Mister Wong Comes to USA

I like competition because we, as consumers benefit directly from it. I especially like the new competition to del.icio.us, the popular social online bookmarking service.

Mister-Wong.de has been hugely popular in Europe and I have been in their closed-beta for over a month. I was really excited because I have been looking for a better interface than del.icio.us and Mister Wong came very close to it.

On August 2, Mister-Wong.com was officially launched and opened the doors for everyone to join.

You can read how I used this trick to make del.icio.us actually taste good here.

If you use del.icio.us or myYahoo, some of the features mentioned below might not be new to you. But, I am listing here for the benefit of anyone wanting to try an online social bookmarking service.

Quick Facts

• Tags: Tag your bookmarks and bundle your tags into tag bundles for easy grouping.
• Secure: Make your bookmarks public or private.
• Buddies: Find your buddies and share bookmarks with them and receive messages.
• Groups: Join groups of your own interest to keep track of popular bookmarks.
• Profile: Attach a picture to your profile so your friends can make fun of you.
• Import: Easy import from del.icio.us or from your browser.
• RSS Feeds: RSS feed are available for your bookmarks for easy sharing. (activate it in Settings)
• Firefox: Use Wong Firefox Toolbar for easy bookmarking.
• Bookmarklets: Bookmarklets available for other browsers for easy bookmarking.
• iPhone: Works great on an iPhone!

Video

Here is a video by 2 geeks and a hot girl of Mister-Wong to take a look at some of the above-mentioned features.

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Links

Mister Wong

Firefox Toolbar, WordPress Plugin, Wong Widgets, etc.

Do you use a social bookmarking tool? If you use del.icio.us are you happy with it? Would you give Mister-Wong a shot?