Knowledge Reactor's Blog » Social Bookmarking http://blog.knowledge-reactor.com by Gordon Cindric Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:29:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 It’s Like Digg, But For Bloggers! http://blog.knowledge-reactor.com/2010/01/its-like-digg-but-for-bloggers/ http://blog.knowledge-reactor.com/2010/01/its-like-digg-but-for-bloggers/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:58:15 +0000 Gordon http://blog.knowledge-reactor.com/?p=543 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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