Can Anyone Answer This...?

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This question is in relation to search engine rankings and backlinks....not traffic flow.

Can someone please tell me what is the point of social bookmarking all your backlinks and perhaps using other programs like backlink booster to supposably boost all your backlinks.

If you have just created a backlink to your website that is on a high PR website then what is the real point of linking to that backlink via social bookmarking besides getting traffic to the backlink...?

High PR websites get crawled very frequently anyway and your link would soon be found and indexed very quickly...would it not? What's the point of social bookmarking a link back to that backlink besides attempting to get that new backlink on the high PR website indexed faster...?

And if that's the only reason, why bother submitting that backlink to 100 different social bookmarking sites. As soon as Google crawled a high PR bookmarking site like Digg etc, would it not find, recognize and index your new backlink. What difference would it make if Google finds the same reference to that same backlink two seconds later on another social bookmarking site...?

The original backlink gets its authority and value from the website it is placed on...does it not? What difference does it make if 100 social bookmark links point back to that backlink. Does it boost that backlinks authority or value...?

Using a hypothetical analysis, let's say I put a backlink on a PR10 website. Because it's on a PR10 website let's say that backlink is now worth 10 authority points (link juice value). If 100 social bookmarking sites link to that backlink does it increase the authority of this backlink whatsoever...? And ultimately would it increase my search engine rank.

I can handle creating backlinks on good websites and actually participating in their forums, but social bookmarking all the backlinks I create is the painful part, no matter how automated the process is. And what is the point if ultimately it doesn't boost my search engine rank...?

I can understand that more traffic to the backlink can be generated via bookmarking, but I'm purely interested in the original backlinks potency and if it is increased whatsoever via social bookmarking...:confused:

Thanks in advance guys...
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  • Profile picture of the author 2d0k
    Backlinking your backlinks from social networking sites helps in indexing your backlinks as well as the pages these backlinks point to.. Big social bookmarking sites are frequently visited by search engine crawlers and spiders, thus the bookmarks that you've done will lead these crawlers to your backlinks, and then to your pages.. The sooner your pages are discovered, the sooner they will be indexed also by search engines..

    Social bookmarking sites pass also link juice to your backlinks, then to your web site pages hence increasing your web site pages' PageRank..

    The higher the PageRank of your pages, the higher it will be positioned in search engines for your targeted keyword.. The higher your pages are positioned, more search engine users will discover your web pages.. More traffic.. It's as simple as that, I hope this helps..
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    • Profile picture of the author Cackle
      It's not all about for indexing purposes - like you said. It's more about pushing 'link juice' to other places that are linking to your 'money' site. IMO, you don't need to social bookmark 100 sites - stick with the more relevant bookmarking sites - which is everchanging - and bookmark your important links there. Use the others to bookmark links that link to your important links over time.

      In theory, it's just to show that your website is still relevant. So don't just build thousands of links and never touch it again. Build a handful of high quality links, than another handful later, and so on. It's all about quality - social bookmarking on a grand scale no longer helps to the degree it once did.
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