Web highlighter vs bookmarks: when to use each

A bookmark answers "where was that site?" A highlighter answers "what did that page actually say?"

Most people need both. Mixing them up is why reading lists rot.

Use bookmarks when

• You will reread the whole page.
• The value is the site itself (a dashboard, a tool, a homepage).
• You only need a reminder to return.

Use a web highlighter when

• One paragraph is the payload, and the rest is noise.
• You want a note attached to the original sentence.
• You will search your own excerpts later, not Google the title again.

A simple split

Bookmark the course homepage. Highlight the definition in week three.

Bookmark the library catalog. Highlight the claim you might cite.

GetReadVault is the highlighter side of that split. It saves webpage text, notes, and tags locally. It is not a read-it-later app and not a replacement for your bookmark bar.

If the same highlights need to follow you to another browser, that is the Pro sync decision—not a reason to bookmark every article "just in case."