Building Social Media Backlinks the easy way
Social Media and Social Bookmarking are all the rage right now in building traffic.
But I have to admit that I am woefully far behind on this gravy train. There are too many sites and too many differing rules at each for me to focus on all but a handful. Then it really comes down to the matter of wether this traffic is really worth the effort for your website.
But isn't more traffic always better?
No. Targeted traffic is better. The type of things on most social media bookmarking sites that get passed around are usually of the tabloid type of information. Something pop culture, current event related or really bizzare.
If that fits the content of your website then you are looking at a goldmine of traffic.
If however your websites sells your services as a nanny, or used car parts in the michigan area then the traffic will be of little use to improving the bottom line of your business.
So what to do?
Beyond bookmarking your own website on your favorite bookmarking websites there is something that I encourage all of my customers to implement on every page of their website. A simple bookmarking button that allows a visitor to say, "Hey, I like this site (or information) and I wanted to share it with everyone else online."
It is a passive, non-intrusive button that allows your website visitors to easily share the contents of your website with their extended internet community.
However there are a multitude of bookmarking sites from which to choose from, which buttons do you include and which do you omit?
Thankfully the people at AddThis.com have created a Free all in one button that can be quickly added to any page of your website.
Even if your content isn't something that gets people bookmarking it at a furious pace even one visitor bookmarking your website will help others interested in the same subjects to visit your website from their network. And these people will be more likely to also bookmark your content.
The passive role of the bookmarking button can be like a snowball rolling downhill as far as traffic is concerned. The longer its up there, the more visitors will be building relevant backlinks for you and your targeted traffic will continue to grow.
But I have to admit that I am woefully far behind on this gravy train. There are too many sites and too many differing rules at each for me to focus on all but a handful. Then it really comes down to the matter of wether this traffic is really worth the effort for your website.
But isn't more traffic always better?
No. Targeted traffic is better. The type of things on most social media bookmarking sites that get passed around are usually of the tabloid type of information. Something pop culture, current event related or really bizzare.
If that fits the content of your website then you are looking at a goldmine of traffic.
If however your websites sells your services as a nanny, or used car parts in the michigan area then the traffic will be of little use to improving the bottom line of your business.
So what to do?
Beyond bookmarking your own website on your favorite bookmarking websites there is something that I encourage all of my customers to implement on every page of their website. A simple bookmarking button that allows a visitor to say, "Hey, I like this site (or information) and I wanted to share it with everyone else online."
It is a passive, non-intrusive button that allows your website visitors to easily share the contents of your website with their extended internet community.
However there are a multitude of bookmarking sites from which to choose from, which buttons do you include and which do you omit?
Thankfully the people at AddThis.com have created a Free all in one button that can be quickly added to any page of your website.
Even if your content isn't something that gets people bookmarking it at a furious pace even one visitor bookmarking your website will help others interested in the same subjects to visit your website from their network. And these people will be more likely to also bookmark your content.
The passive role of the bookmarking button can be like a snowball rolling downhill as far as traffic is concerned. The longer its up there, the more visitors will be building relevant backlinks for you and your targeted traffic will continue to grow.
posted by Chris at 12:19 PM
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