1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Social Bookmarking

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Kaabi, May 20, 2007.

  1. #1
    Is social bookmarking a good SEO tactic? I recently signed up for a bunch of social bookmarking sites because an article directory allows you to submit things to them by clicking the buttons, but does that actually help with SEO?
     
    Kaabi, May 20, 2007 IP
  2. danielro

    danielro Active Member

    Messages:
    187
    Likes Received:
    11
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    58
    #2
    I dont think you could consider it a tactic.
    You should write high quality and interesting content that will get bookmarked by itself. There is no real value in a story thats been digged a couple of times.
    The real Social Bookmarking Tactic comes when you get featured and get tons of inbound links.
     
    danielro, May 20, 2007 IP
  3. buxr

    buxr Peon

    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #3
    I've found social bookmark links to help. But it depends on your niche.
     
    buxr, May 20, 2007 IP
  4. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

    Messages:
    13,785
    Likes Received:
    333
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    300
    #4
    if there is not nofollow on the social bookmark site, it will help you. for example, links on delicous will not help you beause they are using nofollow in their outgoing links
     
    trichnosis, May 20, 2007 IP
  5. priyakochin

    priyakochin Banned

    Messages:
    4,740
    Likes Received:
    138
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #5
    I think social bookmarking is the best choice for traffic and have only less importance in SEO !
    bookmarking can bring ur site a great traffic !
     
    priyakochin, May 20, 2007 IP
  6. wombleme

    wombleme Peon

    Messages:
    24
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #6
    I bookmark most of my pages, and every now and then it is quite useful. For example, digg users might not find your site if it hasn't been bookmarked already.
     
    wombleme, May 20, 2007 IP
  7. oseymour

    oseymour Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    3,960
    Likes Received:
    92
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    #7
    most social bookmark sites use the nofollow tag......On an ecommerce I manage I find that it brings in targeted traffic that convert well when people bookmark the products....
     
    oseymour, May 20, 2007 IP
  8. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

    Messages:
    17,594
    Likes Received:
    416
    Best Answers:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    240
    #8
    If they don't use nofollow / they are good for SEO
     
    w3bmaster, May 20, 2007 IP
  9. mohy

    mohy Guest

    Messages:
    257
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #9
    all my traffic comes from digg.com etc. I have a new site which isnt listed on google yet :(
     
    mohy, May 20, 2007 IP
  10. Kaabi

    Kaabi Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,267
    Likes Received:
    51
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    153
    #10
    Yeah I was reading a lot of them use nofollow, so I guess it's not very good. Why do they use nofollow? I don't get it.
     
    Kaabi, May 20, 2007 IP
  11. ez-online-money.com

    ez-online-money.com Peon

    Messages:
    690
    Likes Received:
    10
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #11
    Hm. Well I just got into Stumbleupon today (my site is http://magnalifeodin.stumbleupon.com/ add me as a friend, vote for my site and I'll do the same for you!)

    I do see potential in social bookmarketing and other social networking sites. My Squidoo lenses are on the front page of Google for my targeted keywords, with minimal work. So this is a big plus.
     
    ez-online-money.com, May 20, 2007 IP
  12. coolguy27

    coolguy27 Banned

    Messages:
    485
    Likes Received:
    11
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #12
    Here is the explanation of nofollow attribute:
    Nofollow limits links of that site with nofollow attribute....


    see image below...:D
     

    Attached Files:

    coolguy27, May 21, 2007 IP
  13. igme

    igme Banned

    Messages:
    1,048
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #13
    Social book markings have nofollow attribiutes no backilinks, but very good in getting traffic.
     
    igme, May 21, 2007 IP
  14. littlebobek

    littlebobek Peon

    Messages:
    763
    Likes Received:
    46
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #14
    Agree but it's an exposure and if your site is interesting people might put your link on their websites and you'll get some backlinks as well.
     
    littlebobek, May 21, 2007 IP
  15. Kaabi

    Kaabi Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,267
    Likes Received:
    51
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    153
    #15
    But seriously, why do they do this? Do they do it to "decourage" (can't think of a better word, even though that's a fake word) people from spamming?
     
    Kaabi, May 21, 2007 IP
  16. boyponga

    boyponga Banned

    Messages:
    1,013
    Likes Received:
    11
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #16
    It helps SEO in terms of additional traffic. :D
     
    boyponga, May 21, 2007 IP
  17. Ardrigh

    Ardrigh Peon

    Messages:
    95
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #17
    But traffic is the one of the goal in optimizing a site, isn't it?

    Yeah, this is true.
     
    Ardrigh, May 21, 2007 IP
  18. Games master

    Games master Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,093
    Likes Received:
    97
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    190
    #18
    It helps a lot.I last month bookmarked my site in stumbleupon and i was getting very much traffic.I didn't do it this month so not much traffic coming in. :(
     
    Games master, May 21, 2007 IP
  19. Twan

    Twan Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,665
    Likes Received:
    32
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    155
    #19
    The word is discourage. Not decourage.
     
    Twan, May 21, 2007 IP
  20. DotSauce

    DotSauce Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    118
    #20
    Traffic yes, getting higher search rankings... not so much.

    The only real possibility of increasing search rank through Social Networking is if people blog about you and link to your site.
     
    DotSauce, May 21, 2007 IP