subject: What Is Social Bookmarking [print this page] Social bookmarking involves sharing and adding bookmarks of interesting content found on the internet. Social bookmarking is different than file sharing. The term sharing in this context refers to informing people about interesting news.
In a social bookmarking site, you will be able to add the title, description and keyword for the post. The title describes the content of the page. The description is a brief introduction to the content which you are posting. The keywords are essential because it makes it possible for the user to find the post on the social bookmarking site. If you dont add the keywords, the post will only appear in the recent bookmarks page. Since many people will be posting on the site, your bookmark will be push more and more further down until it eventually become buried in the site. By adding keywords, you increase the chance of your post being found by other users. You should add as many keywords as possible. Some social bookmarking site limits you on the number of keywords which you can add.
If your post is popular, it will rank on the front page. Normally, post that receives a high vote count will appear on the front page. The front page will have the highest page rank so you will want to get the vote count of your post up. You can do this by creating a large network of friends on the social bookmarking site. You can exchange bookmarks with your friends. In this way, your post will reach to the front page in a short time.
Some social bookmarking sites allow you to sync with other popular sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Digg and MySpace. When you submit a post on the site, the post will also appear on other sites which you have synched. In this way, you dont have to sign in to those sites to post the same URL.
Nowadays, most of the social bookmarking sites have a bookmarklet which is installed on your toolbar. Once it is installed, you can surf the site which you want to share and click on the bookmarklet. The submission page will pop up on the screen. You still have to sign in to the social bookmarking site. With a social bookmarklet, you no longer have to visit the site to create a new bookmark.
Social bookmarking is a great way to promote your site. It can increase the amount of backlinks to your site so that you will rank higher on the search engine. Webmasters who dont want to submit individually to each site can hire a SEO company to help them. You can also find people in the forum who are willing to submit your site to the social bookmarking sites at a cheap price. Before hiring a SEO company, make sure it has a good reputation and have several years of experience in the industry. You should also read reviews to find out the feedback from customers that previously place an order with them.
