Social Bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, digg.com, reddit.com, stumbleupon.com, etc. can bring your website a lot of traffic. How about getting 20,000 and more visitors a day when your listing hits the front page?
Getting to the front page of these sites is not as difficult as it seems. Here are some important factors when creating your bookmarks:
Headlines are Key
The headline is the first thing users will see from your article, so if you
want to geton the front page, making a catchy
headline is important.
Write a short but interesting description
To keep the attention that a catchy headline creates, a short but interesting
intro or description is essential.
Write something provocative to draw attention
... just make sure it is relevant to the
article. Don't use lies to create
interest.
Content is king
Now that you have their attention with a great headline and description, keep their attention with a riveting first paragraph. But don't stop there. Bookmarking spam or garbage content is useless. You won't get traffic with garbage content and you might get your site banned if you continually post junk.
Make it easy for others bookmark your site
Your article will get a lot more attention if other people bookmark it, so
you should make it easy for them to do so.
You can place bookmarking buttons at the
end of your article so that readers can
easily bookmark it if they like your article.
Just go to the bookmarking sites to copy
the code to add to your pages. to
add Digg, Del.icio.us, and other buttons
but if you are using static HTML, you can
always go to the social bookmarking site
and copy the code that will add their button
to your pages.
Here is a link that should help you add Links for several of the social bookmarking sites.
Timing is Important
After you submit an article, you usually
have about 24 hours to get on the front
page and stay there. The best time
for submitting your bookmark is when
your audience is awake obviously.
Don't submit earlier than 10 a.m. US Central
Time. A lot of users post around 3 p.m.
US Central Time. There's also heavier traffic
on work days than on weekends, but you also
have more competition for the front page
at this time.
Categories matter
Posting your site to categories like General
or Miscellaneous will probably not
get as much attention as posting it to a
relevant category. Sometimes it is
difficult to find a relevant category, but
try to avoid the General categories.
Community
If you want to get your articles read and
get a good reputation on the social bookmarking
sites, post tons of interesting stuff ...not
just your own sites. It is suspicious
when all of your bookmarks are your own.
A network of friends is crucial to getting on the front page of many sites. If you get at least 15 votes from your friends, you will most likely get even more votes from regular readers. 50 votes can get you to the top page of Digg.
The majority of users are from English speaking countries, so submitting in
English is also important.
Submit quality articles
Yesterday's news is old news. Instead of old news, consider submitting feature articles or how-tos that are interesting and up-to-date for a long time.
Always check your facts. Users will prove you wrong if your facts are incorrect. As well as negative comments, you might also receive negative votes for your story, so if you want to avoid this, check you facts, or your readers will do it.
In addition to your facts, check your spelling. Some sites don't allow editing after you post, so if you submit with misspellings, it will stay that way forever.
Research popular topics
Sometimes, good content and the right category still do not push you to the
top. Most sites have topics that are very
popular and topics that aren't. You
may be choosing unpopular topics.
Doing some research on how many stories
tagged with your keywords make it to the
front page can help you choose popular topics
that have a chance of making it to the front
page.
Give your readers a reason to stay on your site
Traffic from social bookmarking sites is like an invasion. If your listing makes it to the front page, the crowds will pour in and, when your listing moves off the front page, they are gone. One way to keep your readers on your site longer is to provide interesting, related articles to grab their attention.
RSS feeds and newsletter subscriptions can be helpful to get repeat traffic.
If you provide your readers with interesting
content, they will subscribe to your rss
feeds or newsletter. Place these in
a visible spot and you should get a lot
of new subscribers when your listing hits
the front page of a social bookmarking site.
Responding to comments on your articles
Interesting articles can trigger a heated discussion with hundreds of comments. Always respond to commends on your stories and post comments on other stories you find interesting. This will help you to make friends and create a top-profile.
Prepare for traffic
Bear in mind that your article on the front page of a major social bookmarking site can drive a lot traffic to your site, which can cause your server to crash if you are not hosting on a reliable server. If you plan on a lot of traffic, you should migrate to a server that can handle a lot of simultaneous hits. Also, make sure your monthly traffic allowance is sufficient to handle 200-500,000 or more visitors. You don't want to attract a lot of visitors and then not be able to serve them because your server crashed or you have exceeded your bandwidth!
The snowball effect
It's probably a good idea to concentrate your efforts on the major social bookmarking sites and bet on the snowball effect to drive you to the top on other sites. Despite the differences in the social bookmarking communities, there are striking similarities. Popular posts on one of the major sites usually drives your listing popularity up on someof the other sites.
Additionally, if your posting is interesting enough for people to start blogging
about, you'll get tons of backlinks from
their blogs.
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