Which is best - Social Media Bookmarks or Directories with PR

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    I am getting conflicting information about which are best types of links. Social media bookmarks or directories with PR of 3+. What is everyones view on this?
     
    le_pensevr, Aug 31, 2008 IP
  2. SEO_WatchDog

    SEO_WatchDog Well-Known Member

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    There is really too many factors involved to give you an exact answer - Directories could be slightly better
     
    SEO_WatchDog, Sep 1, 2008 IP
  3. vansterdam

    vansterdam Notable Member

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    Depends on the site. Some sites would flourish with some Social Media promotion. For others directories are better. Of course you don't want to put all your eggs in one basket with just one strategy.
     
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    banker0679 Well-Known Member

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    social bookmarks are better.

    they are spidered faster giving you a fast SERP update.

    you may submit your link to a good directory but if they dont get spidered all the time....then you'll be waiting a while to see the results from it.
     
    banker0679, Sep 6, 2008 IP
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    i think directories are the best.
     
    imi_99, Sep 7, 2008 IP
  6. kumarg

    kumarg Active Member

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    Directories are useful to develop link volume for your site. Social Bookmarking useful to generate traffic to your site. Both are useful for SEO point.
     
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    social book marks will get you good traffic, submitting to sites like digg, will get alot of visitors
     
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    puntoGT Active Member

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    Social Bookmarks is important for a fast index of your pages because you can submit there more than the homepage. Directories submit mostly the homepage.

    If you submit to to Social Bookmarks some internal pages to you get a deep linking, its very important for pages with less Google PR. The result its more index in the serps.
     
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    Personally I would do both but spend more time social bookmarking, as in the end the idea is to get traffic which social bookmarking can achieve
     
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    I have had limited success with social bookmarking, but I'm probably not doing it very effectively. Your best bet would be to try both and monitor results. Depending on your niche, one technique could be much better than the other. Directories are more for long term results, while social bookmarking can have faster results.
     
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    combine both for best result
     
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    The problem with submitting to directories is the length of time between submission and acceptance. Some do accept immediately but I have waited 9/10 months for others. Social bookmarking will get you links quicker, but frankly is more time consuming, so I would go for a mix of both.
     
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    THe thing is places like stumbleupon(socialbookmark) will get you 1,000 visitors a day if you are crazy about it.

    But having a link at (DMOZ) will build you a solid foundation on your future of a site you have.

    I would say personally socialbookmarks pay out much more, but then again who would be stupid enough to not do both!
     
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    Regarding directories of PR3+ This is often the home page value and carries no rank in the directory pages. Considering that all directories start with PR0 and earn their ranking the same as all of us, I wouldn't dismiss lower ranking directories if they look professionally run.

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    I think Social Bookmark site is better than the directories b'coz social bookmark site generate good traffic and social bookmark site crawl faster then directories.
     
    seocipl, Sep 9, 2008 IP
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    Both are the best why to leave a side one?
    Social Bookmarking increases SERP thats the fact!
     
    Swapnil, Sep 9, 2008 IP