subject: Store Your Favorite Links on the World Wide Web With Social Bookmarking [print this page] Social bookmarking the process of creating bookmarks on a public websites and tagging them with keywords relevant to the content of the particular website In order to do this you need to register with a social bookmarking site which lets you bookmark particular sites marking them as public or private according to your choice.
Visitors to this social bookmarking site get to see these tagged sites when they type in related keywords. Social bookmarking provides a platform for creation of new connections between individuals interested in the same topics. The site gives information on the people who access the bookmarks and also allow access into other bookmarks created by them. One thing about this facility is that you need to update the data constantly. Of course the site will let you know if the URL fails to function.
Social bookmarking is a wonderful source for browsing and apart from this also creates one way back links, thus directing more traffic to that particular site. Thus their ranking in major search engines like Google also go up. Online businesses gain a lot from this social media tool. Some bookmarking sites are created to include sites and web pages featuring bloggers discussing politics, sport and current events. Participation in ongoing discussions is also possible through these sites by leaving comments on matters of interest.
No longer do you need to search endlessly through a search engine for a particular topic that interests you. With the advent of bookmarking sites you can narrow down your search to the topic of your interest and also stay updated by accessing new links and lists that have been created.
These sites have an edge over the usual search engines because of the human interaction possible here. You can make out the number of people who added a particular site to their bookmarks thus it becomes possible to see its popularity. Libraries have found it extremely useful to provide specific links to their readers. Since all the work is manually done, there are bound to be some inconsistencies that are rectifiable though. Watch out for spammers who bookmark the same page a number of times.
Store Your Favorite Links on the World Wide Web With Social Bookmarking
