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Social Bookmark Strategies for Rookies

Social bookmark sites like Delicious and StumbleUpon are a fun way to locate and store great websites. Unlike an everyday BM stored only on your own pcs browser, a social BM is shared with the BMcommunity, allowing others to find out that which you BM, and the other way round. Here are a few do's and don'ts of SBM.

1. Use SBM over private bookmarks. Maybe you are in the practice of BM things within your browser, so this would have been a new habit. Quite a few the social bookmark sites have plugins it is possible to install in your browser, rendering it convenient and easy to BM everything publicly.

2. Make use of a good title. Remember, a SBM isn't only for you, others will see your bookmarks and look at the same sites. Make sure your description is accurate, and don't use abbreviations or jargon, inform you and precise. - Delicious

3. Use a good description. As above, make it clear and understandable for others.

4. Make good use of tags. Tags assist you to, among others, know very well what the website is about. Something such as "cool site" is meaningless. Be very accurate and will include details inside your tags.

5. Don't bookmark multiple page in a domain. It is a temptation folks have when bookmarking their own sites as a method that will get no cost traffic. There's nothing wrong with this particular, however if you allow a bookmark for each and every article in your site it will likely be monotonous for other people and they're going to stop checking all your bookmarks. - Delicious

6. If it's not good to other people, don't bookmark it. Sometimes you come across websites that are meaningful for you, but of little value to others. Bookmark these privately so the quality of your social bookmarks stays high.

If you follow these rules and bookmark consistently it is possible to both give, and obtain plenty of value from social bookmark creating. - Delicious