Bookmarks are designed to save you time, making it much easier to find your tabs later. Whether it’s a site you use often, an article to read later, or anything else you don’t want to get lost in a sea of tabs, bookmarks are ideal for organizing your Chrome browser. 

But bookmarks can also quickly grow to long lists of links, becoming overwhelming and losing their purpose. To avoid creating the bookmark monster, organize your bookmarks in Chrome in a system that will make them easier to stay on top of. We’ll show you how in this article. 

Additionally, it’s never been easier to organize bookmarks even across your whole team with Link for Work. You can store every bookmark in one place, and share it with everyone on the team in one secure link. The point of bookmarks is to save you time, and Link for Work can save your entire team time sharing URLs and bookmarks. 

What to Bookmark, What Not to Bookmark 

Before you go adding bookmarks to every site, you should create a strategy for your bookmarks. Since bookmarks are designed to save you time finding sites again, bookmark things that you either visit often or want to revisit. For example, save your email, social media sites, and articles to read later to bookmarks.

Do NOT bookmark EVERYTHING! That will defeat the purpose of making links easy to find! Only bookmark pages you want to revisit often, and you can also remove bookmarks once you don’t need them anymore. 

How to Create Bookmarks in Chrome 

You can easily create a bookmark on any site by clicking the star in the address bar of Chrome. Or you can also use shortcuts.  

·      Mac Shortcut: Hit ‘Command’ + ‘Shift’ + ‘B’ to create a bookmark 

·      PC Shortcut: Hit ‘ctrl’ + ‘D’ 

·      Android Bookmark: Open the Chrome app, tap the Star on the right of the address bar. 

·      iPhone/ iPad: In the Chrome app, tap the ‘share’ button on the right of the address bar. Tap ‘Bookmark’ and it will be automatically saved to your “Mobile Bookmarks” folder. 

To bookmark every current open tab the shortcuts are:

·       PC: ‘ctrl’ + ‘Shift’ + ‘D’

·       Mac: ‘command + ‘Shift’ + ‘D’

To create bookmarks that you can share with your entire team, use Link for Work. 

How to Group Bookmarks in Chrome 

Unfortunately, Chrome doesn’t have a tagging system for bookmarks. You can get extensions for this, or you can use folders to group bookmarks together. 

It’s best to create a system for your bookmarks so you can easily access them later. The idea is to save you time down the line, so although it may take more time upfront to get organized, you’ll thank yourself later.

Start by naming them something you’ll remember and will be easy to find. You can create custom names for your bookmarks, so get creative! 

Then, if you want to organize your bookmarks in Chrome further, use folders and extensions. For instance, Link for Work lets you group links by categories to make it easy to find all the tools you need.

How to Access Google Bookmarks 

To access your bookmarks, launch the Chrome Bookmark Manager. You can open it to see all of your folders and bookmarks in one place. You can also use the search bar to search for specific bookmarks. 

The Bookmark Manager shortcut is “CTRL” + ‘Shift’ + “O” on a PC or “Command” + “Option” + “B” on a Mac. 

You can also use “Command” + “Shift” + “B” or “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “B” to pin the bookmarks bar to your tab, so your bookmarks will never go missing. 

And, to access Google bookmarks from someone else, you can use Link for Work to create secure, shared dashboards that the entire team can access. 

How to Create a Folder in Bookmarks

You can create a folder in bookmarks to save similar URLs together. 

To create a folder on Desktop:

1.     Open Chrome browser

2.     Click “More”, “Bookmarks”, “Bookmark Manager”

3.     Click “More”, “Add new folder”

4.     Name your new folder 

To create a folder on Android:

1.     Open the Chrome App

2.     Tap “More” in the top right

3.     Tap Bookmarks

4.     Tap the Bookmark you want in a folder

5.     Tap “More”, “Move “, “Create a new folder”

To create a folder on iPhone/iPad:

1.     Open the Chrome App

2.     Tap “More”, “Bookmarks” 

3.     Tap “New Folder” in the bottom left 

You can always move bookmarks after putting them in a folder. If you need to move multiple bookmarks at once, you can do that too by selecting multiple or moving an entire folder. To move bookmarks to another computer, or to share with your team, use Link for Work. 

How to Organize Bookmarks 

Besides using folders, Chrome extensions can help you organize your bookmarks and make them even more useful. 

Don’t underestimate the power of extensions and additional tools to help you manage your bookmarks. You can connect bookmarks to IFTTT to automate services, move them to the cloud, organize them by most recent, or by name, date, or URL. Plus, you can even share bookmarks with others. If you need to share bookmarks across your entire team, try Link for Work. 

How to Import and Export Bookmarks in Chrome 

You can also transfer and sync bookmarks between multiple browsers. You can automatically transfer bookmarks from another browser into Chrome with their import tool. 

To import bookmarks into Chrome:

1.     Export the bookmarks from the other browser as an HTML file

2.     Open Chrome on a computer

3.     Click “More” in the top right

4.     Click “Bookmarks”, “Import Bookmarks and Settings”

5.     Select “Bookmarks HTML file” from the dropdown

6.     Click “Choose File”

7.     Import your file and they will automatically appear as a new folder labeled “imported”

To export bookmarks from Chrome to another browser:

1.     Open Chrome on a computer

2.     Click “More” in the top right

3.     Click “Bookmarks”, “Bookmark Manager”

4.     Click “More”, “Export Bookmarks” 

Your bookmarks will export as an HTML file and you can import that into any other browser. 

However, if you want to export bookmarks to a teammates’ browser there’s an easier way. Link for Work automatically allows you to sync bookmarks between teammates, eliminating the need to import and export bookmarks. 

How to Sync Bookmarks Between Teams 

Avoid the hassle of asking teammates for links and store shared resources in one centralized bookmark folder for your entire team. You can even categorize the links on your company dashboard. And rest assured that the links are secure and only employees can access them. 

Set up a company dashboard that also includes images and descriptions, group links by categories, and the ability to search for the right links.

You can even share links across the entire company, for easy convenient access for every employee all at once.

Use Link for Work to take the way you organize your Chrome bookmarks to the next level.