Bookmarking
Social bookmarking uses a technique to store a specific web page. This will allow you to recall this page whenever you would like to. You are also able to link these particular bookmarks to your browser of choice. There are quite a few different browsers that allow you to be able to connect them.
Also beneficial with team projects to collaborate and share collected information. You can share one to any number of bookmarks with others if you feel the information will be helpful. Since you can share project information, this can lessen the confusion and assist in productivity. The other problem is that it will sometimes pull up different referencing material.
How bookmarking work
Curate Content
As a marketer, especially in social media, one of your duties is to curate content for your audience. People look to your brands for expertise in your industry. With a social bookmarking site, you can save articles or resources you find online, so you always have content to share with your audience. Social bookmarking saves time and gives you the ability to build content ahead of time.
Examples of content that has been curated on a personal Pinterest page could be recipes. If any of your followers are looking for recipes (especially keto or low-carb), there is an entire board dedicated to curating content in that category.
Organize and Save Collected Material
In marketing, it’s essential to keep track of resources that help you develop professionally. A benefit to social bookmarking sites is that you can organize and save content that you might want to revisit later. Using these sites to keep these materials contained is helpful so that you won’t lose valuable information.
Tagging Content
With most social bookmarking sites, you can “tag” content, meaning you label it. For example, if there’s a blog post about YouTube SEO strategies, you can “tag” that content as “YouTube.” Then, when you want to go back and look for that article or need resources for YouTube, you have a section in a social bookmarking account tagged YouTube.
Collective Resources
Another way to use social bookmarking tools is to share content with others. If you find an article about social media strategy, you can tag the content as “Social Media” so your team can see it. Plus, if everyone on a team has access to the social bookmarking site, they can regularly check in to find the resources needed.
Backlinks
Social bookmarking sites can be a great addition to a link-building strategy. You can use a profile to bookmark resources on a website. However, you shouldn’t only add bookmarks to your site.
Use social bookmarking as you usually would, bookmarking other resources you come across, but add a little in a post or two from your site. While social bookmarking shouldn’t be a sole link-building strategy, it can round out your current strategy.
Drive Traffic to Your Site
Social bookmarking sites can drive traffic to a site. If people bookmark your post and vote for it, it will show up in a search and leads to more traffic to a site. Besides sharing posts on a social bookmarking profile, you also want other people to bookmark the content. Make this easy for users, add social bookmarking buttons to a blog so readers can bookmark the content with the click of a button.
SEO
Search engines utilize list results from social bookmarking sites. When a site or article is bookmarked, search engines index it and make it available on search results. Content voted for and bookmarked by many users on social bookmarking sites tends to rank higher in search engine results.
Bookmarking Sites
Pocket – Two options available – Free or Paid
This particular site lets you save articles, videos, or stories from various publications on sites. You can also upgrade to a paid version, and it will allow you to annotate, highlight and add specific pieces of your choice.
Digg – One option available – Free
This will gather similar new articles based on science, tech, and current events. One other feature is that it allows you to share each article to your preferred social media sites. You will also be able to post this on the community site. This site is known for content on top stories so you can keep up with what is trending.
Pinterest – One option available – Free
This social media network works as a social bookmarking site. You can create boards and save content(called pinning) and retrieve it later. For example, a unique interface allows you to create a specific board and pin many different hairstyles when it comes to hairstyles. This is just one of the offered features. User can collaborate their content for parties’ events and gifts.
Mix – One option available – Free
This is another social bookmarking site that allows you to save your content for another time. When you first set up your content, it will ask about your interests, pop culture, traveling, and taste in food, among other topics. It will then curate the content on your feed. This will share this feed with others that you know as long as they are following you. This is a great way to collaborate with others.
Scoop.it – Two options available – Free or Paid
This particular social bookmarking site promotes following research and provides a way to publish content for business. It allows you to post your content on your pages and collect like content over many different WordPress blogs. As you research and read the content, it will make suggestions based on your previous content. There are also private hubs for employees to share their information with the group.
Medium – Two options available – Free or Paid
This one uses an online publishing platform and social bookmarking to allow you to publish and save other posts to view later. Here you can favorite different topics, writes, and content to personalize your feed. You can do something they call clap for it( This will save the content) for you to retrieve more information on the author and organizations affiliated with the articles.
Slashdot – One option available – Free
This is much like Reddit in how it was designed. It is populated with news stories and current events, and other industries. Users are allowed to make comments and favorite any stories that interest them.