Social Bookmarking for SEO

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Hi, I'm new here. And I've only taken up internet marketing and SEO seriously recently. I've dabbled in it a few years ago when but never really studied the intricacies of it, and there was practically no competition for the keyword I went into before.

I've recently started a site and have begun submitting my articles for syndication to some article directories. I've also posted in a few Web 2.0s. While looking for ways to get more backlinks I came across the term Social Bookmarking. From what I understood at a glance, using social bookmarking sites (and maybe a software to mass submit your links to a lot of different sites) is a good way to get quality backlinks.

My questions are, is there a drawback to using this method to get backlinks? Just how effective is it as a source of quality backlinks? How should I go about it?
#bookmarking #seo #social
  • Profile picture of the author sovereignn
    From my experience it's a good starting tool.

    I use it on new websites it provides a little boost and helps get you indexed quickly.

    A lot of social bookmarking websites are nofollow which is something a lot of people have a problem with but I've always thought a mixture of nofollow/dofollow links is healthy practice.

    I have received boosts from rankings before using social bookmarking usually it's nothing significant maybe a few spots but there is always a time or two when it gives me a huge boost.

    For completely untapped niches I've ranked keywords using only social bookmarks but when I say untapped I mean not a single website of competition.

    Whenever I do Social Bookmarks towards my website I try to do around 500-750 at a time from the highest PR Social Bookmarking sites and drip them over the course of 24-48 hours

    Hope that gives you a little idea of how effective they are
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  • Profile picture of the author dewdxweb
    but wouldn't google find it unnatural or "inhuman" behavior if you suddenly had 500 social bookmark links overnight?
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    • Profile picture of the author sovereignn
      Originally Posted by dewdxweb View Post

      but wouldn't google find it unnatural or "inhuman" behavior if you suddenly had 500 social bookmark links overnight?
      Websites that go viral get anywhere from 10k to 500k links overnight

      They still do just fine!
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  • Profile picture of the author dewdxweb
    Aha, that makes sense. SO you'd recommend that I make them all at once instead of "trickling" them in the course of a few days?
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    • Profile picture of the author sovereignn
      Originally Posted by dewdxweb View Post

      Aha, that makes sense. SO you'd recommend that I make them all at once instead of "trickling" them in the course of a few days?
      It's up to you honestly we all have our own personal opinions

      We all take our own precautions some people knock on wood blah blah

      Just do what you're comfortable with, if dripping them over the course of a week makes you feel better then take that route
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    • Profile picture of the author It Is Me
      Originally Posted by dewdxweb View Post

      Aha, that makes sense. SO you'd recommend that I make them all at once instead of "trickling" them in the course of a few days?
      If your site is new then build only some bookmarks links and if your site become some months old then you can build higher number of bookmark links!
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  • Profile picture of the author dewdxweb
    any tools/software you can recommend? (preferably free)
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanSEOGears
    I've personally had the best results having Social Bookmarks manually created by a person or two overseas. This keeps everything from looking nearly as automated and is still a great way to get links.

    While I can't recommend any software you may want to get yourself a solid list of 200-300 social bookmarking sites and then outsource the work through a site like odesk.com or elance.com. You can find some really quality workers on there and get all of the work you need done for $5-$15, which is a small investment for the benefits Social bookmarks bring to a new site.

    Let me know if you are having trouble finding bookmarking sites and I'll send you a few resources.
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    • Profile picture of the author EColumns
      Originally Posted by RyanSEOGears View Post

      I've personally had the best results having Social Bookmarks manually created by a person or two overseas. This keeps everything from looking nearly as automated and is still a great way to get links.

      While I can't recommend any software you may want to get yourself a solid list of 200-300 social bookmarking sites and then outsource the work through a site like odesk.com or elance.com. You can find some really quality workers on there and get all of the work you need done for $5-$15, which is a small investment for the benefits Social bookmarks bring to a new site.

      Let me know if you are having trouble finding bookmarking sites and I'll send you a few resources.
      Please do share it
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  • Social bookmarking is great for SEO. Google is now looking more toward social signals to determine your rankings.
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanSEOGears
    My favorite resource is a huge list that they have up on Social Maximizer under the "List of Bookmark Sites" tab. I'd post a direct link but this Professional profile is still new to Warrior forums .

    You'll have to put in a bit of work to get all of these results into a nice spreadsheet but it's much easier than trying to find all of the bookmarks on your own. Social Maximizer also allows you to pay them a fee to put you into the bookmarking sites, but I've found cheaper rates outsourcing directly.
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
      Originally Posted by RyanSEOGears View Post

      My favorite resource is a huge list that they have up on Social Maximizer under the "List of Bookmark Sites" tab. I'd post a direct link but this Professional profile is still new to Warrior forums .

