How to organize saved links with tags
Start with a few tags that match how you look for links. Use a topic such as Travel or Work, then add a purpose such as To reserve when it helps you act on the link later. In SaveLinks, add the chosen tags to each bookmark and filter by a tag to check whether it brings back the links you expect.
Choose labels you’ll use again
Imagine your saved links use Travel, Trips and Trip planning for the same set of pages. Pick Travel as the label you will reuse. Keep a narrower tag only if it answers a separate question. To reserve, for example, helps you find the links where you still need to make a booking.
Write down a short set before editing the library. In this example, Travel, Work and Recipes describe the topics. To reserve marks an action and Reference marks a page you expect to consult. A link can have two topics when you would reasonably look for it in either place.
Try the vocabulary on six links
For a train reservation page, use Travel and To reserve. For a hotel check-in policy, use Travel and Reference.
Give a workshop venue page Work and Travel if it helps with both the assignment and the trip. Use Work and Reference for the client’s style guide. Use Work and To reserve for the equipment rental page if the booking is still open.
A soup recipe can use Recipes alone. Give it another tag only if you have a second way you expect to look for it. This leaves you with five custom labels across six links and keeps the same vocabulary useful across different tasks.
Edit the tags in SaveLinks
On an accessible bookmark in SaveLinks, open its context menu and choose Manage Tags. Enter the labels separated by commas and save the edit. Keep any other labels you still use. You may also see a tag based on the website name.
Open the tag menu and choose Travel to check for the train, hotel and workshop links. Switch to Work to confirm the same workshop appears alongside the other work links. Then choose To reserve to check that it brings back the train and equipment pages. SaveLinks also searches the stored title, description, website and tag fields when you remember a word instead of a tag. If a label is missing from the common tags menu, search for that tag and confirm it on the bookmark you find.
Free users can save as many bookmarks as they like and open the first 15 in the current list. Plus removes that opening limit. Choose bookmarks you can access for the six-link exercise.
Consolidate older labels after the test
Once the new labels are useful, use an older label such as Trips to find a few bookmarks to update. Add Travel to each relevant bookmark and verify that it appears under Travel before removing the old label. Work through the affected links individually so you can leave any distinct uses alone.
After a booking is complete, remove To reserve from that bookmark if you use the label for open tasks. Keep the topic tag so the link still turns up when you return to the trip or project.
Questions
Can one link have both Work and Travel tags?
Yes. Add both if you expect to look for the link from either topic. The venue page in the example belongs to the work assignment and the trip.
How do I choose between similar tags?
Use one spelling for tags that answer the same question. Keep both only when each tag helps you find a different set of links.
What can I search in SaveLinks?
Search stored titles, descriptions, website names and tags. You can also choose an assigned tag to filter the saved bookmarks.