CHROME BOOKMARKS
What Happened to Google Bookmarks, and Where Did Your Links Go?
Google Bookmarks (google.com/bookmarks) shut down September 30, 2021. This guide explains what that means and how to find your Chrome bookmarks today.
The Bookmend blog — page 2
Guides to Chrome bookmarks, tabs and link rot, how web archives work, and honest comparisons of the tools people use to save the web.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
How to Find and Fix Broken Bookmarks in Chrome
Chrome has no built-in broken-link checker. Here's the manual method, its limits, and how Bookmend automates detection and one-click recovery.
SAVING & ARCHIVING THE WEB
How to Save Webpage to Desktop (Step-by-Step)
Four ways to save any webpage to your desktop in Chrome: Save Page As, print to PDF, MHTML single file, and browser extensions.
POCKET & READ-IT-LATER ALTERNATIVES
The Best Pocket Alternatives in 2026
Pocket shut down in July 2025. Here are the best read-it-later and bookmark alternatives in 2026, with current pricing and who each one suits.
BOOKMARK MANAGER COMPARISONS
Raindrop.io Review 2026: Features, Pricing, and Who Should Use It
An honest review of Raindrop.io in 2026: what the free and Pro tiers include, what it does well, and who should actually pay for it.
TABS & SESSIONS
Keyboard Shortcuts to Close, Reopen and Switch Tabs in Chrome
Every Chrome tab keyboard shortcut: close, reopen, switch by position, jump to last tab, and close the window — with Windows and Mac keys.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Bookmarks clean up
Both Chrome extensions remove duplicate bookmarks and dead links. Here's what they each actually do, where they differ, and which to use.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Karakeep: Extension or Self-Hosted Archive?
Bookmend repairs Chrome bookmarks you already have. Karakeep is a self-hosted archive you build from scratch. Here's which fits your situation.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs LazyCat Bookmark Cleaner
LazyCat Bookmark Cleaner and Bookmend both clean Chrome bookmarks. Here's how their dead-link detection, recovery, and search compare.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Linkwarden: Bookmark Fixer or Self-Hosted?
Bookmend repairs your existing Chrome bookmarks. Linkwarden is a self-hosted collaborative archive with page preservation. Here's the honest comparison.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs mymind: Which Bookmark Tool Fits You?
Bookmend fixes Chrome bookmarks you have. mymind is a paid AI second-brain for saving everything without folders. Here's the honest comparison.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Free Bookmark Rot Check: size up your bookmarks in 60 seconds
Drop your exported bookmarks.html into the free Rot Check tool. It parses the file locally and shows totals, duplicates and oldest saves in under a minute.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
How Bookmend recovers dead bookmarks from the Internet Archive
Bookmend finds the Wayback Machine snapshot closest to your original save date and lets you confirm it before replacing the dead URL. Here's how it works.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Import your Pocket export into Bookmend
Pocket shut down in 2025. Here is how to move your exported Pocket links into Chrome bookmarks so Bookmend can scan and recover the dead ones.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Import your Raindrop export into Bookmend
Export your Raindrop bookmarks as HTML, import into Chrome, and Bookmend automatically indexes and rot-checks every link — no separate import step needed.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Is Bookmend free? Everything on the free plan
Bookmend's core features (full-text search, dead-link detection, Wayback recovery and duplicate cleanup) are free. Exactly what you get at no cost.
SAVING & ARCHIVING THE WEB
Archive.today Explained: How It Works and When to Use It Instead of the Wayback Machine
What archive.today (archive.ph, archive.is) actually does, how it differs from the Wayback Machine, how to submit a URL, and when each tool is the right choice.
BOOKMARK MANAGER COMPARISONS
The Best Bookmark Manager Apps in 2026 (Compared)
Honest comparison of the best bookmark managers in 2026 — Raindrop.io, Toby, Chrome's native bookmarks, and Bookmend — with what each actually does well.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Chrome's built-in bookmark manager
Bookmend isn't a replacement for Chrome's bookmark manager — it's what's missing from it. What native Chrome bookmarks can and can't do, and what Bookmend adds.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Pocket: a Pocket replacement that keeps links alive
Pocket shut down in July 2025. Here's how Bookmend compares to what Pocket did — what it replaces, what it doesn't, and what to use for each use case.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Raindrop.io: Features, Pricing & Which to Choose
Detailed comparison of Bookmend and Raindrop.io — core philosophy, features, pricing, and which to choose for your bookmark situation.
BOOKMEND PRODUCT & COMPARISONS
Bookmend vs Toby: Bookmark Manager or Tab Manager?
Honest comparison of Bookmend and Toby — what each tool actually does, where they overlap, and why many people use both at the same time.
CHROME TIPS & FIXES
Chrome Flags Explained: 15 Worth Turning On (and How to Reset Them)
What chrome://flags is, how to use it safely, 15 real flags worth enabling in 2026, and how to reset all flags if something breaks.
CHROME TIPS & FIXES
Chrome Screen Flickering: 9 Fixes That Work
Chrome screen flickering is usually caused by hardware acceleration or GPU drivers. Here are 9 proven fixes for Windows and Mac.