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Social Bookmarking submission has developed into a powerful tool for Search Engine Optimization experts. It requires linking sites within the various forums, blogs and message boards on social networking websites, blog sites and content-centric sites like Digg, del.icio.us etc. which is considered a better alternative for marketing your website via social media.
Manual social bookmarking is a simple, convenient and hassle-free way of making sure that your site is noticed and marketed in the right circle. Websites like Digg, Reddit and Propeller, focus on social bookmarking of news-related items such as politics, sports, technology, etc. These websites will often features news headlines and bloggers discussing the current news items.
Google and other major search engines have decided to go content-centric; the more your content is placed on web, the more traffic you generate. Submitting your site manually to social bookmarking sites like Digg, StumbleUpon.com, Reddit.com, and del.icio.us will ensure a heavier volume of relevant traffic. Our constant endeavor is to serve sites with well-researched and well-directed traffic by our bookmarking submission.
Each bookmarking site has its own pros and cons, and it takes meticulous planning and research before one can consider submitting his/her site content to a social bookmarking service. From the most basic press release to more complex articles, all site content is examined and then the appropriate site is determined for submission.
To top it all, since all bookmarking sites require registration, there is no way that any spam links can be generated to or from your site. Del.icio.us is a free social media tool which provides social bookmarking services to it's user. Such websites allow us to discover, save, organize and share information that we find online like no other service. One of the first major platforms on the social web was the idea of social bookmarking. Instead of saving bookmarks to a computer, social bookmarking services like Del.icio.us allow people to save bookmarks on the web, so that they can be accessed from any computer or smart phone. It is an excellent tool for research and data mining.
Social bookmarking accounts are not limited to individuals. B2B companies have an opportunity to leverage this social platform. Social bookmarking is one of the most useful tools on the web. It's almost a research assistant. Social bookmarking sites is an especially good tool for marketers. These can be a great vehicle for driving website traffic- articles that make it to the popular page(s) of Del.icio.us, Digg etc can deliver large amounts of traffic to a website. A lot of the pages that are popular on these sites are tech related, and a relatively high percentage of users are website owners and bloggers themselves.
Social bookmarking offers a feature that automatically publishes your bookmarks to your blog at the end of the day. If you're looking to gain links, this is something you will love. Those people who bookmark your pages are now more likely to return at some point down the road. Such tools enhance the presence of your company website on the world wide web, hence popularizing the company in the desired market.
Luke Ale
The author is a business researcher with CheckBuzz, a social media monitoring company.
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