Diigo 3.85 (A/A-)Diigo is by far the most fully featured social bookmarking site in this list, and offers several unique capabilities. The most notable feature is that users can highlight text right on the page, as well as make annotations via a “sticky note” for later viewing.There are also other very useful features. I particularly liked the sophisticated and advanced search option for doing a keyword search of one’s own or public bookmarks. On that page you can limit a search by a phrase, and restrict a search to a URL, title, comments or highlights. You can even search “on” specific users as wellNote that when you place a “sticky note” to comment on a page for your later viewing, that note is viewable by anyone else in the Diigo community that views that page too! .There are some other interesting and unique features on Diigo. For instance, when highlighting a word on any page with Diigo’s bookmarking tool, a drop down menu automatically appears that allows users to search for that highlighted word on various search engines, social bookmarking sites; blogs, on the active site and more. I also had much more control in formatting when saving a page; and had an option to forward the page to another person as well.What about the all important group feature? Well, Diigo rounds out its offerings very nicely by just this month launching its “Groups” function. That feature looks to be a clear and elegant way to allow anyone to set up a private environment for sharing your bookmarks. Ultimately, if you combine the Web annotation capabilities with the ability to share in groups, Diigo has created a very enterprise friendly social bookmarking service. And, according to a spokesperson at the firm, this Groups function is “just the first of many more advanced group collaboration functions that we will be introducing in several phases” So we look forward to staying tuned!My Grades:Group Function Capability: AResearch Value: A-Design/Interface/Ease of Use: A-Fully Featured: A-(only missing “related users” and “larger topics”)
buyingagents on 26 Aug 141) Determine if there is a local market for the goods that you intend to introduce It is important for you to make sure that there is a reliable market demand for the goods that you intend to procure from outside the country. This will help shield you from any unnecessary losses. It can be hard on you and your business to find that all the time, effort and money expended in importing a consignment of goods is bound to be wasted due to lack of demand for the end products that will be manufactured. Forming focus groups that will research and find out if the market is interested in what you have to offer will help you know how much inventory you will allow the business to keep in its stores. It will also enable you to know how much money you want to spend on purchasing goods outside the country. 2) Find out if you are legally allowed to import the items you have purchased It will help if you have a legal compliance department in your business. If you cannot afford to run one, then you should have a lawyer working with you. Choose one that is an expert in international law and laws pertaining to the customs departments. This is the person who will tell you whether the items being imported are legally allowed in the country or not. Failure to get legal representation could end up in you importing contraband such as arms, ivory tusks and so on. By having good legal representation before making the import, your business will have saved face. 3) Estimate the costs of importing the goods in question Before placing an order with a company outside your country's borders, it would be prudent to list down all the costs associated with the whole exercise. Some of these costs might include: 1) The cost of storing the goods before they reach your warehouse 2) Duties and taxes that have to be paid at customs checkpoints 3) Charges for using brokers and freighters at ports, harbors and border checkpoints.
