I exported mine and searched for “http”. I got 1,882. Crazy. I only use about 20 regularly.
My old shower thought was: Now that Google sucks, people will go back to saving bookmarks.
I used to bookmark, then I figured I could just Google and find everything again easily so what’s the point, but it might be time for bookmarks again.
There are alternatives to Google, too. But I think anymore, once per year I’ll export my bookmarks to a local web page and wipe the slate clean in the browser.
You can extrapolate this to now that all search engines suck.
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I think there’s definitely something to this. Kinda like a cache, it’s nice to have some pages that you know are interesting or useful in someway that you can find that little bit easier.
But the in-browser search for bookmarks is pretty limited. It just checks the title and url and maybe some tags. I know (or think?) there are some programs out there that index and/or archive your bookmarks and let you do full text search through them like a proper search engine.
Folders.
Bit over 200 but this is a collection I’ve been building for around 20 years or so.
About 10 per year. That’s good going. I will be exercising maximum restraint from now on myself.
Probably less than 20 or so. I don’t like clutter, so only my frequented sites and resources that aren’t in the launcher are bookmarked. I also often delete them if they’ve been unused for a while.
That’s incredible. I use quarter of that number for bus routes and local grocery shopping alone.
At work I have what I need and trim what I don’t use. It’s organized and in a good enough state to share with new employees.
At home I don’t remember what half the bookmarks are for, and the other half are for long-abandoned projects. No idea how many there are
I can relate to the barely recognisable bookmarks! Having a distinct work machine sounds good. Part of my problem is that I have one machine for work and personal use.
40-50. The recipes are the only ones I check regularly. The others are just references.
That’s a nice number. And if that includes recipes then even better!
I have close to 100. They’re like books on a shelf. If I read a good book I put it on the shelf even though I’m not likely to ever read it again.
That’s interesting. A lot of mine probably fall into that category. I’m exporting them to a HTML file that I can browse like a website.
In my desktop browser I have about sixty between my quick dial, and the menu bar.
I visit about 10 of them every day, and I visit most of them at some point during the week. I have folders on the menu bar for long-term storage, but individual bookmarks on the menu bar are short-term, ones I’ll want for a few days or weeks but know I’ll get rid of when they’ve served their purpose. But, now that I look at it, some of the individual…
You know what? It all makes sense to me, I know where everything is, and I’m happy.
That is the funniest comment termination I’ve ever read :D
It sounds like you have a very clear system. That’s what I want to get to and am getting to.
I have been very diligent about saving bookmarks to the relevant folders, so on the surface everything looked organised. Only when I did the export I realised I had way more info than I could possibly ever consume. I’m down to under 300 now with the rest living in a HTML page/dashboard I can visit if I ever need to.
About 100 use each at least ounce a month even if only to check the site. Use them to keep track of many sites and interests.
Uh, 27. I can’t remember the last time I opened one.
Teach me
Sorry I don’t know how to teach having a poor memory.
About 50 and i use none of them, what the hell are you doing with 1.9k bookmarks my guy?
I’m asking myself the same question! Some are for my career, such as portals for best practices etc. Many are for coding shortcuts I forget frequently (eg git cheat sheet ). I have a lot of fact-checking articles I like to keep hand to counter online disinformation.
It seems I’ve been bookmarking videos as documentaries to watch later, I’m just realising. The rest fall into personal admin (banking, bus routes, local grocery delivery), languages and health supplements.
Honestly I just wanted to delete everything and start again!
Edit: oh, there’s a folder of fun stuff too like funny websites.
@FarraigePlaisteach Around 120, I use most of them at least once a year. There are a few (mostly obituaries) that I rarely go to, but like having around.
Why search for http? Do you have Gopher or Usenet links too?
The export contains all the bookmarks in one file. So searching for ‘http’ gives a total count quickly. I do have gemini:// links too, but not in that browser :)
I never was any good at using bookmarks but I currently I have over 100 tabs.
I never leave tabs open. Rarely, when I’m researching something, I might have ten or fifteen open, but when I’m done I close them all. I can’t stand them all sitting up there, mocking me.
I have about 20 sites bookmarked with just their favicon that are sort of “first order access”, though I use some of them more regularly than others. At random intervals, one will catch my eye and I’ll think “I haven’t used that in a while, I don’t think I need that up there anymore” and I’ll remove it, usually while I’m at it I’ll remove others too. I have about a dozen folders too, these are more long-term storage, e.g. I have one for all my financial institutions (not to brag but I have several student loan servicers 😣), one for network security tools, one for rare media finding tools, etc. These are used less often and they usually get put there after I’ve had to go look them up several times. I tend to keep it well pruned though, I think I have maybe 200 distinct sites bookmarked.
2547, according to chrome://sync-internals, that I have built up around 15-20 years. I treat my bookmarks as more of a “read later” thing though, and a good chunk are also potential recipes and gaming guides. There’s only 1 that I use almost daily, due to it being work related.
Very similar to my situation, both with the number of bookmarks and the number of years it took to gather them.
My reading list is separate from my bookmarks though. I just checked and there’s another 1,000 there by the looks of it.
