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Features for Power Users:
Advanced Searching
Search by rating, user, tags, etc.
Permissions
Creating faves that can only be seen by certain people.
This page contains information for developers who want to build tools to work with Faves.com data.
Import Bookmarks from MyWeb
We don't specifically support importing bookmarks from Yahoo MyWeb, but there is a way to make it work with what we have.
Mobile Access
Need access to your Faves from a cell phone? Connect to our mobile site at http://faves.com/m and you can search your Faves and your Friend's Faves in a pared down low-bandwidth version of the Faves search engine.
Using Hot Keys to browse Faves pages
Some keyboard shortcuts that can make your reading faster:
Create a Holiday Wishlist
Learn how to make a wishlist of items from all over the web so your friends and family will know exactly what to get you this year.
Add "Fave It!" Button to your Website
Get the link on your website to help increase exposure and drive traffic to your website or blog.
How do I delete/cancel my Faves.com account?
Just send mail to feedback@faves.com from the email account that is registered on Faves.com, and we'll remove your account for you. Any faves you've created to date will be removed from our system.
How do I edit my profile/picture?
Click User's Faves tab, and then on the right hand side, click "Edit my profile" or "Upload New Photo"
How can I create a Friend List to share faves with a subset of my friends?
Not only does Faves.com let you share dots with Everyone, Your Friends, or keep them private to yourself, but you can also share faves selectively with just a smaller group of your friends. To do this, you first have to create a Friends List:
Your new Friend List will now show up in the "Share with" dropdown the next time you create a new Dot. Any dots shared with a Friend List will only be visible to the friends in that list and invisible to everyone else.
I don't have time to join yet another web site. Why should I bother?
This is a valid complaint - we realize that people are pretty inundated with services and may not feel they have time in their life to add yet another. But there are some great time-saving reasons to use Faves.com instead of simply emailing links to your friends each time you want to share something.
How can I Advertise on Faves.com?
Faves.com uses Google Adsense. You can place your ad on Faves.com by bidding for advertising space. Your ad will compete with other advertisers based on the highest bid. Note that Faves.com currently uses these ad units: the 125x125 Button, the 200x200 Small Square, the 468x60 Banner, and the 160x600 Wide Skyscraper. We accept both text and graphical ads (including Flash - except the 125x125 Button which is text only). To sign up, and place an ad on Faves.com go to our Adsense page.
UPDATE: With the new Faves Buzz, you can target your ads to pages by subject matter (e.g., http://faves.com/buzz/seattle/real%20estate).
Features for Power Users:
Advanced Searching
Search by rating, user, tags, etc.
Permissions
Creating faves that can only be seen by certain people.
This page contains information for developers who want to build tools to work with Faves.com data.
Import Bookmarks from MyWeb
We don't specifically support importing bookmarks from Yahoo MyWeb, but there is a way to make it work with what we have.
Mobile Access
Need access to your Faves from a cell phone? Connect to our mobile site at http://faves.com/m and you can search your Faves and your Friend's Faves in a pared down low-bandwidth version of the Faves search engine.
Using Hot Keys to browse Faves pages
Some keyboard shortcuts that can make your reading faster:
- Alt-SHIFT-N: Go to Next Page.
- Alt-SHIFT-P: Go to Previous Page.
- Alt-SHIFT-S: Select the search box.
Create a Holiday Wishlist
Learn how to make a wishlist of items from all over the web so your friends and family will know exactly what to get you this year.
Add "Fave It!" Button to your Website
Get the link on your website to help increase exposure and drive traffic to your website or blog.
How do I delete/cancel my Faves.com account?
Just send mail to feedback@faves.com from the email account that is registered on Faves.com, and we'll remove your account for you. Any faves you've created to date will be removed from our system.
How do I edit my profile/picture?
Click User's Faves tab, and then on the right hand side, click "Edit my profile" or "Upload New Photo"
How can I create a Friend List to share faves with a subset of my friends?
Not only does Faves.com let you share dots with Everyone, Your Friends, or keep them private to yourself, but you can also share faves selectively with just a smaller group of your friends. To do this, you first have to create a Friends List:
- Click on People
- Click on the "My Friends" tab
- In the right column, type the name you want to associate with a subset of your friends (e.g., Family, Work, Club, Church, or Frat Brothers).
- Click on "Create Friend List"
- You'll go to a page where you can check a box next to each of your Faves.com friends to add them to this friend list.
- Click Save Changes
Your new Friend List will now show up in the "Share with" dropdown the next time you create a new Dot. Any dots shared with a Friend List will only be visible to the friends in that list and invisible to everyone else.
I don't have time to join yet another web site. Why should I bother?
This is a valid complaint - we realize that people are pretty inundated with services and may not feel they have time in their life to add yet another. But there are some great time-saving reasons to use Faves.com instead of simply emailing links to your friends each time you want to share something.
- Searching for something you found in the past is fast and simple from Faves.com. Without that, you have to go to google and perhaps do multiple searches to find something you found interesting in the past. Faves.com is a very quick way to mark the pages you want to recall for yourself, and you can add comments and tags to help you make it easy to find in the future.
- Keep your inbox clear. Email discussions tend to become fragmented, and further pollute our already crowded inboxes. Some of your friends actually don't appreciate getting more email in their inbox. Giving them the option of seeing your links on their own schedule and keeping these out of their inbox can be helpful in maintaining your friendship :-). Faves.com discussions are also easier to follow because they are all stored in one place in one thread (unlike fragmented replies to your message in your inbox).
- Don't interrupt your friends. Over time, Faves.com users build up a database of a wide variety of their favorite web sites (including favorite restaurants, movies, books, news articles, reference material, web tools and services). Faves.com is a great way for your friends to access that knowledge without having to bother you. They can easily go to your user profile and search or browse your dots to find the information you've already identified as useful.
How can I Advertise on Faves.com?
Faves.com uses Google Adsense. You can place your ad on Faves.com by bidding for advertising space. Your ad will compete with other advertisers based on the highest bid. Note that Faves.com currently uses these ad units: the 125x125 Button, the 200x200 Small Square, the 468x60 Banner, and the 160x600 Wide Skyscraper. We accept both text and graphical ads (including Flash - except the 125x125 Button which is text only). To sign up, and place an ad on Faves.com go to our Adsense page.
UPDATE: With the new Faves Buzz, you can target your ads to pages by subject matter (e.g., http://faves.com/buzz/seattle/real%20estate).
