“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” — Dr. Seuss
Question #1: Is social bookmarking a good way to get more backlinks?
It is a good way to get backlinks. They still work!
Backlinks from these sites are like appetizers – not the main meal. They are good, but there are not “everything”. Yet, still you should submit to social sites.
If you have time to do it manually why not?
If you can hire someone to do it why not?
If you can pay for a social bookmarking software why not?
I always say that you should never reject a link if there is no real reason to do it.
Question #2: What about those social bookmarking sites that are using the nofollow tag?
Those sites are not useless since for Yahoo and other search engines they still count as backlinks. For Google no, they don’t count.
But not all of them use the nofollow tag. You don’t pick up those that do not have the nofollow and submit to them. It will take ton of time researching.
Grab a software to do it automatically, or a service or hire people to do the researching and submission.
That’s why I just submit to social sites just one time, do it right and move on to another method to get backlinks. I still submit to them though.
My optimization focuses for the Google, yet still if you hire people to do the submission (or use a software), it won’t take too much time… so it’s worth doing it.
Question #3: Karl, what’s your thoughts on social bookmarking?
If you can get backlinks, do it! I just submit to a big number of social sites and then move to another method to get backlinks.
I hire people to do the task manually, do not use a software. But you can use software and the one I recommend is not very cheap, at $97 it’s BookmarkingDemon
Recently Google also reported that they look at how many people bookmarked your website – especially in delicious.com so getting your website bookmarked there is definitely something positive. They did not though mention that it will improve your rankings – or have some positive effect in rankings.
But do not spend a ton of time on social bookmarking. Do it once, do it right and move on…
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