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Long-Term Social Bookmarking Methods for You To Test

By Andrew Parker


As you probably know, social bookmarking as a marketing and backlinking strategy has been around for a few years. There seems to be no let-up with their popularity, especially for off-page SEO purposes. Yet the smarter IM businesses will use certain bookmark sites as they are meant to be used which is also a strategy for continued growth and expansion. So it all just is dependent upon what you want to accomplish in your business. Yes, bookmarks can be stored in your account at bookmarking sites, even though they have become social centers for lots of people. You can designate tags (keywords) to your bookmarks, and that actually has SEO benefits but a great deal depends on the particular site.

Google took a great deal of the power out of high PR bookmarking sites when it appeared they (perhaps) let the various sites know that their dofollow link properties were causing issues. Seems people were able to rank highly from sites like Digg and a few others. No, I don't have any secret knowledge about the real reason those sites modified to nofollow. However it is intriguing, and we all realize how Google is or can be.

Make no mistake about what is feasible at high PR bookmarking sites when you consider a different approach with them. Most people who use them for backlinking tend to make very thin profiles that offer no value to the particular community. However, I am aware of people who do take a few more minutes creating their profiles. They have discovered that the more 'full bodied' profiles do not get removed and have a longer shelf life. This truly is the best way to go for many good reasons, and you will be able to use them for powerful bookmarking for a long time.

When you do build a useful profile with content material, then of course you can produce an RSS feed from that. That means you'll be able to post those feeds to RSS directories, plus they are able to get indexed. Consider the added benefit of more exposure for your links in those feeds. But you do have to take care and exercise caution so you are not over-promoting because that could cause loss of members to your feed.

Just take a look at your feeds, and you can know when you are going too far with promotional links, etc. Another important aspect is to take time and build relationships at these bookmark sites. It is best to maintain a respectful presence at social bookmarking sites, and if you do that then you will discover it serves you well.

In the end, how you approach using bookmarking sites in your personal business is your call. The truth is a lot of IM marketers do not want to spend time with long-term strategic approaches. Perhaps you can try it at just one strong bookmarking site and see how you like the results.

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