Imagine the potential of the combined intellect of your team, all pooled effortlessly in a single location. Consider the power of limitless, high-quality resources – those preferred by your most creative colleagues and the big thinkers in your industry – all delivered to your browser with a single click.Typically, we save our favorite websites as “bookmarks” on the browser of our local computer. When we add a bookmark, it shows up in a list or in an address bar, and serves as a starting point for future searches. Del.icio.us, one of the most popular social bookmarking applications, puts traditional bookmark lists to work for you. So get started – in three easy steps:

At http://del.icio.us/ (note, there’s no www in the URL), a new user creates a free account simply by entering a username and password. From here, bookmarks previously saved on other browsers (Safari, Explorer, etc.) can be uploaded to your new del.icio.us web page.

Next, begin building your del.icio.us community. Click on the “your network” link at the top of the page, and add the del.icio.us usernames of team members, clients – anyone you would like to follow around the web. Their shared bookmarks – the strings of information they find most valuable – will land directly in your new information warehouse, the network section of your del.icio.us account.

Now, suppose you need cutting-edge information on a particular issue and you don’t have time to sift through piles of online discourse. All del.icio.us users “tag” their bookmarks by describing sites in their own word(s). Tags make it easier to find personal bookmarks later, and they make searchable popular websites, blogs, images and more. Click on the “subscriptions link” and type any tag. Let’s say you choose the tag “salsa.” When any del.icio.us user (and there are millions) describes a bookmark-worthy resource using “salsa,” this new resource will automatically be added to your del.icio.us subscriptions page.

Now upgrade your information search! Get started with del.icio.us, and be part of the new information exchange.