Today people around the world are playing an active role in social bookmarking, But what is social bookmarking?
Well, Social Book marking is built on the idea that anything that is useful on the internet is worth sharing with other user.
Social book marking sites play a predominant role in Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The traffic to our blog or website can be increased by using backlinks with the other popular websites. The sites with many backlinks are given high ranking by Google. And this is where social bookmarking site come to the rescue.
How sharing a link on the social bookmarking sites helps?
- Other users can visit or see your blog or site recommended by others.
- High page rank will be provided to your site by the search engine.
Now, once enough light is thrown upon the importance of social bookmarking sites, let’s explore which all sites we have with us for bookmarking purposes!
Free social bookmarking sites list that will ease up your SEO process!
Twitter and Facebook
Your site or blog can be easily promoted via social media like Facebook and twitter. Facebook is the social utility which connects the bloggers with their friends, family, colleagues and the other people around them. Twitter is not only a social network but also a micro blogging site which enables the users to send or read small messages called tweet.
By providing links to these social media, the visitors to your blog can be drastically improved.
Slashdot
It is considered to be the godfather of social news website where news related to science and technology are posted and shared. The editor picks up the best post and displays them on the front page.
Digg
Digg or bury is a voting system. It selects stories for internet audiences like science, entertainment, technology, politics etc. The most visited or the popular site is displayed first. If content is buried for a long duration, then it is automatically deleted.
Delicious
Delicious enables the users to tag their bookmarks. As a result one can view the bookmarks added by the other users. This true tagging bookmark site helps in collaborating with likeminded people and groups their content in a stack.
Stumble Upon
It is a rating system. The user can organize their favorite bookmarks. It works independent of the search engines. The site goes viral if you receive lots of stumbles (likes) from other stumble upon users. More than a social bookmarking site, it is a discovery and recommendation site. The content which was not available in the other bookmarks can be discovered in this site.
Similar to Digg but users give the score for a site directly. Upvote increases the score of the site whereas the Downvote decreases the score of the site. If the site is linked to sub-reddited homepage, it may receive more than 1000 visitors per day. It is known for its unique content. If you wish to add spice to your content this site is of immense help.
Newsvine
It is populary known as community or citizen journalism. The users can post an external link for other users to view it. Just like a journalist the user can give or share their opinion about public discussion. Those who agree with the content of the article can vote for the content.
And the list goes on and on! Pick up your best choices and consume time and build a strategy!
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Hi ,
I have read the whole article and have gathered some knowledge of Social bookmarking for Search engine marketing but some bookmarking site have nofollow tag but some does. I am confused about does copying the same description form the content and pasting in the social bookmarking site to add article or links, does is good or bad for Google Search?
Warm regards,
Taposh Kapuria
Hi Taposh, If your content is purely original and not plagiarized then it is not considered as copied and will only do good. Social bookmarking is a part of content marketing strategy and it can help greatly with SEO and attracting traffic.
Cheers!
I use this list for my work . thanks .
I’m Glad it helped!
i have tired the social book marking site list but there not working . can you help me out with other list of social book marking site
Hi Sivavarma, thank you for your comment. Do share what issues you faced while uploading. I will be happy to help.
Meanwhile you could also check out this article on Blog Haul- http://bloghaul.com/300-free-social-bookmarking-sites-list-with-high-pr.html
Hi there,
This is a great list.
I have tried and almost every site accepting submissions.
Thanks.
HI Nice Bookmarking Collection but i want more sites like 300+ Sites
I am a regular follower of your blog. And the points you have mentioned over here are very essential in my point of view. Social Bookmarking Sites List
Thanks for sharing this list of social bookmarking sites. It is very useful.