Archive for the ‘social bookmarking’ Category

It is time to talk about the concept of social media optimization. Social networking is all about joining communities online, which will give you and your website a wide exposure. Top Social Bookmarking websites such as Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Furl, Reddit, and Technorati present a way to save your favorite webpages and media online, and share it with others. This is a nice way to promote your own website or products as well. Sites as MySpace and Squidoo allow users to create a page about yourself and share your information, which can bring lots of quality targeted traffic to your website.

Adding your website to these social bookmarking sites is really easy. Most offer a toolbar or button. With a single click you can be listed. For the most part, the popularity will be based on the public. You cannot force a person to like something that isn’t interesting or unique. But there are a few things that you could do to help your entry and draw traffic.

  • Create eye-catching headlines
  • Write a meaningful description
  • Content is king so your content should be fresh and meaningful
  • Make it easy for others to vote / bookmark your site by adding buttons to your website
  • Allow comments and feedback
  • Make them public
  • Network with other users

The key to Social Networking is easy: The simple idea is to reach out to as many people as possible in order to make your website popular. If you have great content and simply share it with as many people as you can, it will see success.

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