Social Bookmarking

14 years ago

The original purpose of social bookmarking was to "bookmark" interesting pages/websites so that the general masses can see it for entertainment/news purposes... However, internet marketers saw this as a tool and have somehow abused it by bookmarking just about any site they own, even if it doesn't appeal to the masses. I know because I do it too :p

Having that said, it's now a tool to spread the "news" about your new website/pages.

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rondo

14 years ago

When you bookmark a web page you are asked for the url and title, and it then creates a backlink to that page.
You might not get much, if any, direct traffic through that link, but the backlink will help your site's rankings rise in the search engines.

Andrew

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Why9999

14 years ago

Originally Posted by rondo

When you bookmark a web page you are asked for the url and title, and it then creates a backlink to that page.
You might not get much, if any, direct traffic through that link, but the backlink will help your site's rankings rise in the search engines.

Andrew

Okay, I guess I'll do it just to see it work, but I thought Google was smarter than that? I mean why would they count a backlink just because someone puts it on a social bookmarking site? I thought it was only from high page rank sites that you got a good backlink?

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Troy_Phillips

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Why9999

Okay, I guess I'll do it just to see it work, but I thought Google was smarter than that? I mean why would they count a backlink just because someone puts it on a social bookmarking site? I thought it was only from high page rank sites that you got a good backlink?

Have you saw the page rank for some of the bookmarking sites

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Why9999 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Troy_Phillips

Have you saw the page rank for some of the bookmarking sites

I can accept that...
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juzanobo

14 years ago

I use social bookmarking for faster indexing of newly created sites nothing more.

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Why9999 14 years ago

Originally Posted by juzanobo

I use social bookmarking for faster indexing of newly created sites nothing more.

I guess that makes sense. If it shows up on a social indexing site, Google probably should index it more quickly. But I guess I don't see how that would get you more hits or useful backlinks?
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Doug Olson 14 years ago

Yes I do too
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TheRichJerksNet

14 years ago

Bookmarking Mastery Discover Top Bookmarking Strategies

Bookmarking Mastery takes you through the steps that you should use to properly bookmark your sites. Gives how to on creating titles and descriptions for your links.

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

Do not just run around bookmarking your own stuff.. Also bookmark news, kids stuff, funny stuff, and etc ... Bookmarking all your own stuff looks spammy. Also participate in the communities by making friends, join or create groups and etc..

Bookmarking gives you backlinks and does help with increased listings in the search engines...

James

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Why9999

14 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

Bookmarking Mastery Discover Top Bookmarking Strategies

Bookmarking all your own stuff looks spammy. Also participate in the communities by making friends, join or create groups and etc..

James

Okay, now this makes sense. I didn't realize - and sorry for being stupid - that the bookmarking sites had communities and groups. Now that makes sense: if you can get a few other people to bookmark you, then you've got a legitimate backlink.

But I read an article about social bookmarking software that literally created all of these for you and I can't believe Google is impressed by such things...

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TheRichJerksNet

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Why9999

Okay, now this makes sense. I didn't realize - and sorry for being stupid - that the bookmarking sites had communities and groups. Now that makes sense: if you can get a few other people to bookmark you, then you've got a legitimate backlink.

But I read an article about social bookmarking software that literally created all of these for you and I can't believe Google is impressed by such things...

No question is ever stupid, hey if you do not know something ask.. Google does not know how those backlinks are created ...

James

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David

14 years ago

It can get sweet if you bookmark local stuff (I pitch local SEO) and/ or themed stuff

... after you collect a significant quantity of "like minded" or "themed" bookmarks... that RSS feed (the RSS feed to your social bookmarking profile) can be as valuable to you as the RSS feed to your blog.

IM not so humble O:
At first people started bookmarking stuff online for much the same reason people store anything "in the cloud", it was still there for ya if you got a virus or had to reinstall your operating system.

... then, the idea of making your bookmarks PUBLIC gave one the ability to seek out other like minded people. what if you were into kitting, or polo, or bowling, or golf, or chess... you "stumble upon" someone near you (geographically near you) and discover, or should I say, pleasantly discover this new guy is into the same crap you are!

Then you check em out, he's got stuff YOU NEED, stuff bookmarked that you didn't know was even out there!!! bonus for you, after the whole social thing went into full swing, the "collaboration" part of all this meant a bonus for both of you.

This went on for some time, then Google noticed, then we noticed that Google noticed...

sadly, anything that can be abused, will be abused (heard that line from another Warrior way back when ListWarrior went down the drain).

Like RichJerk said: don't just bookmark YOUR stuff, bookmark anything that is similar to your stuff, bookmark stuff you find interesting, treat it as if it was your computer's favorites (with the exception of course that it's public, if you're into porn I'd keep that to your self for example)

I'll probably catch hell from the Warriors here that pitch automated SB systems but I get great results from doing it by hand, tweaking each submission a little, it's time consuming (really time consuming) but it's working for me.

For example the night of Frederick Maryland's snow storm (where we got 22 inches of snow in 24 hours) I dominated the serps for the entire 24 hour period with my client's "snow removal" urls, at one point we were taking 9 of the 10 organic serps...

we're still taking up half the page

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Why9999

14 years ago

Originally Posted by David

It can get sweet if you bookmark local stuff (I pitch local SEO) and/ or themed stuff

... after you collect a significant quantity of "like minded" or "themed" bookmarks... that RSS feed (the RSS feed to your social bookmarking profile) can be as valuable to you as the RSS feed to your blog.

IM not so humble O:
At first people started bookmarking stuff online for much the same reason people store anything "in the cloud", it was still there for ya if you got a virus or had to reinstall your operating system.

