Comments on: How Useful are Automated Social Bookmarking Tools?

By: JethroPotts@recessedtoiletpaperholder

JethroPotts@recessedtoiletpaperholder — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:53:59 +0000

Social bookmarking DOES work! I’ve tried the long and tedious job of submitting to the major sites and wondered if it was worth it. I definitely saw my rankings rise as well as my traffic. When I used the automatic bookmarking software, I noticed that after a while I was no longer welcomed to some of the sites. This, even though I was very careful to not spam. I didn’t want to be labeled a spam site so I went back to manually submit my bookmarks. Unfortunately, the long and tedious job is just that! I’m on the look out for that elusive software to do the job. But, until I’m sure of the reliability of the software…long and tedious seems to be the only sure way to do it properly.
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By: Dave@auto content cash review

Dave@auto content cash review — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:24:21 +0000

I used to use a program that created various account on SB sites and then spun up the title details etc. But, it was unbelievable slow to set up, and I’m not sure that the outcome was worth it. I do use Traffic-bug, which seems ok, but only I think to get indexed quickly.

Dave….

By: mike@organic baby clothes

mike@organic baby clothes — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:38:27 +0000

I like the idea of putting links from my site to easily bookmark on the big ones… digg, delicious, etc. Maybe I’ll mix those in with my social media buttons. I feel like all the other social bookmarking sites are useless just look spammy. Also, it looks spammy if you have an account with nothing but a few of your own links. The only way to do this right is to get real people who like to use the services bookmarking your site. One way to do that is with some sort of giveaway. We see a lot of people running giveaways where you get an entry for tweeting… I think we will try a giveaway with social bookmarking entries.

By: Josh@ MLB Jerseys

Josh@ MLB Jerseys — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:47:45 +0000

I agree with mostly everyone that says these are not worth the risk. The best way to actually take advantage of the social sites is to put a widget at the top of your site that allows a visitor to easily bookmark it. Not only is that convenient for the visitor, but it will allow you to accumulate a lot of unique links over time, which is what Google prefers anyways.

By: Rain@ Data Cleansing

Rain@ Data Cleansing — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:48:22 +0000

I don’t see anything wrong with automating the process of adding your bookmarks to the bookmarking sites like del.ico.us, Faves.com, Furl.com, Mixx.com, Spurl.net and the hundreds of other similar sites on the web. However, you must follow along with the spirit of these social bookmarking sites and add only quality content and not just blast a bunch of junk to them.
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By: Jeff @ Spinning Reels

Jeff @ Spinning Reels — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:27:54 +0000

I’ve found a fairly new product called onlywire and there’s a free option. It lets you setup accounts on social bookmarking sites and automates the process of posting your links including your own sites. I’ve used it numerous times and I think it helps me get some links from authority sites. I’ve even gotten some of those bookmarks indexed and ranked on Google, so I think it’s a good thing.
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By: Trabajo

Trabajo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:28:12 +0000

Another great service to ping your blogs posts is pingler.

By: Ward Tipton

Ward Tipton — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:52:51 +0000

I have to admit that I have considered it but now I do it all manually. While I do get some good traffic, it is not good enough to make it worth my site getting banned. I tend to bookmark a lot of things on other relevant sites, try to keep the content along the same niche and just open up different accounts if I have to promote different niches. It is much more natural and I do not have to worry about Google or the SB sites shutting me down for spamming my own materials.

Just my two cents but great post. I have long advocated the all-organic methods. Like Agra said, it may take a little more time but while your competitors are trying to recover from the latest and greatest automation tool gone bad on google, our sites will still be rolling along well.

By: The Agra Indian

The Agra Indian — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:30:37 +0000

Thank you Carl, you have revealed the dark side of automated system. These things are really important to know for new to social book marking people who are always in a hurry to get quick traffic but are not aware that this can actually harm them. One thing is very important to know that there are very few shortcuts in this internet world and some of them are very risky.

One should always use ethical methods for promoting the website, it might be slower but gradually with give you traffic and will make your website trusty in the eyes of search engine.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:15:02 +0000

Right now, I’m just submitting to Digg and StumbleUpon, mainly for traffic and quick inclusion in search engine indexes. Reddit has brought some traffic in the past, but I haven’t posted to it for a while. One service that is handy is socialmarker.com

Carl