Social bookmarking is essentially a service offered by some websites that enables users to add their favourites to an online page under their profile name. Once your favourites are added, others will also be able to find them on the social bookmarking website.
In addition to getting advertising on these websites, you will also get more links to you mentioned on Google because they will also be indexing the page on which your favourite is bookmarked.
Most social bookmarking services are free of charge and all required are an ID, password, and email address. Once you've signed up with the bookmarking service you will want to set up your profile page for the service and add important information about your business such as your web address. A very important part of social bookmarking is when you bookmark or favorite a web site you will be reauired to add keywords or tags.
Keywords are words that relevant to your business or products. These are words that someone looking for your kind of business or product would type into a search engine such as Yahoo or Google. When bookmarking your site and adding keywords related to your business you will be connected by those keywords to other semblable businesses.
You don't want to stop with just your business web site though. As you visit other sites online you will want to bookmark other sites such as web sites of businesses that provide materials used in your business or tools you may use. Just like when you bookmarked your business web site you will want to add keywords or tags to the site.
Social bookmarking sites are a very popular way to store, classify, share and search links through the practice of folksonomy techniques on the Internet. Other than the web page bookmarks, services specialized to a specific subject or format - feeds, books, videos, music, shopping items, map locations,etc. - can also be found on these sites. Social bookmarking is also part of social news sites.
Del.icio.us (pronounced delicious) is one free to join social bookmarking service. Once you join Del.icio.us you will be directed to install two buttons on your Internet browser. This social bookmarking site has become one of the most popular because it's so easy to use. Once the buttons are installed on your browser you simply login and then surf the net. When you see a site that pertains to your business just click the button, add a keyword or two and that site is added to your bookmarks.
Furl is another very popular bookmarking site. Furl works very much the same as Del.icio.us with one button to install and works with all the popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Netscape. Where the networking really comes in is when other people find your bookmarks and decide to network with you, this means they like your bookmarks and want to keep track of any new sites you may find. You will do the same also find other people who have bookmarked several sites of interest to you and your network starts to grow.
If you want to take social bookmarking a step further you may be interested in a service called Squidoo. Squidoo was started in 2005 and is a great place for business people to share their expertise. How the site works is you sign up for free and then share your knowledge on topics pertaining to your business. You share by writing what is called Lens on Squidoo and these Lens are available for others to read. By sharing your knowledge others will want to be associated with you, will recommend you to others, and all the time will be adding to your business promotion. Squidoo also have groups where you can join together with others with similar business interests thus building a network.
Social bookmarking is one of the easiest ways to promote your business online without having to spend money on advertising. Yes, it may take a little bit of your time but it can be well worth your efforts particularly if you are a small business owner with a limited advertising budget.
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