Get control of your endless stream of links with these organizational tips.

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Papers are all over your desk. Nothing is filed away in the filing cabinet. Are your browser bookmarks in the same condition? Why even save a bookmark if you can't find it easily?

It's not difficult to get control of your bookmarks. It just takes a couple of minutes. Today Chris Pirillo demonstrates the handy tips that will keep you from falling into the disorganization trap ever again.

Bookmarks and favorites
You may notice that Internet Explorer saves your Web addresses as "Favorites," while Netscape saves them as "Bookmarks." Don't be confused -- they work the same way. We'll just call them "bookmarks."

There is a difference in the way the two programs store bookmarks. Netscape puts all your bookmarks in one file called bookmark.htm. Internet Explorer saves each bookmark as a separate file in your Favorites folder (which is stored in the Windows folder). These Internet Shortcut files take up around 100 bytes each.

Check for dead links
A website can change its Web address, go out of business, or move articles and downloads without informing you. This can leave your bookmarks full of dead links. AM-DeadLink is a piece of free software that'll comb through your links and tell you which ones no longer work. Now when you go to organize your bookmarks you'll know which links you need to delete right away.

Organize bookmarks with freeware
Download the Remark client at MyBookmarks.com to organize your Favorites, Bookmarks, and AOL Favorite Places. It lets you synch all your bookmarks and organize them online.

Here's how to organize your bookmarks within your browser.


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