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Is forum posting more effective than social bookmarking?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Hemal54, Dec 22, 2015.

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    I've learnt about both social bookmarking and forum posting. Which method is more effective for promoting your page and its social rank. What other methods can be used to promote my page?
     
    Hemal54, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  2. Pari Ruhela

    Pari Ruhela Greenhorn

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    I think forum posting is more useful. If you want a backlink for your page forum sites offering a signature portion in which you can include your website link with the keyword. On another part social bookmarking is also beneficial but it take more time to get approve.
     
    Pari Ruhela, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  3. rsrikanth05

    rsrikanth05 Well-Known Member

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    Depending on the forum, signatures and posts in forums might get you long term backlinks. It wouldn't affect Social ranking much.
     
    rsrikanth05, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  4. Shahidul Islam Rakib

    Shahidul Islam Rakib Member

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    The backlink quality is more important. If you are getting backlink from a good PR and traffic website, you can get good traffic. This promotion is also effective. If you are getting backlink from a PR 0, newly designed forum! Then, forum posting is not recommended.
     
    Shahidul Islam Rakib, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  5. charlesgan

    charlesgan Well-Known Member

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    social bookmarking is dead... lots of spam inside, and its not readable in most cases.
     
    charlesgan, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  6. Ahmad Ben

    Ahmad Ben Peon

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    Like Shahidul mentioned it isn't as simple as it first seems. It depends on the PR and DA (Domain Authority) of the website you want to place your link on. Posting your link on a .edu domain with a PR of 8 is probably worth 100 backlinks posted on a random forum with a PR of 0.
     
    Ahmad Ben, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  7. Jay Rogers

    Jay Rogers Greenhorn

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    I would recommend you to go with forum posting because you can put back link over there & once you are done with it your site will get more ranking in google. Where social bookmarking will consider as Spam.
     
    Jay Rogers, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  8. redesignunit@gmail.com

    redesignunit@gmail.com Banned

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    both are good but it is necessary to do in correct way.
     
    redesignunit@gmail.com, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  9. Steven Samuels

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    Forum posting is more effective because it increases traffic & ranking of keywords.
     
    Steven Samuels, Dec 22, 2015 IP
  10. charlesgan

    charlesgan Well-Known Member

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    Once again, forum source is much better compare to social bookmark.

    If you want to have both, make sure there is no anchor tag spam, no too many follow links, and there is link created by human for human. Or else it is a serious link spam penalty.
     
    charlesgan, Dec 23, 2015 IP
  11. monim1

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    In my personal experience forum posting provide better value than social bookmarking.
    So my vote is forum posting.
     
    monim1, Dec 23, 2015 IP
  12. eric_wahlberg

    eric_wahlberg Well-Known Member

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    Yes, it is. In-fact, it can help you get clients too.
     
    eric_wahlberg, Dec 23, 2015 IP
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    rahul_77 Active Member

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    Blog Submission and Commenting
    Article Submission
    Press Release Submission
     
    rahul_77, Dec 23, 2015 IP
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    aloeindica Member

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    Social bookmarking are spammy and dead now so forum is best
     
    aloeindica, Dec 23, 2015 IP
  15. John.k.D

    John.k.D Greenhorn

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    I agree with you :)
     
    John.k.D, Dec 23, 2015 IP
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    KatnissEverdeen Active Member

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    I think that forum posting is better than Social Bookmarking. In forum posting, you add content and value to the forum, have a signature link to help advertise, and could possibly have others creating backlinks for you.
     
    KatnissEverdeen, Dec 23, 2015 IP
  17. Uday Purohit

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    Each of the tasks are best, forum posting is a best off-page techniques basically used to increase the presence of our website over the web and also increase the traffic to your website. Whereas social bookmarking is the most effective technique used to rank a keyword.
     
    Uday Purohit, Dec 24, 2015 IP
  18. na9endra

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    Forums are a great place to get backlinks compared to social bookmarking. But more importantly, every post you make should be very relevant to the topic at hand.

    dont join forums just for backlinks. join to learn and teach...

    cheers
     
    na9endra, Dec 25, 2015 IP
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    I think the best use for forum backlinks is direct traffic from people who find genuine value in your postings.
     
    weblaunch, Dec 28, 2015 IP
  20. ImCanuck

    ImCanuck Well-Known Member

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    Social bookmarking is better for 2nd tier links. Yes forum posting is better. If the forum is active. It can help with seo but better yet it can bring targeted traffic if you can write helpful posts.
     
    ImCanuck, Dec 28, 2015 IP