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Top 6 Social Bookmarking to Make Your Site Popular

By Linda Roeder, About.com

Using these social bookmarking sites is an easy way to get more people on your Web site. Submit your site to one, or all, of these social bookmarking sites and let other people find it and link to it too.

Get your own social bookmarking page on each of these sites that you can link to from your site or share with friends or readers. Email it to your readers once a week or once a month instead of a newsletter so they can keep up with your latest blog entries and Web site updates. Add all your favorite Web sites to the page too so you can find them when you need them later.

1. Del.icio.us

Del.icio.us has two buttons you add to your browser. One is for seeing all the sites you have added to your del.icio.us list and the other is to add Web pages to your del.icio.us list. To add a page you click on the button, add a description and save.

Create your own social bookmarking Web page on del.icio.us that you can share with your friends so they can see what your favorite Web sites are. Search through del.icio.us to see what Web pages other people are adding to their del.icio.us social bookmarking site and add links to your favorites. The more people that link to a Web page, the more popular it becomes.

2. Furl It

Furl has a button you can add to your bookmarks so when you come across a page you like you can immediately add it to your Furl list. The more people that add a Web site to their Furl social bookmarking site the more popular the Web page becomes. Share your Furl social bookmarking site with your friends and see what other people are adding to their Furl site.

3. Digg

No buttons to add. Just go to Digg and click on "Submit a Story". Then add the title and a description for the news story or blog entry you want to add a link too. Digg links are mostly in the categories of news, technology, gaming and entertainment. Now people can vote on your entries by digging them.

4. Stumble Upon

When you sign up for Stumble Upon you will be asked to add their toolbar. Then you need to choose from different categories that you like. Stumble upon will start sending you to Web pages. You can give each Web page you visit a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

To add a page you like to Stumble Upon just go to the Web page itself and click the thumbs up or thumbs down button. Add a description of the page and choose a category for it. Your site will now be added to the Stumble Upon network to be stumbled upon by others. Share your favorites page with others when you have added all your favorite sites.

5. Reddit

No buttons or toolbars to add. To add a page you like just click on the "Submit" link in the top right hand corner of the page. Browse Reddit to find other pages you like and save them to your favorites too. Then share your saved page with others.

6. Slashdot

Add the little link to your bookmarks or favorites on your browser. Then when you want to add a Web page to Slashdot all you have to do is click on the link and fill out the form. You can write a blog entry about the Web page or just add a description and submit it.
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