Are you using automated bookmarking tool? What do you think about Automated directory submission and bookmarking tool, is it really applicable to use it in submitting our sites or make the manual way?
Automated tools may help you a little but in semi-automatic mode where it fills all data automatically but you review it before you submit it, also is useful while searching submission sites, the software may search on all page results on a search engine and some of them more advanced show you the pagerank and if they dofollow or nofollow their links.
I haven't tried using such tools, but I wouldn't recommend them at all. Manual bookmarking is better. Automated tools are often used for spamming.
would prefer much on manual bookmarking. i agree with mrandrei that automated tools are just use for spamming ..
automated bookmarking tools don't offer the same value as manual submission. i used BMD but all it does is submit to pligg and scuttle sites which hardly provide any value. manual submission is the way to go as you can submit to real dofollow bookmarking sites
I have also used BMD and targeted Pligg sites specifically. We could hardly see a blip on the radar as far as traffic. haven't really looked at the link value though, but because it's manual you have to use the same title for all of them. This, IMO, is a primary reason to not go automated.
I like manual submission because it is important to alter and customize titles, descriptions once in a while. If they are all the same, google can detect this and devalue the links
I use BMD, but never use it on my main websites. It will be useful to build links on any sites/pages that links to your main sites. I will never do that manually
The only thing I can think of why people use an automated bookmarking submission is to avoid downloading those nasty toolbars, but believe me the only toolbar I have is clipmarks and Stumbleupon and I do manual bookmark submission.
I think it is better to submit to social bookmarks manually. You can also provide different website descriptions, titles etc. Most social bookmarks will not accept websites submitted automatically.
submission that are done manually will always be the best. You can choose and change anytime you want what categories, tags, everything that you are submitting.