything, but have been driven to Yahoo for bookmarks! Really?! :)
Can you share your bookmarks with others? Is there a 'bookmark' directory? Or is this private only?
Claudia
http://www.RentingInternational.com
Mark said on January 10, 2009 8:27 AM PDT:
I believe I have figured out HOW Google Bookmarks sorts. It is by the URL - and it cannot be overridden. I had exported all of my bookmarks with the Google Tool Bar in Fire Fox. Then imported to Fire Fox. Sorted each group in Fire Fox. Exported. Reimported to Google AND NO CHANGE! Upon more research I discovered that the URL is what Google sorts by so presently it is hopeless to attempt to override unless a new gadget is created.
'Manda said on January 12, 2009 9:34 AM PDT:
This is a great service, but could it be directly implemented into Chrome, so that you could log into the browser with your Google Account, and automatically store your bookmarks server-side?
Trinnyg said on January 15, 2009 2:34 PM PDT:
Mybookmarks.com is a unprofessional company. They delete your account often without notification.
google bookmarks is a great integration and there is work being done with g.ho.s.t Virtual PC to allow integration of Google tools with an more robust virtual Online system.
Chrome is considered light weight and used for browsing from my understanding. Google is still recommended Firefox. Google is sorted based on flags not based on names.
Trinnyg said on January 15, 2009 2:43 PM PDT:
Commenting on the following issues
Sub Folders - Tags to sort your bookmarks, Microsoft Live has the same features in their nice little MSN live toolbar.
Accessing your bookmarks requires installing software. -- Aww no : your google.com/ig My Google page allows you to add mybookmarks to your main page.
Not a social bookmarking Tool. : --- well duh it is about a place to access your bookmarks not share your bookmarks. Does Microsoft Live allow you to share you bookmarks ??
Multiple Social websites to store you bookmarks. are avaialable :
each requires Yet another account for you to login into.
Why are you all whining about the tools available try signing up for the development team . Be part of the solution not the Whine we hate google group.
enqvist said on February 2, 2009 2:42 AM PDT:
Google, we need subfolder to properly manage our bookmark. This would be very good feature to add on (feature? not really...suppose to be basic function)why years back already people posted here but seem like no improvement? is this feedback form just for fun?
the nested folder request goes back 2 years on this page alone, so they are not listening...
i would give up on waiting for nested folders.
said on February 10, 2009 7:11 PM PDT:
As I have lots of bookmarks, I'm using nested folder concept (using separator /) to manage Google bookmarks long time ago. It works fine for Google toolbar add-on Google Bookmarks Button; however, when Google toolbar is upgraded to version 5, it is no longer supported the add-on (and no better replacement)! Sigh ...
Also it is disappointed that Chrome is not supporting Google's own power tool - Google Toolbar.
Hope, just hope, Google bookmarks will support nested folders feature soon and can be used Google toolbar in Chrome (maybe integrated)!
LatinNemo said on February 10, 2009 8:43 PM PDT:
If anybody has had any luck with any bookmarking tools, i'd love to hear about it. i just made a list of what my "perfect" tool would have over at http://breakingthemasks.blogspot.com/2009/02/bookmarks.html.
i soooo want a solution, and soon!
if you've got a working solution please let me know.
Dima Ry said on February 13, 2009 12:30 AM PDT:
You can use subfolders with GMark plugin for FireFox!!!!
Arjen said on February 17, 2009 12:22 PM PDT:
Please give us folders like you are doing with Google Docs.
(If it can be done in Docs....)
I wonder, weather bookmarking can be seen as spaming. i do know some webmasters, that pushed theit domains explicid by social bookmarking - yet - set all of them themselves. So why have a tool? A bookmark shoud have an honest purpose.
suhail said on February 22, 2009 9:33 PM PDT:
I want to have good resolution picture for my house in Iran, Bandar Khamir for 2 years ago, is it possible tohave this picture also with dimention? please help me if possible
Best Regards
Suhail
e-mail:suhail_32@yahoo.com
What if Google's servers are down? Is there a cached version of the bookmark database on my computer???
liseliler said on February 28, 2009 4:31 AM PDT:
I didnt found the API for Bookmarks. Who knows that...?
When I export my Google Bookmarks is there a way to import them back to another Google account? When I add the Google Bookmarks gadget to the new Google homepage it's empty...I'd like to import my hundreds of Bookmarks from my old Google account.
@Larry:
Read the post before asking questions that have already been answered.
@Alex Chitu: Alex...I did read it, but none of the content dealt with my problem. I know how to export my Google Bookmars to GoogleBookmarks.html, but you can't get that information back into the Google Bookmarks Gadget on the Google/ig homepage (or I can't see how to do it).
Maybe I'm just missing it...but I sure don't see how to do this other than install the Google Bookmarks gadget (the official Google gadget) on the target /ig homepage and then add them one at a time. I hope I'm wrong.
NOTE: I do not want to install the Google Toolbar, so I hope that isn't the solution. I'm talking about the Google Bookmarks Gadget for my Google personalized homepage. Thanks.
@Alex Chitu: OK...I think I found your previous answer you were referring to. I guess it's just not possible without installing the Google Toolbar. Thanks.
You can install the toolbar in Internet Explorer or Firefox, import the bookmarks and the uninstall the toolbar.
