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While everyone is caught up in the excitement of social media, one aspect that is often overlooked by beginners is social bookmarking. So what is social bookmarking and why should you be using it? Social bookmarking is essentially just like saving your “favorites” to your computer. When you find a site or article you like and want to come back to it later, you add it to your “favorites” file so you can easily locate it. So, when you social bookmark a website, you are doing the same thing but rather than saving the link on your computer, you are saving it to the internet for others to see and share as well. Social bookmarking lets you share, store and organize bookmarks of web pages you love.

How Does it Work?
These stored bookmarks can be public, private or shared with only a specific group of users. You can view those bookmarks in different ways: chronologically, by specific criteria, or you can do a search by keyword. Another helpful aspect is the popularity of the bookmark, which is shown by how many others have bookmarked it as well. You can import or export your bookmarks, comment on them, rate them, leave notes, and email them to other people.

Many social bookmarking services have web feeds you can subscribe to and be notified whenever any new bookmarks are saved, shared, or tagged by other users.

A few of the sites I currently use and like are

• Delicious
• Stumble Upon
• Digg
• Reddit


But there are many, many more. For a complete list of available bookmarking sites Google the topic and see just how many there are to choose from. I recommend choosing 3-5 favorite sites to focus on and begin bookmarking helpful or informative articles for others to benefit from. Also, encourage your own readers to submit your articles as well, therefore helping drive traffic back to your website or blog.


Why Should I Use It?
The very basic understanding behind social bookmarking is about people submitting a link, a small description, a few tags, and then other people getting to see those things. The benefit, as a social media user and blog or website owner that wants to share information is that it drives lots and lots of traffic to your site if done correctly.

Additionally, social bookmarking is also excellent for search engine optimization, because if your web site is on a particular bookmarking site’s front page, this will automatically increase your traffic. This, in turn, increases the amount of inbound links to your site, which automatically makes you popular and thus increases your page rank as well.

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Social bookmarking is a novel method of locating, storing and sharing files and data among online users, and also allows registered users to store their ‘favorite’ web-links.

In most cases, the lists that are created by users of a specific bookmarking network may either be designated as public or private in nature. If the lists are public in nature, then other users would be able to locate and view the links. These lists can be searched randomly, by tags, popularity, or category, tags.

Today’s existing online bookmarking networks like Digg, StumbleUpon, and Bluedot, are quickly becoming the camping ground for social sharing of vast amounts of data and information. Gaining a clear understanding of how these bookmarking services work and how each of them differ, is necessary in effectively building a productive marketing network while participating in these widely-popular online networks.

Many Social Bookmarking Services Compete For Online Membership

There are hundreds of social bookmarking services on the Internet, however right now there are only a handful worth participating in, because of the size, popularity and quality of service offered to registered users. Not all online bookmarking sites and services are created equally, and if marketing is the purpose for joining, then joining the biggest and most popular of these sites is key in getting a large segment of the online world’s readers and buyers.

Is it Easy Locating An Online Bookmarking Service?

It’s relatively easy to locate an online bookmarking service, and using search engines like Google, MSN and others helps users easily find the most appropriate bookmarking service. It would be best to try using words like “Social Bookmarking” or “Social Networks” when conducting a search while using your favorite search engine, as most popular search engines respond quickly and more accurately when using precise and focused descriptive keywords.

Online Bookmarking Serves A Significant Marketing Purpose

Popular and established bookmarking sites on the Internet are good venues for online marketing campaigns like affiliate networking, as many eager members quickly build network of friends that consist of hundreds of like-minded individuals in a matter of weeks, thereby increasing the sheer number of potential visitors into the thousands.

Building a private network is the key to attracting and earning the respect of new readers and visitors from all over the planet, as well as in increasing the reach, scope and profitability of your product or service.

As these bookmarking services generate millions of page views per month and attract new members from around the world, online marketers may use this to effectively target niche customers, as well as to increase incoming traffic to their Web site, blog or forum.

Before registering and participating in any social bookmarking network, it is vital to fully understand what they are, how they operate, and how they are different from each other. Some bookmarking networks are dedicated to quite serious Internet content while other sites accept just about anything its members consider to be interesting to bookmark and share with other members in their respective networks.

