Social bookmarking is a means to store and share favorite web site links on an online site.
Actually, sharing favorite web site links traces its beginnings from the time internet technology started.
People often share with their friends and colleagues web sites that they found interesting.
They send links so that others can visit the site also.
It is a means of sharing common interests, hobbies, news, and other useful information.
Today, there are web sites that provide this type of links sharing and these are the social bookmarking sites.
People tag their favorite sites and store it online to be shared to others or to be stored for future use.
In that way, it would be easier to return to your favorite sites.
Online businesses have started to use this service to increase their link popularity.
It is a way to increase their search engine rankings.
You can also take advantage of social bookmarking to build up and promote your web site.
Here are 3 simple methods to advance in social bookmarking: 1.
Place social bookmark tags on your web site and ask your visitors to bookmark or tag your site.
There's nothing wrong in asking page visitors to tag your site.
Actually, your traffic can do the bookmarking themselves without prodding if they really find your site useful.
2.
Make a list of your personal and professional contacts and acquaintances.
Send emails to them and ask them to visit your site.
Ask them also to bookmark your site and share it with their own contacts.
In this way you double the number of people who will bookmark your site.
3.
Build your own network in social bookmark sites.
Share your links to them and provide them with very useful and interesting web sites.
In this way they will also share their bookmarks to you and in the long run your site links can be shared by them to their own set of networks.