Social Bookmarking – The 3 Biggest Mistakes
Social bookmarking has now become a popular and accepted part of social networking. The ability to save and introduce valuable content to fellow networkers is a great resource! It seems that a new bookmarking site is popping up almost daily. Unfortunately, some networkers are making critical mistakes with their bookmarking, which can prove to be terribly counter productive. This article will reveal the 3 biggest mistakes that networkers make when bookmarking.
Because social bookmarking can be terribly tedious, it is only natural that software has been developed to automate the process. Socialmarker.com, for example, allows you to bookmark up to 46 bookmarking sites with the click of a mouse. This kind of automation has prompted thousands of marketers to bombard the bookmarking sites with tons of self serving links. We all know how “big brother” Google feels about non-human, unnatural content submission. You guessed it! Google has started to punish individuals who it suspects are using the automated bookmarking software. So the best advice is to stay away from it!
It is a well known fact that bookmarking is a great way to get back links to your website or blog. Over zealous bookmarkers are now bookmarking every piece of content that will secure them a link. Much of the content provided features shameless self promotion. The way social networking has evolved, quite a bit of emphasis has been placed on sharing and being “social.” Consequently, many of the communities frown on individuals that simply bookmark content for selfish purposes. When bookmarking, promoting your content is fine, as long as you bookmark other quality content as well.
The different bookmarking sites tend to cater to different individual interests. Some of the sites are far more business oriented, and members tend to like content in areas of business. Other sites are far more social, and they really are turned off by too much business related content. Try to get to know each site’s general preferences, and bookmark accordingly. It is a common mistake to constantly bookmark content which the general population of the site does not prefer.
Social bookmarking and social networking are skills that can be developed. Learning to take advantage of what the social sites offer can be rewarding personally and professionally.
