According to eBiz, the Top 10 social bookmarking sites are:
Digg, Technorati, Del.icio.us, Propellor, StumpleUpon, Reddit,
Fark, MyBlogLog, Slashdot, and Kaboodle.

The complete eBiz list covers 30 sites with basic stats and page rankings. For a more extensive list, check into Mashable
which covers 50 sites, and has useful descriptions of each one.

The helpful team at Common Craft have a non-nonsense demo on social bookmarking which is worth checking into if you’re a novice. And Wiki has a straight foward guide to the various sites.

If you want to sample StumbleUpon, drop into snezanabr’s amazing photography collection. It’s where I found the stunning image below.

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US

1. Assassin’s Creed
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: X360
Category: Action Adventure
Release Nov 13

2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Publisher: Activision | Platform: X360
Category: First-Person Shooters
Release Nov 5

3. BioShock
Publisher: 2K Games | Platform: X360
Category: First-Person Shooters
Release Aug 21

4. Stranglehold
Publisher: Midway | Platform: X360
Category: Other Shooters
Release Sept 5

5. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Publisher: SCEA | Platform: PS3
Category: Action Adventure
Release Nov 16

UK

1. Need for Speed ProStreet
Publisher: EA Games Platform: PS2
Category: Racing
Release Nov 23

2. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS
Category: Miscellaneous
Release Jun 9

3. The Simpsons Game
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: X360
Category: Platformers
Release Nov 2

4. FIFA Soccer 08
Publisher: EA Sports
Platform: PS2
Category: Soccer
Release Sept 28

5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Publisher: Activision | Platform: X360
Category: First-Person Shooters
Release Nov 9

6. Assassin’s Creed
Publisher: Ubisoft | Platform: X360
Category: Action Adventure
Release Nov 16

Gamespot

play demo

Take a look at this great demo about Lumosity. It’s a new website full of games and tricks to help you boost your brain power. The free trial sign-up was out of action when I tried, but the Lumosity blog is really useful. It’s written by a group of down-to-earth neuroscientists who’ve got the knack of writing easy to follow help guides. If your mind is feeling ropey, see their 8 fun steps to a better brain – one very likeable suggestion is to eat chocolate, cocoa-rich, of course

Quick take

A killer start-up I highly recommended. Website, Collection Manager and lively Social Network, Listal’s nearest rival is Delicious the Mac-OS software you download for $40. Listal is free.

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Listal is a web based Collection Manager that allows you to list, rate, share and review your favourites: movies, TV shows, games, books, DVDs, CDs, authors, artists, actors and directors. It’s in Beta form, sexy on the eye and really easy to use. You sign-up for free, login, and get smoothly prompted to create a profile and start listing.

 

There are lots of great features from the standard RSS feeds to uploading pictures and videos, so personalizing your profile is a treat. However, writing reviews of your favourites, reading what other people have written and voting for reviews, are the biggest selling points, especially for budding critics, and so is the nifty way Listal encourages you to tag items and create custom lists.

That means you can breakdown your collections and arrange them into meticulous groups of your own choosing – essential if you’re managing a list of say 200 games, 500 TV shows, 600 books and 900 movies. And with searches backed by Amazon UK, US and Canada, you’re guaranteed to find whatever you need to add to your collections.

 

All of your collections are up for public viewing, the privacy option isn’t live yet, but that hardly matters. Listal is the place to shop-window the favourites you love (or loathe), show off your knowledge (or otherwise) in your reviews and comments, and view how compatible you are with others.

 

Listal is also an effective social network with Facebook style features, and an Olympic range of members. Practically every national flag is represented in the People/members area, and the members all have opinions. Movie ratings, for example, can be scathing or laudatory, and members will either recommend or dismiss a current feature with echoing votes or comments from other members.

 

That’s the essence of Listal. It’s an extremely influential court of public opinion, and the most erudite members write reviews that rival Screen International, Empire, Time Out, Bookseller et al. Created by Tom Mascord, the Listal site is still under development.

But you barely notice the bugs as you weave your way around, and Tom’s presence is everywhere in Groups (boards) where he responds rapidly to queries and gives regular updates. So there’s still a very intimate feel about Listal – a big draw for those who want the kudos of being part of a ‘word-of-mouth‘ site before it’s set to blow.

See 88 Miles Home on Listal
or go to Listal’s homepage