Comments on: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

By: Is Social Media Taking Over Your Life?

Is Social Media Taking Over Your Life? — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:40:10 +0000

[...] Each social media and social bookmarking site has its own audience. [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:10:23 +0000

Another social bookmarking site:

FuzzFizz – http://www.fuzzfizz.com

It uses the same software as PLugIM (Pligg).

By: Blog Strokes

Blog Strokes — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:57:02 +0000

BUMPzee really is a great choice, especially now that people can create communities based around whatever topic. While the filtering is not there yet, the community is likely to still attract readers interested in a specific topic, and I have found my BUMPzee readers to be more active readers than any other segment I have received traffic from.. I’d prefer 10 BUMPzee readers to 50 or so of any other kind of reader any time from an active participation standpoint.

I’m highly digg resistant simply because I don’t generally write for the digg demographic and I strongly suspect getting dugg, for me, would be like eating empty calories. All these hits and nothing to show for them but extra bandwidth around the hips.

By: Weird Search Terms Can Bring Traffic : Big Bucks Blogger

Weird Search Terms Can Bring Traffic : Big Bucks Blogger — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:51:03 +0000

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By: Michelle MacPhearson

Michelle MacPhearson — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:13:32 +0000

Hi Andy – glad to see you were able to get the PlugIM Plugin working where you wanted it to now that the plugin allows for placement customization.

I consider sites like PlugIM, Digg, etc. as “story submission” services, Delicious obviously as a social bookmarking service, and StumbleUpon somewhere in between.

StumbleUpon brings me the most traffic, with PlugIM bringing me the second most… What I like about PlugIM is that it very targeted traffic, whereas StumbleUpon isn’ as much – less return visitors, less clickthoughs on my links, etc. People from there are oftentimes just “stumbling” through sites, from my experience.

By: kirk

kirk — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:15:49 +0000

Hey Andy,
Great post! Made me think: what about social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook. I recently noticed that nytimes.com has a button for Facebook so you can post its content directly into your Facebook account. Any plans to incorporate something like this to your site? What are the pros and cons in your opinion?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:01:49 +0000

Thanks for the write up on PlugIM I wasn’t aware of that service going to check it out!

By: lakedaemon

lakedaemon — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:40:52 +0000

I’ll admit, I have yet to get my head fully around social bookmarking. Like you said, bumpzee is more a social networking site and that is why I like using it. I quite like the interaction. However, with sites like digg, I don’t like the fleeting nature and random factors, that is perhaps why I don’t use the buttons. Does ‘not’ putting social bookmarking buttons hamper your productivity?

By: Blog About Your Blog

Blog About Your Blog — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:00:29 +0000

[...] Andy Beard. His writing is always detailed, insightful and easy to read, as his most recent post on how to choose the right social bookmarking sites shows. Some great tips on the differences between the major sites, how to implement them for [...]

By: Bret

Bret — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:28:24 +0000

Andy, fantastic post. I’ve done very little with social bookmarking on my site. I’ve wanted to do more but have felt a little overwhelmed by the options and wasn’t sure where to start and exactly the best way to implement. After reading this post, I’m more confident about where to start my research and why. Thanks for the informative post.