      You'll have to put in a bit of work to get all of these results into a nice spreadsheet but it's much easier than trying to find all of the bookmarks on your own. Social Maximizer also allows you to pay them a fee to put you into the bookmarking sites, but I've found cheaper rates outsourcing directly.
      Wow thanks Ryan I just checked that list out, it's given me some great sources to go ahead and use.

      I personally like to manually submit my websites, with the crack down from Google with back links recently it's a given IMO.

      Cheers

      -Lee
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      • Profile picture of the author RyanSEOGears
        Originally Posted by PPD Academy View Post

        Wow thanks Ryan I just checked that list out, it's given me some great sources to go ahead and use.

        I personally like to manually submit my websites, with the crack down from Google with back links recently it's a given IMO.

        Cheers

        -Lee
        Glad I could help! I've found most of the sites on that list require manual which is why I outsource to a great guy on Odesk and then have him space out the work over a few days. You still get the benefits of manual links without having to do it all yourself. With the tracking the give you are even able to spot check and see that your worker is creating them manually as it grabs screenshots every 5-10 minutes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Velma Ganassini
    Social Bookmarking is one of the best off page technique through which we can get quality backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author eurekapsycrille
    Social bookmarking has been effective even before. What I usually to with it is that I use it to bomb thousands of links to my buffer pages.
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    • Social bookmarking is one of the easiest and most effective ways to get backlinks and traffic. It can also help you build your online reputation and enhance your popularity on the Internet. Social bookmarking sites are ideal for those who want to establish credibility and trust, and promote their sites to a global audience.
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  • Profile picture of the author vaital
    Bookmarks are an important signal for SEs and should be incorporated in a diverse link profile. But if you're expecting any desirable rankings from only these BMs, it's not going to happen, they just don't carry the weight.
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  • Profile picture of the author stevederek
    Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online. Many online bookmark management services have launched since 1996; Delicious, founded in 2003, popularized the terms "social bookmarking" and "tagging". Tagging is a significant feature of social bookmarking systems, enabling users to organize their bookmarks in flexible ways and develop shared vocabularies known as folksonomies.



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  • Profile picture of the author bolocancristian
    You can use SocialAdr - Social Media Marketing Services. You can get both traffic and serp changes.
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    Try Digi Traffic Accelerator
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  • Profile picture of the author aaron86
    Social bookmarking is one of the best weapon of SEO for how many years. White hat tactics is the best method for Google today.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cloud Strike
    Social bookmarking is usefull in generating backlinks for site and for bringing traffic for site. The main benefit of social bookmarking is a lot of people is linked with social bookmarking site and it's a great place for promoting sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author chmae73
      Originally Posted by Cloud Strike View Post

      Social bookmarking is usefull in generating backlinks for site and for bringing traffic for site. The main benefit of social bookmarking is a lot of people is linked with social bookmarking site and it's a great place for promoting sites.
      I guess you are right my friend...
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  • Profile picture of the author medigap4seniors
    In SEO... Without social bookmarking you can't get back links but bookmarking its also help to crawl your pages.So It's very good for submission for website.
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  • Profile picture of the author nokimchen
    Social Bookmarking is good for getting your new site/page index fast.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sai Praveen
    Social Bookmarking is the good strategy to follow in these days to index the blog/website fast.
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  • Social bookmarking is an one of the effective way to get backlinks and traffic. As of my experience you can start with bookmarking is an good start.
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  • Profile picture of the author autolinks
    I am not that confident on submitting to hundreds of social bookmarking sites. I prefer choosing a few quality high ranking sites to submit my bookmarks. To get quality links such as PR 4 to 9, .edu and .gov links give Ardor Backlinks and Auto Backlink Service a try. I highly recommend it.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketwarrior06
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    The best is to do it manually. and you shouldn't do it massively for one site. use different websites and select 50 SB sites where you should post your stories regularly. that's the best way to make your site an authority
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  • Profile picture of the author techprastish
    After the update of google penguin social bookmarking is very beneficial in seo field.
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  • Profile picture of the author sudama88
    Hi,
    Social Bookmarking is use for Cache and getting quality backlink for website.
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  • Profile picture of the author skywalkerph
    social bookmarking can also help your website to rank on google
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  • Profile picture of the author murad12s
    Social Bookmarking definitely works! We have got lot of positive feedback from our clients!!
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  • Profile picture of the author sureshgupta
    Social bookmarking can be benefits if we doing it in right way. I have seen that there is many SEOs those doing junk things and they posting their sites in poor and junk social bookmarking sites. That can be harmful for the site
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