Using Social Bookmarking
(Note: This was taken from the performancing website, I can’t find the post anymore to link it. 1-4 and 7 are the best tips in this article. I made some edits to it.)
The approach is that you can use the support of modern blogging
technology as a side kick to gain inbound traffic and fast search
engine attention:
1. Claim your blog at services like Technorati. Fill in all keywords for every single blog! (NOTE:
On technorati when you register it asks you for keywords for your blog,
do not ignore filling out these keywords. It is an important way that
people find your blog. That goes for any site that asks you for
keywords.)
2. Use Ping services like PingGoat or Ping-O-Matic. (NOTE:
If you follow the automate your pings instructions here in the forums,
which everyone should have done, you won’t need to do this.)
3. Use FeedBurner for your RSS publishing. They offer nice optimization, publishing and statistical features. (NOTE: You should register all your blogs at feedburner. It is a great tool.)
4. Bookmark every article at del.icio.us (and other appropriate bookmarking services). This is another way
people can stumble on your blogs. A lot of the social networking sites
have buttons you can add to firefox. Here is a list of some of the
other social networking sites. I post to about four of them. If you use
the plugins for firefox it will take you about two minutes to get your
post on about five pages.
http://lipstick.com
http://stumbleupon.com
5. Use extensive tagging and keywording inside your articles and
on services like del.icio.us. Del.icio.us bookmarking and Technorati
tagging is also integrated in the publishing workflow of Performancing
for Firefox (PFF). I get pretty much of my traffic through people who
are subscribing or clicking on certain tags and also some traffic from
certain tags in my personal profile.
6. If blogging about another blog or linking to other blogs try to
send them a trackback. The trackback URI is normally published in
public somewhere on blogs which support it. That service is also
integrated in the publishing workflow of Performancing for Firefox
(PFF).
7. Use Flickr for your public photos. Link to the articles in your Flickr descriptions. Again: use extensive tagging and publish to groups and picture competitions!
8. If using a photo from somebody else (from Flickr or other
sources) for one of your articles always ask for permission and after
publishing the picture add a comment with a link to your article. It is
polite to add the photographer as contact and to make the used picture
a personal ‘favorite’.
9. If linking to somebody always send them an email about your new
link and how to find the link. If it fits your niche always ask them to
actively inform you by mail if they have something interesting for you
to blog about. That way you will build up your network.
10. Whenever possible you should add a link to a keyword in Wikipedia in every appropriate language.
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