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So, you’ve finally got something on the web that you believe to be the next best thing! It could be an article you recently wrote and published on one of the web’s article database sites, or it could be a posting you made on your blog. It may even be one of your latest web pages linked to your main web page. It could even be a page of your photography – or a page of your online shop where users can see more about what you have to sell – and of course buy from you directly!

Did you know that there must be some 15 BILLION web pages available at the moment? Just imagine this now. Let’s say there are 6 billion people in the world… and each of them is looking for something in particular. Well let’s do some wild guessing now. Imagine that you’ve just developed the latest widget gadget! This gadget is the world’s greatest bread preserver. In addition to being able to preserve bread for months on end without the slightest trace of mould or becoming dry and hard – this unique machine doubles up as a refrigerator – because it needs to be cool to keep the bread fresh. It also doubles up as an oven – so that you can just turn up the heat quickly when you need to warm the bread (always tastes better this way!) It has some other unique abilities, such as being able to fold open so that you can place a number of loaves of bread (of various kinds) inside it. In fact, it has a special shelf that also allows for the actual baking of bread to take place. It’s really a superb device. As I said – the latest widget gadget available. This device could make you millions and you could find yourself on the next “World’s top 100 Billionaire” list. Fantastic!

Anyway back to reality. So you’ve got the goods sitting in your home all ready for production. You’ve got the web page designed artistically so that any deficiencies in the product will be more than made up by the splendid graphics you’ve chosen to make your page a big winner. And you’ve uploaded a beautiful picture of your widgetmagoo. Now there you have it – your page is out there with Paypal button on and all. It’s sitting… and sitting…. You can’t seem to work out why nobody knows about your product though. It’s there – isn’t it?! It’s on the big Internet!

Hm… let’s get the picture clearer now. So, you’ve got a bread maker haven’t you? And yours is the best – isn’t it? What with the built it oven, fridge, and radio/cell phone too. And there are really only 15 BILLION pages of Internet out there. What with 6 billion people – I’m sure that at least every third person should get to your page… Eventually!

Of course the truth is, if you’ve done a recent search on Google for “bread maker” (for lack of a better word to describe our widgetmagoo) you’ll get over 1 million results. Now, your superb page is sitting there somewhere of course. But maybe… just maybe it’s number… 1 million! Considering that the average person would have to click on the “next page” button some 100 000 times (10 pages are shown on every page) – I guess it would take the average person a few years before he gets to your page, and by that time, he’d be too exhausted to think of new widgetmagoos.

Of course if someone did a search for “widgetmagoo” they’d probably see your listing in the number 1 position. But I just don’t know how many people know about widgetmagoos. So, it’s going to be kind of difficult to make sure people get to know about your product – whether it’s called a “widgetmagoo”, a “widgetmagee”, or even just a plan old fashioned “bread maker” or “bread freshener.”

But we’ve got the goods, and we know that once people see them, they’re going to buy these little gold nuggets in no time at all – just as soon as they see them!!!

Welcome SOCIAL BOOKMARKING!

Social bookmarking is a way to get others to know about your famous page in a zillionth of the time it would take for them to know about it – without the bookmarking! In fact, you have two advantages with social bookmarking. One is that by doing this, anybody else who uses these bookmarking tools will have faster access to your page – if they’re serious about finding the latest greatest things on the Internet. And second of all, when one social bookmarks, one’s own page automatically gets a higher list ranking with Google. Google tends to think that if someone out there (no matter who it is – whether the author himself or another person) – bookmarked a page – it really must have some value. In fact, you might find your page suddenly jumping to position 20 from position 1 million in just a couple of days! And if it’s really something special, and people do start clicking on it… well, you may get good ol’ position number ONE! And that’s really what the web is all about. You want everyone doing a search for “bread maker” or “bread freshener” or the like, to end up seeing your page at the number one post so that they’ll all click on it and buy YOUR product! Whoopee!

