tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35065679881619140652011-04-21T21:05:32.938-07:00Will social networking sites help out your business? How do you create a buzz with social network websites? What are some of the hot sites to submit to?SEO 5150http://www.blogger.com/profile/14425194857305185369noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506567988161914065.post-82817644574943333782008-05-01T14:49:00.001-07:002008-05-01T14:54:43.446-07:00<p>Here are some simple questions:</p> <p>Does social bookmarking work?</p> <p>What's the deal with social bookmarking?</p> <p>Does social bookmarking have any SEO value and will it help with getting more links to your website?</p> <p>What tools do I need to be good at social bookmarking?</p> <p>How time consuming is it, how can keep track of it all and how do I measure progress?</p> <p>These are all valid question I would like to understand further. If I'm going to waste my time in this direction, I want to know if this will all be worth it.</p> <p>Because this is a new sub-domain on the blogger account, I'll be curious to see how many links we'll get over time.</p> <p><strong>The initial metrics</strong></p> <p>We'll use google as a metric to start off with:</p> <p><a title="http://www.google.ca/search?q=howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com" href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com">http://www.google.ca/search?q=howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com</a></p> <p>Nothing</p> <p>How about &quot;Social Networking Buzz&quot;? </p> <p><a title="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&amp;q=Social+Networking+Buzz" href="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&amp;q=Social+Networking+Buzz">http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&amp;q=Social+Networking+Buzz</a></p> <p>Nothing</p> <p><strong>How can I see links to my site?</strong> (<a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=55281&amp;topic=13509" target="_blank">resource</a>)</p> <blockquote> <p>You can perform a Google search using the link: operator to find a sampling of links to any site. For instance, [link:www.google.com] will list web pages that have links pointing to the Google home page. Note there can be no space between the &quot;link:&quot; and the web page URL.</p> </blockquote> <p> <br /><a title="http://www.google.com/search?q=link:howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=link:howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com">http://www.google.com/search?q=link:howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com</a></p> <p>Again - nothing</p> <p>So we're starting off with a brand new site, domain and NO links</p> <p>This should be fun!</p> <p> <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>DAY1 - # Links IN: 0 </strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3506567988161914065-8281764457494333378?l=howtocreateabuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SEO 5150http://www.blogger.com/profile/14425194857305185369noreply@blogger.com0