I thought it was always nofollow... But it really does not matter to me, as I use it to better organize my bookmarks, and to take notes on important sites/events. I first started to use it as a marketing tool, but felt like I was wasting my time *shrug* However, after adding it as a bookmark options on the threads of my forums, I am finding that a handful of people are using it for personal reasons as well, so yay 4 meh.
del.icio.us uses the nofollow. But this site has high traffic. If you get top spot at the popular keyword, you will receive stampede traffic!!!!
lol, thanks for this thread. I've always thought it was dofollow. Where can I find out if a site is do/nofollow?
In order to get decent traffic from del, you need to bring your bookmark to the front page,just as digg.
How valuable are delicious users. Will they browse my site like a google searcher or will they click away like stumble users do? Also how do you find their ad click rate?
I guess it depends, though I personally only use it when I feel something it worth bookmarking. Which means, I'll actually read the page and plan on coming back to either read it again or to share it. If you've ever seen me link to vBulletin.org then chances are it was bookmarked on delicious. I've also got a few other projects which I've organized through social bookmarking. Some of the things I've looked for, I've looked at such sites as well. But again, it's content, and not just content, WORTHY content. If you lie cheat, steal (and exchange) your way to the top, ALL of the traffic will be wasted if what they are seeing is not worth seeing a second time. The same applies with any social site, and even search engines. Put the read FIRST and the promotion second, and you'll find much of the promotion will be easier. Q