How to Use Social Bookmarking Sites for Traffic Generation

If you want to take advantage of the traffic potential of social bookmarking sites there are certain steps you'll need to take to make your efforts effective. Bookmarking sites are a haven for content and make it very easy to find subject matter of your choosing. Social bookmarks can be accessed by online tags that describe the content or by keywords both of which help to make your search quick and convenient.

Due to the immense popularity of these sites they also can be a terrific source of online traffic if used correctly.

Here are 5 points you will want to keep in mind when using bookmarking sites for generating traffic online.

Book Mark Your Best Content

Post social bookmarks of your own content at all the site you have registered at. Whether you have just posted an entry to your blog or perhaps just had an article published be sure to bookmark them.
 
Needless to say you only want to bookmark content that you think may be interesting or informative to other members.

Choose Appropriate Category

When submitting your content or that of others always choose the most appropriate category. To do otherwise will only serve to 'bury' the content since people will not be able to find it.

Promote Your Bookmarks

Especially if you blog encourage readers to check out your published articles and bookmark them! Take advantage of the interactivity of a blog and use it as a 'pulpit' of sorts. Once again always be sure your article or post contains' content that is 'worthy' of your requests.

Read the Membership Agreement

Most every site will have rules or regulations you will want to become familiar with so as not to endanger your active status within the site itself. You also want to remain in good standing with other members so they will support you and help 'promote' your bookmarks.

Give as Well as Receive

As on a social network sites it is important to 'interact' and contribute with bookmarks other than your OWN content! By flagrantly bookmarking content only belonging to you others will tend to then dismiss all of your bookmarking activities as shameless promotions.

Remember these are called social bookmarking sites for a reason! You are expected to share content, opinions and your own support with other members and not to do so will only alienate you.

Social bookmarking sites can be used to generate significant amounts of traffic provided it is done correctly. These sites function mainly as online social communities that share all different types of content. This content referred to as social bookmarks can be easily accessed by online tags that describe the content itself or by keywords. This makes the search process more convenient and faster. As with any 'community' there are certain codes of behavior that are expected. The 5 points we discussed here today serve as a reminder of how to properly use bookmarking sites. So by conducting your activities in an acceptable manner it will make using the site more enjoyable and your traffic generation efforts more successful.