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Can Social Bookmarking Help Me?
You have probably heard a whole lot about social bookmarking lately. As a matter of fact, you can still spend many hundreds dollars right now just to learn what it’s all about. Well, not here. I am providing you with this information. I did the research and found this to be a super way to have more traffic for a site. The very best news is, it’s 100% FREE.
What is Social Bookmarking?
It’s a public list of the favorites. Not all your favorites, just the favorites you prefer to impart with others. You are able to add any website to your public list and retrieve it from any PC. (This is often done on someone else’s server, not your laptop). When you list a site inside your bookmark list, anyone searching for that same type of information can perform a search in the bookmark site and discover the sites you have bookmarked. It is like a search engine without all of the trash.
When you do a search in a search engine, you get the whole set of sites which have something to do with the keywords you typed into the search box. It is straightforward to get a bunch of garbage sites that are loaded up with keywords but have mediocre content on the actual site.
The great thing about social bookmarking sites is the only real sites you will see there is sites that other people have looked at and decided were worth saving for future reference. Real individuals have decided to save (bookmark) the sites, not robots. Real individuals also monitor the sites so if trash does get added, it is soon deleted.
The more individuals who bookmark a site, the more well-liked it becomes. As an example, lets say you’re selling widgets for a really great price. You bookmark your home page on many open bookmarking sites. When someone is seeking a widget, they are doing a search at the bookmarking web site and your bookmark comes up. They go look at your site and decide your prices are so good, they need to return later when they need another widget. So they add your site to their bookmarks for future reference.
When someone goes to at least one of these internet sites and types widgets into the search box, your site listing will come up in the hunt. If many people have bookmarked your site, you can be listed high in the search results. It’s kind of like a voting system. If you site is good enough to bookmark, other people will want to see what all the fuss is about.
Unlike search engines where all you have to do is good seo, the sites you’ll find in the Social Bookmarking sites are quality sites that other people loved enough to save. You do not really have to have the best site to get listed in the search engines.
How can you get started?
Do a search for social bookmarking, many sites will come up. Go to each site and register for an account. It’s FREE! After you have your account set up, start listing your site. Don’t forget to add proper tags to your listing. Tags are equivalent as keywords that has a twist. These sites will let you know what the most well-liked searches are on their site. You choose the tags that should work using your site or page and are part of the favored list. Most of the sites will also provide a spot to write down a small description of the site that you’re bookmarking. Add a description that uses a few of your tag words for added benefit.
Building popularity
As with anything that is worth doing, this can take you some time for getting it all set up and running smooth but the end result are going to be very well worth your effort.
Begin with one bookmarking site and one page out of your site. (Start with your squeeze page and put together your newsletter list) Create your account using the bookmarking site and add your page to the bookmarks. Be sure you use the top tags and description you can. (Check the popularity list on the site) Doing this in itself will help you get more traffic. Now you can go one step further and work both sides of the system.
Add a link for a site that will lead back to your bookmarking site containing your page bookmarked. Ask your guests to bookmark your site in the social bookmarking site. Bookmark my web site at Blinklist.com and access it from any computer, anytime. Make a link to the bookmarking site so your visitors have only to click. You need to make sure the page opens in a new window so when your guests are done setting up their account, they’ll still have your page handy to bookmark.
Now move on to the next page. You’ll want to offer a different bookmarking site on each page. Why? So you will get numerous bookmarks on as many sites as possible. Use the same information in the example above but change the social bookmarking site you’re promoting.
Won’t this look weird to your visitors? No. Most of the people will ignore the suggestion once they have bookmarked your site. They won’t even notice you have changed the name of this link. They’ll see, Bookmark my site, and think, “I already did that”, and they will move on.
Final Note:
Don’t SPAM the sites. Be certain that what you’re listing is relevant and useful. You don’t need to bring traffic to a page that has nothing but links, you’ll likely get banned form the bookmarking site. Only bookmark your pages which have actual content. Ask yourself if you would actually add this page to your own favorites list? If your answer is no then don’t list it.
Comments or questions are welcome.
