Organizing Bookmarks That Actually Stay Organized

Most bookmark bars die the same death: saved in a hurry, never sorted, impossible to find. MyNav's folders work differently — here's how to set yours up so they stay useful a year from now.

Rule 1: Folders follow verbs, not topics

"Design Inspiration" is a topic. "Open Every Morning" is a verb. Verbs map to how you actually use links:

• Start of day — email, calendar, standup board
• Deep work — docs, dashboards, the three tabs you live in
• Reading queue — things you'll get to this week (and will honestly archive on Friday)

If a folder name doesn't tell you when you'd click it, rename it.

Rule 2: Seven folders is plenty

MyNav's sidebar shows counts per folder, so resist creating one per project. A folder with 40 cards you scroll for two seconds beats eight folders with five cards each. Free accounts get 10 folders — enough for a clean structure; Pro users still rarely need more.

Rule 3: Drag to order by frequency

Put what you click most at the top-left — that's where your eye lands first. Dragging works within a folder and across folders; drop a card on another folder in the sidebar and it moves there. Prefer the keyboard? Every card's menu has move up/down and move-to-folder options.

Rule 4: Use notes for links that need context

Some links mean nothing without a sentence of explanation — that staging URL, the invoice portal, the shared drive. Click Edit on any card and add a note. Notes show on the card and, more importantly, in search results.

Rule 5: Prune on a schedule

Once a month, walk through "Reading Queue" and ruthlessly delete. A homepage is a tool, not an archive — MyNav's search means you don't need to keep marginal links visible "just in case."

Keep it in sync

Everything above lives in your account, so your layout follows you to any browser or device — sign in and it's all there. And if you're coming from an existing bookmark bar, read the next post: Importing your browser bookmarks.