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Can any one tell me about social book marking sites, & also its role in search engine optimization

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The original question from prompted several helpful but brief replies (for example from , and ) that reflected common advice from the late 2000s. That advice—bookmarks as a quick source of links and traffic—still has value, but the role of bookmarking in search has changed and needs context for decisions made today.

Modern reality: most large bookmarking and sharing platforms apply link attributes that limit direct “link juice,” so bookmarking rarely acts as a reliable shortcut to higher rankings on its own. The real, ongoing benefits are distribution, discovery, faster indexing for new pages, referral visits, and community-driven visibility that can lead to natural backlinks or coverage elsewhere. Effective bookmarking is part of a content-distribution workflow, not a standalone ranking strategy. As noted, aggregator tools exist; however automation that produces low-value repetitive submissions looks like link manipulation and carries risk.

A simple, practical workflow that fits current search best practices:

  1. Prepare a share package: a concise headline, one clear summary (no keyword stuffing), a featured image, and a canonical URL with UTM parameters for tracking.
  2. Target relevance over volume: submit manually to a few niche communities where the topic is on‑point and engagement is possible.
  3. Track outcomes: monitor referral traffic and engagement in Google Analytics and check indexing / discovery signals in Search Console.
  4. Iterate and amplify: if a bookmark generates engagement, follow up with replies, cross-posts in related communities, and outreach to influencers who can convert visibility into editorial mentions.

Caution: avoid mass automated bookmarking, identical anchor text across dozens of sites, or any tactic that mimics link schemes. Treat social bookmarking as one channel in a broader outreach and content-quality program rather than a primary SEO lever.

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Member Avatar for akki.webmaster

Well they give you good backlinks and nice traffic too. I think this is enough for anyone.

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Social bookmarking is one of the techniques that helps generate lots of back links. Social bookmarking sites like digg, reddit, stumbleupon, and delicious helps.

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Thanks for providing nice information

Member Avatar for redesignunit

we can get lot's of traffic form social book marking

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Can any one tell me about social book marking sites, & also its role in search engine optimization

In order for a site to rank good, it needs traffic and should have a good amount of backlinks. Social bookmarks gives backlinks to a site, the great thing about this is that the links can be placed by you.

By having a social bookmarking account on do-follow sites, you can easily make a backlink to your own page.

You can filter bookmarking sites at

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Social bookmarkings is a part of link building technique that will help your site to improve your SERP on major search engines.

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