Best Practices : Social Bookmarking

Internet has always been a great place to do business in; with social bookmarking it has just gotten better. People from around the world are bonding on these websites.  

Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords. Bookmarking, on the other hand, is the practice of saving the address of a Web site you wish to visit in the future on your computer.

Social bookmarking is a powerful tool in promoting a website. Social bookmarking opens the door to new ways of organizing information and categorizing resources.

Few best practices listed below :

• You must create an account on various social bookmarking websites that interest you. Ensure that your nickname remains the same on all these websites. You easily make an account on StumbleUpon, Digg or any other social bookmarking site and quickly start adding links.

• Give priority to those websites that attract high traffic. Check out their enrolled membership numbers. That will give you an adequate indication of its popularity.

• Don’t submit every page of your website, one after the other. Most sites aren’t keen on this and users may see it as spam. Instead, submit the valuable content and blogs or article you may have on your website. Include photos from the webpage as well.

• Concentrate on building your reputation in your chosen area of expertise. Start interacting with other members. Make sure that you export your personal bookmarks to those social bookmarking websites.

• Look out for some other relevant services. You can promote each other’s products that way. This method is called cross-social bookmarking.

• Once you start submitting your content to these social bookmarking sites, you can start following other users. Developing a presence on these websites will help your visibility and the visibility of your content. Users can “like” or “vote up” your content on some sites, suggesting it to their followers. Once you get the hang of a few of these sites, you can start exploring others!

• Take care in adding tags of your most relevant keywords in order to make the link easy to find within the site. Social Bookmarking helps to increase sales because it increases the number of visitors to your site and provides another way for potential customers to find your content.

• Organize your tags well. Try and keep them simple. That makes it easier for the other users to find you. Your bookmarks should leave a trail that they can follow to locate you.