I like the idea of tagging, because it made it possible for me to conduct a search for 'chocolate' on Flickr weeks ago. However it can be subjective and I did come across some pictures that left me wondering how they relate to chocolate! For the most part though, I got what I wanted.
Del.icio.us was interesting - one link from our account that caught my eye was 'Youth Tech - MySpace handouts', which was bookmarked by 16 people. This is a MySpace handout for parents. It caught my attention because if I was a parent I would be very concerned about my child's use of the web. I love that you can leave a comment on these pages. There was a very sad story from "Kelli's Mom" who tells of how her daughter was killed and when you roll the mouse over the link to Kelli's MySpace page a little miniature version pops up on the screen. A lot of the other links on the page did that too. Technorati was pretty much the same, except that new articles/links were being added to the screen before my eyes! I clicked on a link to an article about Johnny Depp (anything that mentions his name is of interest to me!) and there were also comments posted at the bottom of the article.
I don't see this as a useful tool for research. I think it's more useful for socialising and finding people with common interests. They in turn can then direct you to new interests you haven't explored before.
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