PC Magazine: "Somewhere between Web and desktop search engines lies a new breed of "community" search engines—sites where users share among themselves the bookmarks they've created and content they've encountered. Such sites can cut through the clutter that a typical Google search might return by adding the human element. After all, communities of knowledgeable, interested people can identify relevant sites with greater accuracy than a search engine. Plus, you can leverage the work already done by others and build on that base rather than repeat it."

via Micropersuasion, where there's a brief review of how each service makes out in the article. Interestingly, given the interests and preoccupations of Freshblog, Del.icio.us gets a poor review for being difficult to understand, hard to use, and for requiring registration before allowing some search functions. Well, hey, P.C. Magazine, if I can figure it out....

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