... then, the idea of making your bookmarks PUBLIC gave one the ability to seek out other like minded people. what if you were into kitting, or polo, or bowling, or golf, or chess... you "stumble upon" someone near you (geographically near you) and discover, or should I say, pleasantly discover this new guy is into the same crap you are!

Then you check em out, he's got stuff YOU NEED, stuff bookmarked that you didn't know was even out there!!! bonus for you, after the whole social thing went into full swing, the "collaboration" part of all this meant a bonus for both of you.

This went on for some time, then Google noticed, then we noticed that Google noticed...

sadly, anything that can be abused, will be abused (heard that line way from another Warrior way back when ListWarrior went down the drain).

Like RichJerk said: don't just bookmark YOUR stuff, bookmark anything that is similar to your stuff, bookmark stuff you find interesting, treat it as if it was your computer's favorites (with the exception of course that it's public, if you're into porn I'd keep that to your self for example)

I'll probably catch hell from the Warriors here that pitch automated SB systems but I get great results from doing it by hand, tweaking each submission a little, it's time consuming (really time consuming) but it's working for me.

For example the night of Frederick Maryland's snow storm (where we got 22 inches of snow in 24 hours) I dominated the serps for the entire 24 hour period with my client's "snow removal" urls, at one point we were taking 9 of the 10 organic serps...

we're still taking up half the page

Now that makes sense as well! Got any recs for the best bookmarking sites or does it just depend??

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David

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Why9999

Now that makes sense as well! Got any recs for the best bookmarking sites or does it just depend??

I didn't know I was steppin on RichJerk's toes, haven't tried his SB software but I've never seen him steer anyone wrong here and we've both been members her for a decade or close to it...

that said, I used to use socialmarker.com stopped using it cause it loads too slowly.

Now I just use the extensive list on Addthis.com
just add the toolbar, gotta warn you though, signing up for dozens or hundreds of social bookmarking sites is: rewarding and TIME CONSUMING

there is no other way around it, you either want to succeed or you wanna complain about it.

another warning: these sites value comes and goes, Digg.com used to be the monster, it's worth-less (Not worthless, just worth less than it used to be)

same thing for squidoo,

you gotta take the good with the bad, I considered it time well spent.

For example, I pitch Local SEO, just log into Mixx.com or Propeller.com and search for your state. You'll see just how few people know how to do what we do, we're most definitely in the minority.

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TheRichJerksNet

14 years ago

Originally Posted by David

I didn't know I was steppin on RichJerk's toes, haven't tried his SB software but I've never seen him steer anyone wrong here and we've both been members her for a decade or close to it...

David,
I am not The Rich Jerk ...lol - I am James Stein ....

James

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David 14 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

David,
I am not The Rich Jerk ...lol - I am James Stein ....

James

OOps, I know you as James, I didn't know "THE rich jerk" is someone other than you (sorry)

I've seen your thoughtful, knowledgeable posts here for some time, didn't mean to mix you up with someone else that has a similar moniker.

you've taught me stuff, valuable stuff, I've just not logged in here in a while and I'm getting old so my memory isn't what it used to be....
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  Originally Posted by David
  
  I'm getting old so my memory isn't what it used to be....
  
  LOL ... Me and you both David ..
  
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eaglechick

14 years ago

Hi Why9999

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Good luck with your IM efforts!!

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Arun Kumar

14 years ago

Social bookmarking is especially useful for faster index to the new sites in the search engine.

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sshirdi

14 years ago

Bookmarking is the best monetization method while performing the SEO. You can get famous with Bookmarking sites, you can drive quality traffic from authority sites. Sites like Digg and Stumbleupon have great audience and you can promote your niche or product with such sites. You will also gain some backlinks from these sites.
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Tyler Pratt

14 years ago

I have found bookmarking articles in article directories works the best.

I will bookmark all of my ezinearticles. Ezine holds alot more weight than delicious. In my opinion.

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TheRichJerksNet

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Tyler Pratt

I have found bookmarking articles in article directories works the best.

I will bookmark all of my ezinearticles. Ezine holds alot more weight than delicious. In my opinion.

Yep .. You should bookmark

* Your articles
* Squidoo Lens - Hubpages
* Doc Sharing Profiles
* Web 2.0 Profiles (not as effective but helps)
* Bookmark your bookmark profiles
* Bookmark your rss feeds
* Bookmark your classifieds (if perm)
* Bookmark your tweets
* and etc ...

That is just a few ideas to help you get the creative juice going

James

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Why9999

14 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

Yep .. You should bookmark

* Your articles
* Squidoo Lens - Hubpages
* Doc Sharing Profiles
* Web 2.0 Profiles (not as effective but helps)
* Bookmark your bookmark profiles
* Bookmark your rss feeds
* Bookmark your classifieds (if perm)
* Bookmark your tweets
* and etc ...

That is just a few ideas to help you get the creative juice going

James

I appreciate the idea - thx. Some of these are the 102 class and I'm in 101, but I'll file them away and do it asap...

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bloggirl75

14 years ago

I agree with most of you...bookmarking has helped me to index and creates many backlinks for my sites....

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opportunites

14 years ago

Awesome thread!

I like social bookmarking! Specially for backlinks!
It is so helpful!

Thanks guys for sharing your thoughts and ideas!

Happy new year 2010!

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ziya

14 years ago

Internet marketers saw this as a tool and have somehow abused it by bookmarking just about any site they own booking marking websites

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Why9999 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ziya

Internet marketers saw this as a tool and have somehow abused it by bookmarking just about any site they own booking marking websites

So are you saying that you think some of the benefits of social bookmarking are overstated? Or just that it is "abusive" to bookmark everything under the sun? I'm not sure where you were headed...
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TheRichJerksNet 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ziya

Internet marketers saw this as a tool and have somehow abused it by bookmarking just about any site they own booking marking websites

Did you know some of these sites are owned by internet marketers ...

James
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