Do you still bookmark websites or just search for everything now?

[KnotKnull]

I have seen loads of surface-level takes on this elsewhere.

Curious whether people here have had similar experiences.

Happy to share more detail if it helps

[codeberg]

That lines up with what I have been seeing. I keep a list of what I do to every fresh install so I can repeat it without thinking.

Happy to help further if you get stuck

[QuantumKnight]

From what I saw that checks out. The incentive structures in media mean certain angles get more coverage than they deserve.

More to come on this I suspect

[codeberg]

Yes, and I would add that it is even more true if your hardware is older. Happy to help further if you get stuck.

[One-One-Five]

Fair enough. Nice one

[Neil57]

Cannot really disagree with that. Definitely worth picking up.

[VB]

Yeah that sounds about right. I had a similar experience and it was better than I expected.

Can't really go wrong with it

[SuperPosition]

That is worth it, agreed. The switching bonuses are usually the best bang for almost zero effort.

Might save you more than you think

[Ann]

Yeah that is the sensible route. The thing that actually helped me was checking what changed just before the problem started.

That is how I would approach it anyway

[NeonPilot]

Cannot really disagree with that. Worth a try if you get the chance

[Odd Maverick]

That is genuinely helpful, cheers. I usually have to read something two or three times before it clicks properly.

Appreciate the detail.

[Jeffy]

I bookmark things with the best intentions.

Then six months later I have 800 bookmarks and no idea why I saved half of them. Apparently future me was expected to become much more organized than present me

[DarkEnergy27]

The real answer is both. I search to discover websites and bookmark the ones worth returning to.

Without bookmarks I'd lose track of useful finds, and without search I'd never discover anything new. They complement each other pretty well

[Maya98]

I'm probably in the minority, but I bookmark a lot. I have folders for hobbies, work, news, recipes, and projects.

The downside is that every few years I discover a folder full of links that no longer exist. It's like digital archaeology

[Linda52]

I have bookmarks that are old enough to vote.

Some of them point to websites that vanished years ago, but I refuse to delete them. They're part of the furniture now

[CMPunk96]

For websites I trust, bookmarks. For everything else, search.

I actually like having a curated list of sites I've found useful over the years. It feels less chaotic than relying entirely on search engines

[Tara_66]

Search has become my default. Half the time I can type the site's name into the address bar and get there instantly.

That said, I do keep bookmarks for smaller websites that don't always rank well in search results

[CrimsonFury]

Honestly, browser history has replaced bookmarks for me. I rarely save anything intentionally.

I just remember that I visited a site sometime in the last month and let the browser do the detective work

[CollapseState]

The funny thing is that I search for sites I visit daily. Not because I need to, just because it's become a habit.

My bookmarks bar sits there watching this betrayal happen every day

[Di46]

I still bookmark websites, but only the ones I visit regularly. Forums, documentation sites, and a handful of tools get bookmarked because it's faster than searching every time.

For random articles though? Those usually disappear into browser history and are never seen again

[Dylan38]

I still bookmark niche hobby sites. Search engines are great for popular content but can be terrible at surfacing smaller communities.

Some of the best information I've found lives on websites that look like they haven't changed since 2007

[Ria3]

My bookmarks bar is basically a museum of abandoned interests.

Photography, language learning, woodworking, astronomy. You can track my hobbies over the last decade just by scrolling through it

[TheRock96]

I use a mix. The top twenty or so sites I care about are bookmarked, everything else gets searched.

It feels like the practical middle ground between the two extremes

[TheGame_Fan]

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like knowing I can reach a website directly without depending on search algorithms.

A bookmark feels more permanent, even if that's probably an illusion

[Undertaker92]

I once spent twenty minutes trying to find a page I knew I'd read before.

After finally finding it, I bookmarked it out of pure spite

[VoidSentinel]

I stopped bookmarking articles because I never read them later.

Apparently bookmarking was just my way of feeling productive while postponing actually reading something

[Taker00]

I use bookmarks more on mobile than desktop these days.

Typing long site names on a phone gets old quickly, so saving the good ones makes life easier

[HeartbreakKidJason71]

I search for almost everything, but I bookmark web tools.

If a site helps me calculate something, convert something, or solve a recurring problem, it's getting saved immediately

[Quarry]

I thought bookmarks were dead until I watched a coworker spend five minutes searching for the same website every single morning.

At that point I realized bookmarks still have a purpose. They are basically shortcuts, and people love shortcuts everywhere else on their computer

[BigDog_Fan]

I still bookmark forums because search engines sometimes bury them under pages of AI-generated content and SEO nonsense.

Once I find a community I like, I'm not gambling on finding it again later

[Connor82]

I bookmark documentation pages constantly. If I find a useful reference, I'm saving it.

Otherwise I'll remember that the answer existed somewhere on the internet but have no idea where

[GoldbergFan]

Search works great until a site changes its name, structure, or search ranking.

That's when bookmarks earn their keep. They cut through a lot of noise

[TeddyWhelan]

Bookmarks are basically my digital memory at this point.

If my browser profile disappeared tomorrow, I'd probably forget half the useful sites I've accumulated over the years

[SuperPosition78]

One thing I miss is the old habit of maintaining carefully organized bookmark folders.

People used to treat them like personal libraries. Now it feels like everyone just throws another query into a search box

[Cheeky Kernel]

I think search became too good. It's often faster to type a couple of words than to navigate a folder structure full of bookmarks.

That's probably why my bookmark collection stopped growing years ago

[MiniElliot]

Bookmarks are essential for research projects. When I'm collecting sources, I want a stable list I can revisit later.

Trying to reconstruct everything from search results sounds painful