
In this internet marketing tutorial for small businesses I will tell you how to use bookmarking sites for backlinks. Most social links websites already have a great number of traffic on their websites, so you get a backlink from the social networking websites, some of this traffic will go to your website if they are interested.
Using social networking websites as backlinks is very easy to do. Sometimes it can become boring, but they are very useful. Most of these social websites, whether they are social bookmarking sites or social networking sites, you will want to make sure you create a catchy description about your website. This way you can gain the viewers interest and they will go to your website.
Another thing that these social websites will help you with, is that they do create a backlink to your website. This means when the search engines scan this social website the search robots will see it is linked to your website, therefore placing you higher in the search results!
If you are using social bookmarking websites, they will most likely ask you for a few things to fill out. Here is what most the social bookmarking websites will ask you for:
If you are using a social networking website, they are a little different depending on which social networking website you are using. Some you will have to enter the HTML code to create a link, most social networking sites have a link button. Most will not have a section for description. Social networking websites will most likely allow you to write text before or after your link, so you can use this for your description.
Also note that when using social networking websites, usually you can find a social networking site that is niche specific. Meaning that this social networking site is just for people interested in computers, electronics, photography, cars, or whatever it may be. There are also tons of social networking websites that are general, so anyone can use them no matter what their interests are.
Each one of the social bookmarking websites and social networking websites are usually 100% free to join. If you do find a social networking website that is a paid service, do not join them unless it is niche specific to your website, cheap, and also has a lot of users. The list I will provide below are 100% free social bookmarking sites!
Using social type websites to advertise your website is known as social marketing. Most of the top social network websites usually have an advertising system built in that you can create an ad for your website and run it on their site. This part of the social networks are not free though, they are usually pay per click ads that you pay for anytime someone clicks on them.
Now onto the list of social networks and social bookmarking websites. Here is the list of the top social networks and also the top social bookmarking websites that I use to get backlinks for my websites.
Top Free Social Bookmarking Sites |
Free DoFollow Social Bookmarking Sites |
