subject: Explode Your Traffic With Social Bookmarking [print this page] Explode Your Traffic With Social Bookmarking
To put it simply, social bookmarking is a collection of Websites indexed by humans. Unlike the search engines which rely on complicated algorithms to index relevant Websites for each topic, each site has been "bookmarked" by a human who found it interesting or helpful. The beauty of social bookmarking is that there are several ways to generate traffic to your Website, both directly and indirectly. The goal is to get as many people as possible to bookmark your Website and content pages.
Social Bookmarking sites are also Web 2.0 sites, but they carry the additional aspect of being able to autoupdate rapidly and are very Search Engine friendly. Most of the top Social Bookmarking sites are PR5 or higher and carry a lot of linking power. Social Bookmarking can help your websites create quality backlinks and also provide much needed traffic. The visitors to the social_bookmarking sites can check out for resources with the help of keywords or look into the public bookmarks and tags that other users have already saved to gauge the popularity of a particular website.
Social bookmarking sites are one of those tools that like any of the other web 2.0 services it need to be use carefully. The best approach to these kinds of web communities is to be helpful and contribute to the network to build relationships. With Social Bookmarking, you can get unlimited 'keyword' links to your site. Having more keyword links that are relevant to your site will result in higher ranking. Better PageRank Having high PR Social Bookmarking sites linked to your site will improve your site's PR. With a higher PR, you can link to your new/existing sites and improve their ranking too!
There are many bookmarking programs out there to choose from, but I suggest starting with a free program until you develop your skill set and learn what your personal needs will be. Personally I still use the free version of OnlyWire, it works great for me and the company I work for. These social media sites allow you to find people of like interest and send them a friend request. The more people you can find with similar interest, the higher the chances that they will enjoy your content and bookmark it.
That is a relatively new way to promote your website but apparently people love it since there are hundreds of different social bookmarking websites that people love, visit often and participate in creation and popularity of content on such a websites. A very simple yet effective strategy for any website owner.
