We all have our favorite web pages, the ones we keep coming back to every day, hoping for the latest news or blog post or update. And copying the address to a link on your desktop can be a great way to quickly and easily check those pages. But after a while, your desktop can start to look pretty cluttered. So instead of link icons, you should think about bookmarks.

Just what is a bookmark? A bookmark is exactly what you have been doing with your link icons, except all of them are gathered, stored, and sorted in one place. Your web browser. Many browsers today have a special bookmarks folder that can be accessed by key commands, opening a new page, or by a permanent set of mini icons at the top of your browser. This can help you organize bookmarks by category, or manage bookmarks by frequency of visits.

Another option can be found on many popular search engines, in the form of online bookmark managers. And what is a bookmark manager? If, for example, you create a Google account and log in, you can see a bookmark page of all your most visited sites. From there, bookmarks can be deleted, rearranged, or permanently “pinned” to the page so you will always know where to find them.

But really, what is a bookmark if not a trusted and reliable source of news, entertainment, laughter, or information. Your bookmarks are what define you as a user. And since there is never a limit to amount of bookmarks you can have, you can always expand yourself in new directions, while never losing track of the things that matter most to you. So what is a bookmark to you? In many ways, it is like an online home, a place you can always count on to be there when you need it, when you need it.