subject: Social Sites That Help Improve Your Website Ranking [print this page] The blast of public media and public networking opportunities is here to stay, and as a site owner, you should take great comfort from the fact. There are many out of the ordinary sites out there that can improve your web home's overall performance in the search engines but you have got to catch out there and start using them. Think of it like a party. You can stay in the corner nursing a scotch and soda all night, or you can work the room and leave with more phone numbers than you had going in. The use of these web sites has really made it easier to put your foot out there into the world, even with no tech savvy. If you are going to capitalize on the opportunities that they represent, then you'll have to become familiar with the ones that currently represent the best opportunity for getting noticed and getting traffic.
1. StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is a site where users go in and enter their interests, and then based on those interests, they can hit the "Stumble" button and be aligned with personalized news feeds that find and identify the items across the web that are to be the most interest. If the architecture of your web page is built correctly and you are submitting all of your content to Stumble, then you stand a very good chance of grabbing targeted traffic and improving word of mouth across the WWW. While Stumble may not have close to 1 billion users the way one popular public networking site does, it can certainly catch you the kind of traffic that matters.
2. Facebook
You cannot ignore Facebook if you hope to use public networking sites to improve your web rankings. While Facebook is not necessarily a booster of revenue in spite of its immense popularity, it can grab a little eyeballs, and targeted ones at that. Besides, you likely already have a page and a lot of friends, so it should be very easy to catch the ball rolling on the traffic element simply by approaching the people who agree you and respect you already. Still, dont count on it as your only opportunity the way many inexperienced page owners do.
3. Twitter
Twitter is a microblogging site that is almost as popular as Facebook. While it has taken a little recent hits due to the influx of spammers who use the site, the powers that be seem to be getting things under control. The best thing about Twitter is how easy it is. All you have to do is come up with a series of tweets each day that are 140 characters - not words - or less. The more frequently that you use it, the more likely it will attract the right kind of attention.
