Re: Social Bookmarking Site

by Emp
5 replies
Hi guys, have some questions..

I'm starting a simple localised social bookmarking site. I plan to find interesting articles and put it on the website, and public can come in to vote for their preferred "story". Pretty much like a strip down version of reddit, stumbleupon, kinda site.

As its very new, I don't have any traffic. My end goal is hopefully to have regular people coming in to explore new interesting articles, and bloggers to come in to post their articles for additional publicity.

Looking for ideas how I can grow the site - newsfeed.sg -

SEO is probably not valid. I'm thinking of building a facebook fan page and growing it. Then promote the stories on my fan page. Another idea is to have like a weekly contest, so lucky winners (who register and vote for their preferred article) will win something.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
#bookmarking #site #social
  • Profile picture of the author Carol Dere
    1.Select a site: Each of the most popular social bookmarking sites offer something a little bit different. You might decide to rely mostly on one site, or on a combination of them.
    Twitter. It's not just for making pithy jokes or chronicling every episode of Game of Thrones. Twitter's "re-tweet" function allows you to keep track of your favorite links, articles, videos, and pictures. With a user-base that is more than 300 million strong, it also provides an excellent branding platform for your business.[1]
    Reddit. Reddit's structure of sub-reddits (or sub-categories) takes tagged key words and turns them into on-line forums. Here, you can post links in the key word's corresponding sub-reddit and get up votes by community members. The web site design is very bare bones and sometimes clunky to navigate, but if you just need a place to find links based on common interests, this should fit the bill.
    Pinterest. Are you driven by images? Then Pinterest is the place for you. Here you can "pin" links for just about anything -- new recipes, exercise tips, tech articles, wedding inspiration, etc. Although Pinterest might appear to be exclusively for women, more than 1/3 of its users are men.[2]
    StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon is a website purely designed for liking and share links. When you register an account with them, you can choose general areas of interest, and then the web site will present different links for you to "stumble upon" and read.
    Delicious. The grand dame of social bookmarking, Delicious is currently undergoing a reboot to make it easier to integrate links across social media platforms. Because Delicious has had such a long-standing presence in the social bookmarking scene, many users are still loyal to it.


    2.Upload bookmarks and links: The particular methods for doing this will vary from site to site, but you will most likely need to cut and paste the link you want to bookmark into an "upload" forum on your profile on the site.
    To copy, right click on the link's address in your browser. Select the "copy" option from the menu of options that will appear. Then, return to your social bookmarking site and right click again; select the "paste" option this time. This will put the link into the forum where you can upload a link. You will then need to hit an "upload" or "post" button on the site.
    Consult the tutorial section of the social bookmarking site if you have questions about how to upload content to it.


    3.Link to social media: You might find it easier to link your Facebook or Google+ profiles to your social bookmarking site; that way, you will have one central, easy way for logging in and keeping track of your interests.


    4.Create useful tags: As you upload bookmarks to any of the above sites, be sure to "tag" the link with some key words that will help other users find it. What 2-3 words come to mind when you think of this link? What search words did you use to find the link?


    5.Download the extension: If you find most of your bookmarks on a desktop browser, then be sure to download the extension that these websites. Whenever you see a page you wish to bookmark, you just click the extension and easily add it to your profile on the site.


    6.Use social bookmarking for Search Engine Optimization: Social bookmarking can't directly increase the Google rank of your business's web site. However, key words related to your business can land on Google's search results when they appear on popular social bookmarking sites which do have high Google rankings, like Reddit, Twitter and Pinterest.[3]
    Offer discounts and special user codes through social bookmarking sites to drive traffic to your web site. Upload the link for the page on your web site or blog that you want to readers to visit to one of these social bookmarking sites. [4]
    Use popular key words to tag your links. Often, social bookmarking sites will tell you which key words are "trending" (as on Twitter) or what word is a particularly popular search at that moment. Consider how you can tag your business's account with popular key words. This will help drive more traffic to your site.
    Amass followers by being active on these sites. Retweet or pin items that you find to be popular from other users. If you are an active user on the site, then more activity will come to your own account.
    If you think of social bookmarking sites as a helpful PR tool, then you can use them to raise awareness about your product to your target audience.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mohd Saifi
    We must use only high PR sites for social bookmarking. It will enhance the visibility of blog in others portals. So, all are recommended to use only high PR sites such as scoop.it, StumbleUpon and many others.Newest Govt Jobs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Emp
    hmm think some of you guys may have misunderstood me. What I'm trying to do is to create a bookmarking site. Any ideas how to get traffic / promote this new site?
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    • Profile picture of the author Bigboss99
      Hey EMP i can help you sell your book. Message me so we can make your book explode in the market. You dont need websites or anything thats useless. DM me ASAP
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