Best free site for bookmark saving is
www.linkagogo.com Save in many different file formats/browsers even AOL PFC files (Only site I think?), and they are accessible from any computer its free up to 2000 bookmarks then the upgrade is cheap
There is a free to use startup page with some free links to get you started,and there is a forum where you can ask the admin about issues you might have

Once you have learnt how to use the download and upload routines have to download a small file (after registering) transfers can be done in seconds
As for Google Check
http://desktop.google.com/ out (I use it as a quick file search) There are many add-ons to look for even more items but the basic setup is OK

This link will improve the searching even more
http://www.google.com/searchhistory works well with the other link
Note you will have to register with Google
https://www.google.com/accounts/ for this.
Once signed up this acts as a key to other places such as Gmail and GoogleEarth Google Groups
Do this first then download the programs, and avoid any prompts

Read this for more info:
www.researchbuzz.org/google_my_search_history_.shtml