How does social bookmarking work?

There are lots of social bookmarking and social networking sites that we can used to. But do you know how it works, how important social bookmarking and social networking is and does social bookmark used?

Maybe some knows how important social bookmarking submission on SEO but there are some also don't know how important social bookmarking is.


Let me ask you about social bookmarking sites. Do you know some social bookmarking websites? Here are the most common social bookmarking and social networking websites that we commonly see on websites especially in blogs.

1. Facebook Like/Button
2. Twitter
3. Digg
4. Delicious
5. Google Plus (Google +)
6. Reddit
7. Diigo
8. Stumbleupon
9. Linkedin
10. Pinterest

First, let us define what is social bookmarking?


Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords. Bookmarking, on the other hand, is the practice of saving the address of a Web site you wish to visit in the future on your computer.

Your website need to socialize to other websites and social bookmarking and social networking sites helps to socialize your websites. I would like to compare our self to the website. If you have skills and talents, you need to show it to discover your skills and talents to others and being socialize is the key to show it. Websites also need to socialize too, and the social bookmarking and social networkings sites help that since they are lots of users over the internet that can discover your websites.

What is the common mistakes in submitting in social bookmarking and social networking submission?

The common mistakes in social bookmarking submission is the wrong tag, keywords and categories. Websites and yourself is just the same since you need to show your talents in right place. Example, you have talents in singing so you need to show your talents in singing contest instead showing it on dancing contest. And should we bookmark our websites to social bookmarking and social networking sites.


What are the benefits of Social Bookmarking?

• The fastest way to get your site indexed by Search Engines.
• Puts you in front of thousands of active Internet users.
• Generates a lifelong one-way incoming link from authority web sites.
• Enjoy Viral Marketing, as these links are picked by various blogs, content aggregators etc.

It need to bookmark websites at the right categories, tags, and keywords since to increase the chance to gain traffic and fast indexed in search engines. 

Actually, after I submit my post and article on any social bookmarking sites especially to the popular one. I got a traffic from those social bookmarking and social networking sites and search engines follow. 

Hope I help you understand how important social bookmarking and how social bookmarking and social networking sites works?

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About Jomar Lipon

Web Developer at your service and frustrated blogger in Cebu. Author of JomarPH.com, SEO Specialist.