Being a blog owner, you have probably spent countless hours searching for social networking websites that will give your blog posts good exposure. You try to register on as many as you can, it can’t hurt right? Of course it can’t – there is no limit to how many social networks you can use to advertise your content. The only problem is, as always, getting noticed in the crowd. If the time you spend on social networks is limited, which ones do you choose?
Spending additional time
If you are anything like me, you probably spend a few hours writing a blog post then another 30 minutes to up to an hour of submitting your new blog posts at various locations. The thing is, I don’t even use a lot of them and it takes up so much time. It would take up a lot more time if I decided to engage with the community a bit more, which I do as much as my free time permits.
Separating the good from the bad
Apparently it is easy to setup a social bookmarking website today. There are pre-made CMS systems and themese that can make it look very professional. Anyone can do it – but do you have what it takes to make it worth something on the Internet? Some people would say that there is no bad social bookmarking website, there is just exposure. Even if a social bookmarking website has 5 or 10 members, it’s some kind of exposure. So what is left to discuss?
The best way to determine if a social networking website is worth your time are the different categories in which you can submit an article. I find this hard to do on Digg – can never decide which category I want my submission in because they are so poorly segmented in my opinion. They definitely need mode categories.
Why are categories that important? Well they are – what good is your submission and millions of members if they can not find it. Picking the right category can mean the difference between your submitted article going viral or getting a few votes here and there. Don’t forget that next time you submit something to a social bookmarking website. 
What’s so special about this one?
I’ve tried Digg and Reddit and they haven’t had a lot of good results for me. It is hard to get noticed on websites like that because there is so much good content moving around. My suggestion to you is to use less popular social bookmarking websites that are concentrated on your specific niche than on a bunch of topics. You have a better chance to get exposure and make new niche-buddies.
This is why I like Blogging Den. It’s small, simple and it’s like Digg but for bloggers! Another thing I like about it that is has all the right topics that I like to write about: Blogging, Making Money, Marketing, SEO, Design, Development, Content Management and even an Off beat section. Each topic is also segmented into more specific related themes.
Give it a shot
Why don’t you give it a shot and tell me how you like it in the comments? I hope you find it useful and thanks for reading!
You can give me your support on BloggerDen if you’d like. These are my articles that are currently submitted: http://www.bloggerden.com/user/history/McKnight
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@coopchad
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I’ve been wondering what Blogger Den is, thanks for outlining it. And yeah, the lack of categories on Digg makes it difficult to post my own articles. As a result, I barely use it.
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@McKnightikus
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Yes I’ve had very poor results from Digg on most of my articles. Only maybe one or two went a bit better but that’s just because I was able to successfully categorize them.
@AgentDeepak
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Thanks buddy. I hope Blogging Den alows self promotions. Got to look at it.
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@McKnightikus
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This is a quote from their “About” page:
Seems to me like it’s ok to post your own articles.
@fmsseo
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The lack of categories on Digg is a major pain in the butt.
I’ve submitted a few articles to Blogger Den and they have hit my referral stats but, with all things, if you don’t consistently test something you will not know if it is providing you with a sound investment of your time and energy.
That being said, thanks for reminding me about Blogger Den Gordon.
Regards,
Karl
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@McKnightikus
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It’s good to see that other people are having the same problems – makes you realize you are not doing anything wrong, really. They should definitely and a lot more categories in there, they would get a lot more traffic I believe.
You’re welcome and thanks for stopping by like always!
@melvinblog
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Ok I guess there’s no harm in trying. I would pretty much be more excited when bloggerden starts receiving more and more traffic and traction from the blogosphere..
@McKnightikus
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That is one of the reasons I wrote this blog post, to spread the word. Blogging Den has a lot of good potential just like BlogEngage (which I am going to write about as well, soon). There are a lot of free and quick-to-setup CMS systems that allow you to build those kinds of sites so they are growing all around the net. We just have to find the right ones since I doubt anyone has time to participate on more than a few.
Thank you for your comment Melvin and let me know how BD works out for you!
I hop the community is better then digg…
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