Alex...I may have misstated the problem as I understand what you're recommending, but it doesn't fix it. And BTW, I've installed Google Toolbar for Mac on FireFox and I'm fine with using it (I actually kinda like it...but it obviously won't work with Safari)...and it still doesn't fix my problem (I don't think).
I have hundreds of Google Bookmarks on Google account"A" that show up just fine on the Google Toolbar and the Google Bookmarks Gadget on my iGoogle homepage for account "A". But if I sign out of account "A" and sign into Google account "B" the Google Bookmarks on the Google Toolbar and in the Gadget are both empty...as they should be.
I just want to get all those bookmarks from Google account "A" over to the Google Bookmarks in Google account "B".
Hope this clears it up and my apologies if I wasn't clear enough earlier. I'm sure if there's a way...you'll be able to do it :-) Thanks!
@Larry:
It's pretty obvious how to import/export bookmarks and this post already explains how to do it. Here's how to copy the bookmarks from the account A to account B:
1. log in to account A
2. save
this file on your computer (the exported bookmarks)
3. if you use a Mac, the only solution is to install and use Firefox, at least temporarily
4. if you don't have any local bookmarks in Firefox, skip to step 6, otherwise go to step 5
5. if you already have bookmarks in Firefox,
create a new profile and use that profile
6.
import the bookmarks from the file you've previously saved (bookmarks.html)
7.
install Google Toolbar8. sign in to the account B (the toolbar a sign in button) and import the bookmarks using one of the options from the toolbar's Bookmarks button
9. (optional) now you can uninstall the toolbar, remove the Firefox profile and even uninstall Firefox. Bookmarks can removed from the account A in
the web interface ("delete all").
I hope it helps.
@Alex,
Perfect...and works great. Thank you SO MUCH! If I'd have seen this anywhere on this page I would have never posted my first question. Where did you find this?
said on March 16, 2009 1:43 PM PDT:
Get Firefox, get the GMarks add-on, use Labels to create 'folders' (like in GMail) and quit your whining.
said on March 17, 2009 1:55 PM PDT:
You can create folders in Google Bookmark
for example
If you read mangas online go to the website you typically read manga's on then right click next to the Google bookmark and click new label once you create a new label type whatever name you want to then when your bookmarking things don't press the start press the bookmark folder and click bookmark this page and make sure you click the label you created.
Richard said on March 19, 2009 5:17 PM PDT:
I can see that since early 2007 people have been asking for subcategories or nested labels - and nothing has been done.
Why? I really can't see why nothing can be done about this, surely it is not that hard?
Christian said on March 20, 2009 9:02 AM PDT:
Google, we need subfolder to properly manage our bookmark. This would be very good feature to add on why years back already people posted here but seem like no improvement?
can see that since early 2007 people have been asking for subcategories or nested labels - and nothing has been done.
Mire said on April 2, 2009 6:04 AM PDT:
I've installed the gadget on my iGoogle and love it!! Is it possible to use it on my blog (blogger) too?
That FAQ is really helpful for me. I got answer of my questions here only. Thanks for this really wonderful and helpful post.
Rafdir said on April 3, 2009 11:45 AM PDT:
I've been using this service. Its easy to use
As my knowledge is concern bookmarks are very helpful and important especially for those of those who use the internet frequently. My bookmarks are stored on Google's servers, so i can just log in and have instant access to my bookmarks from my personalized homepage (if i added the gadget) or at google.com/bookmarks.so google bookmarks is is fine and save my time that i waste to search anytopic.I like it very much.
Google bookmark is a great tool. I've been using this service. Its easy to use .
I think bookmarks are very helpful especially for those of us who use the internet frequently.
said on May 6, 2009 4:42 AM PDT:
You might want to drop the reference to Google notebook as it is now deceased (shame).
iddaa said on May 8, 2009 5:56 AM PDT:
How can I share my google bookmark with friends?
said on May 14, 2009 6:29 AM PDT:
Just to give a voice to the "silent majority":
I HATE folders and I do not need subfolders!
One point has not been sufficiently emphasized,
the importance of SPEED!
With google bookmarks speed has never been an issue,
while with other "better" solutions it has been
the ONE reason why I had stopped usind them.
Another point:
since the existence of Searchwiki, i.e. editable
search results, I find myself more and more
bookmarking "google searches" instead of individual
pages, or sites,
which on a certain level does, what subfolders
are supposed to do, and it also implicitly solves
the problem of broken links
An additional question to booksmark users:
Have you ever experienced the problem of
not being able to rename the title of
a bookmark, once it has been saved?
It regularly happens to me, anyone else?
Any explanation?
Sultan said on May 23, 2009 9:27 AM PDT:
I need to update google bookmarks, However I do not know to do that. Could anybody let me know please
said on May 27, 2009 2:57 PM PDT:
In Response to "Anonymous said on May 14, 2009 6:29 AM PDT:"
I was able to rename the label/title of bookmark by using Firefox Google Toolbar plugin. Just go to the label or title and right click it. I hope this helps.
THanks
said on May 28, 2009 2:02 PM PDT:
It's too slow and we need offline software for managing the bookmarks
skielski said on May 30, 2009 6:53 AM PDT:
I hate using Google bookmarks. What took me 2 keystrokes before takes me 7 now. I used to check out several sites daily but now it's so cumbersome to get there. I want the old way back!
