Although social bookmarking sites have been around for awhile, it is only just recently that webmasters have begun to see the real value of using them to promote their websites.
Social bookmarking is a system for organizing and managing your favorite online resources. You simply save the links of websites that you might want to visit at a later date, adding a descriptive tag to reference them. Social bookmarking sites encourage you to share your bookmarks with other users.
The interesting thing about social bookmarking sites is that they enable users to rank the popularity of bookmarks so that other users can ascertain the value of a website without having to delve through reams of information. Moreover, social bookmarking sites use web feeders to keep their subscribers informed about the latest saved bookmarks. Herein rests the real value of registering your website or e-book’s URL on a social bookmarking site.
If subscribers to a bookmarking site enjoy reading your e-book’s landing page, to the point they download a copy of what you have on offer, then the chances are they will rank your URL’s popularity accordingly.
Because social bookmarking web feeders disseminate information about their subscribers saved bookmarks, your e-book’s URL is effectively being promoted for you, free gratis. This in turn will drive quality traffic towards your landing page, and we all know what that means in terms of search engine rankings. In short, registering with a social bookmarking site will increase the visibility of your e-book’s landing page.
So if you haven’t thought about subscribing to a social bookmarking site, you might want to think about it. You have nothing lose and a lot of good quality traffic to gain.
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