Lynn Smythe
Social Networking & Bookmarking Sites
April 15th 2008 15:24
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Every time I write a new article, I list it with certain social networking and bookmarking sites. Most of these sites require that you set up a free account in order to access their services. I see quite a few page views to my articles coming in from Digg and Technorati.
If you can get an article listed on Stumble Upon, you should see a HUGE increase in page views. However, Stumble Upon limits the number of links it will accept from a certain website before it blocks you from adding anymore links from that site. So, instead of trying to link every article I write on Suite101 to Stumble Upon I just link my main page.
I've also had great success listing my latest articles on the various message board forums I belong to such as Absolute Write and Accentuate Writers. These are two freelancing websites that contain tons of useful information in addition to the message boards.
My Social Networking and Bookmarking Sites
All About Steak
www.allaboutsteak.com
I just registered with this site and started bookmarking all my food related articles to this site. Don't let the name scare you, you can also add vegetarian and other non-steak recipes to the site.
Ask
www.ask.com
Blog Upp
If you have one or more blogs, you should use this service. Register your blog with Blogupp in exchange for placing a widget on your site. Great way to drive more traffic to your site for FREE!
Classmates
www.classmates.com
Great way to find old high school and college classmates. However, the free account is a bit limited. To enjoy all the benefits this site has to offer, you would have to sign up for one of their subscription accounts. I haven't done this yet, trying to decide if it would be worth the $$ or not.
Digg
www.digg.com
www.facebook.com
I like this site much better than MySpace. I link all my articles to my Facebook page. I get quite a few page views coming from my links on Facebook. Lots of bells and whistles that can be added to customize your personal Facebook page.
www.google.com
Google should eventually find your article. But why not get an early jump on driving traffic to your articles by visiting Google and adding a link to your articles as soon as they are published.
Linked In
www.linkedin.com
Great site for adding general contact information, staying in touch with business contacts and even high school and college classmates. I list the main sites I write for as current jobs. I found quite a few of my college classmates and business associates on LinkedIn.
MyBlogLog
www.mybloglog.com
Part of the Yahoo family. Register with My Blog Log and find out who is visiting your blogs.
MySpace
www.myspace.com
Add a blog or bulletin about your latest article to your MySpace page. Now that I have a Facebook account, I rarely use MySpace anymore.
Squidoo
www.squidoo.com
Create a lens on Squidoo to keep track of all your latest articles. You can add a RSS feed for each online site you write for to your Squidoo lens.
Stumble Upon
www.stumbleupon.com
Limits the number of links you can add from each site.
Technorati
www.technorati.com
In addition to being able to add bookmarks to each of your articles, Technorati also allows you to claim and track each of your blogs on their site.
Yahoo
www.yahoo.com
Yardbarker
www.yardbarker.com
I link all my sports and fitness related articles to this site. I am an avid road biker and have started to write articles on road biking and road biking events.
Zoom Info
www.zoominfo.com
I honestly don't remember why I signed up for this site. I forgot I even had an account with them until I received an email from them the other day. I signed up for a free account with them back in late 2006. This was before I started writing for online content providers. Guess I need to update my profile on this site or just delete the account.
Other Networking Sites
There are tons of other social networking and bookmarking sites available. I don't have any experience working with these other sites. But thought I'd list a few of them in case you want to research them yourself.
Blinklist
www.blinklist.com
Delicious
http://del.icio.us
Furl
www.furl.net
Hub Pages
www.hubpages.com
This site is a bit like Squidoo.
Newsvine
www.newsvine.com
http://reddit.com
Spurl
www.spurl.net
What Sites Do You Use?
Are there any other social networking and bookmarking sites that you use that aren't on this list? Add a comment to the end of this post and let us know what sites you like to use.
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Comment by Jill Browne
Skip On Over
London Travel
England Travel
Canada Travel
Good post - lots to check out there.
Lately I have been looking for more specialized newsgroups / websites / blogs to link with - Squidoo is kind of that way - grouped by interest instead of broadcasting to the world and hoping a smart search engine will match a reader with my piece.
I've found Facebook has a lot of groups with specific interests that match some of what I write about, but I haven't begun to network too much there yet. It is a balance between showing people something useful that you have written, vs aggravating them with info overload or even (gasp) being accused of spamming. (I haven't been & don't want to be!)
I think what Orble (and others) say is very true - without constant activity, interest from readers really declines, in fact, it's sometimes scary how fast.
cheers,
jill
Comment by Lynn Smythe
The Pagan Path
Freelance Online Work
I Love Herbs
I agree with finding specialized sites to link your articles to. I'd like to find more sites like All About Steaks and Yardbarker.
And I need to start blogging more often. I've become a bit obsessed with biking lately and have been spending most of my blogging energy on my Bike Diva and Charity Fitness Events blogs.
I need to get back to adding regular posts to my 3 Orble blogs.
Take care,
Lynn