So, now for the practical. How do you bookmark your site, your photographs – whatever:

You’re going to take a trip to the social bookmarking site. There you will be able to get your site listed in some 160 places in 5 minutes flat!

Just one word of warning before we begin. Do be careful not to get too carried away with only your pages – and doing all 160 bookmarks every single time. Google has it’s ways of seeing what you’re up to… So if you start abusing the system which is made to actually help people and not to simply spam everyone with your goodies – you may find yourself in trouble. This won’t do much good to the terrific widgetmagoo you have recently invented, so do things cautiously.

Let’s go now:

Take a trip to socialmarker.com/ – because this is the site that will make things easy for you.

You’ll actually see a button on the page under the “how to use it (help)” section. If you drag this button to your main browser toolbar, you will automatically set everything up for future use. It will make life easier from now on, because you will now have a button on your toolbar that will allow you to bookmark any page by simply clicking on that button – instead of having to log in every single time to the main site. So do add it.

Once you’ve added it, you’re ready to begin!

1. Go to the site you’d like to bookmark so that others will know what you’re up to.
2. Click on the social bookmark button on your browser (the one you just set up)
3. Fill in the information about the site that does not already appear in the boxes.
4. You’ll need a title for your post (such as Widgetmagoo Miracle.)
5. You’ll need the link (it should be filled in, because you’re already on the page.)
6. You’ll need some text – something like – “This tool will keep your bread fresh for years on end! A must for anyone who ever eats bread!)
7. Then some tags (bread,maker,fresh,widgetmagoo,oven,fridge,bake,cellphone)
8. Check (place a tick) in the social bookmark engines that you want to list your page on. Choose them all, or just a few. Some work better. I’d recommend Propellor, Digg, Twitter, Reddit, MrJeeves.ask.com. Though you can really choose whichever you want. There is no reason not to use the others at all. Experiment and have fun.
9. DONE!

Now what you’ll need to do is to actually make your submissions to each of these sites. Most of the information will appear on the bottom of your page so that you can simply drag and drop your info into the required blocks without having to re-type the pieces of text you entered about the site on the front page. Each page will tell you as you go along how they work.

You’ll have to register with each of them (which is a bit time consuming for 160 sites!) But once you’re registered, you’ll simply log in, submit the info, and everything is done!

Once you’ve done this, you’ll be listed on these utilities. They work in incredible ways, and before long, you will actually see people coming to your site from having found you on one of these bookmarks. It is actually quite remarkable how it all works. I am surprised every day when I see how many people find their way to my sites from these bookmarks.

I’d suggest getting stuck into them immediately, as you only stand to gain as hundreds and thousands of new people get to find out more about you faster than ever!

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The bookmarks on your social networking site are stored and tagged by you using key words. Users who are also interested in the same topics can access your site and your bookmarks by running a search for those same key words.

In social networking, key words really are “key”. It is by searching for these words or “tags” that you can find web pages on topics that you are interested in. This is also how other people can find you and your web pages.

This is why social networking gets its name, because by searching for web sites through social networking users not only find web sites that cater to their interests but people as well. You can get to know other users by getting to know what they are interested in.

The biggest advantage in the use of a social networking site is the human factor inherent to the operations of the site. Because it is humans who are scanning the WebPages and classifying them by the key words, you can be sure that they understand the content of the resources they are making available to searchers.

However, this human factor also has certain disadvantages. For one thing, there is no standard set of key words or a standard structure to tags. This means that one bookmarked page might have several tags or key word might lead to it. There is also the chance of miss tagging due to something as simple as a miss spelled word.

Since the tags and keywords are assigned by individuals, there is also the danger of a webpage having unclear tags as the person who tagged the page might have a different perspective on the topic as the searcher. You can miss out on a resource that could have helped you because of tags that are to “personal” or unorthodox.

Because social networking can be used as a tool to increase website traffic, some unscrupulous individuals may take advantage of the tag system to make their sites more visible. They can attach “popular” tags to their page and even bookmark their page multiple times using a lot of different tags that may have nothing to do with the actual content of their web page.

The first social networking sites cropped up in 1996 with the first site called itlist.com. During the dot-com bubble burst in 1999, most of the already developed social networking sites disappeared.
Social networking was revived in 2004 with the founding of such sites as del.icious, Simpy and Furl. These three remain some of the most well known and largest social networking sites in the web with Yahoo and Google developing their own versions.

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You have probably noticed all of the different bookmarking websites throughout the internet. These bookmarking sites such as Squidoo, StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit and others are a great way to market your website by posting SEO articles as well as links.

Bookmarks are easy to place. You can do this yourself and also have others help you. For example, if you have an SEO article that you want publicized about your website, you can place a link to the article on any of the bookmaking sites. This allows for more people to spot the article and even rate it. Most of the bookmarking sites are not just for bookmarking but socializing as well. Sites like Digg rate users and send shouts.

Your SEO articles are usually rated on bookmarking sites by how much attention they attract. Articles that are rated the highest get the most attention on the site. It is important for you to have as many people as you know rate the articles so that they can be displayed prominently on the bookmarking website.

To get a bookmaking account, you need only create a username as well as a password. These sites are free and a great way for you not only to post links, but also use blogs. StumbleUpon, for example, has unlimited lenses that you can create. These are webpages in which you can tell all about yourself or your business and they are totally free. You can create a blog and continue to update it with SEO content on a daily basis to draw attention to your website, which can be linked to your profile.

There are many different ways to use social bookmarking sites to promote your website, brand or ideas. Many bands use these sites to promote their videos which they have displayed on their bookmarking pages and also link their videos to the bookmarking sites. The best aspect of using the bookmarking sites is that you can use it more than one way for promotion.

If you have a website, open a free account at as many bookmarking sites as possible. Bookmark your SEO articles that are posted on the internet to these sites and get others to rate them so that they receive more attention. Then use the blogging spaces to promote your ideas with either video or SEO related content for your website or brand.

You might expect to have to pay money for such two way promotion, but these sites are 100 percent free. You do not have anything to lose by promoting your articles on these sites, but you do have everything to gain. By bookmarking SEO articles, you can create your own stir about your website all by yourself.

When it looks as if everyone is talking about a particular website, everyone will be curious as to what the commotion is about. This is the concept of viral marketing. You can create your own marketing campaign and your own stir by simply promoting your content on social bookmarking sites. Start signing up today for one of the many social bookmarking sites on the internet and get some free promotion.

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Nowadays web promotion is not quite a funny thing to experience. When it comes to something like bookmarking, things can become pretty rough. It could take you several hours to navigate through the entire place and all you necessitate in building links to your website. By the time you figure all things out, you may be in the situation to observe that Google algorithms are now changed and that you have to work on something different.

This is on of the reasons you should read this Bookmarking Demon review. Bookmarking Demon social software speaks about all these issues on the presentation website. It does not matter if you have no idea of what bookmarking means, because the Bookmarking Demon review will explain everything for you to understand. No matter how you choose to read a Bookmarking Demon review, the general idea is that you need how to use it in order to take benefit from this software

There are multiple benefits that you should know about the this software. It will definitely get you more traffic. Most of all, it is targeted traffic, because nowadays traffic without target is absolutely useless. The software program will also help you out with achieving some high conversion rates with bookmarking your site to high authority bookmarking site with proper tag and keyword.

Another vital thing that is crucial in order to getting traffic on your website thorough the Bookmarking Demon is having faster indexing of the search engines. They explain you how spiders circulate through the social bookmarking sites and they frequently get and index all your links. Your bookmarked pages will be indexed very fast and you will thus get rapid traffic at a high rate in a constant flow.

Higher search engine ranking as well as better page rank are some other features of the Bookmarking Demon. This is a very important thing in order to improve the position of your website in the search engines. You can add links to tour existing site as well as to new ones and still having a substantial quantity of money potential. To put it simple, more backlinks pointing to your site, more higher your position in search engine. Bookmarking demon make the process to build backlink much more easier.

You will have a lot of time left to spend at your own pace if you decide to follow the advice mentioned in Bookmarking Demon. Everyone knows that it makes no sense bookmarking site one by one, so this software will help you out with this problem in no time and best of all it works automatic.

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