With all of the hype on Social media and the explosion of many social networking sites, social bookmarking has become a big method to boost your SEO efforts. Lots of people use social bookmarking now not simply because for interesting stories or big news headlines, but its also very effective to use to give your own website or blog a nice boost in rankings and traffic.

Most people have the misconception that when doing social bookmarking for SEO reasons they simply use keywords as their titles, an example would be “SEO Explorer…” This is not a good idea because your bookmark’s look like spam and does not fully describe what the bookmark is about. An better example would be to use something like “SEO Explorer – Search Engine Optimization Tips and Tutorial”, or “Search Engine Optimization Tips and Tutorial” which is more relevant to the bookmark. If you use this method, you not only ensure your bookmark will not be deleted but also you will also get more exposure and possibly direct traffic from that particular social boomarking site.

Another mistake some people make is not making a description for their bookmark that is relevant to their bookmark. When making the description simply describe the specific URL you are promoting in 2-3 sentences. Another thing you need to do is put some effort in your social networking profile, its best to make your profile public and fill out all the details about yourself and upload a picture of yourself. This will really help when people look at your bookmark and can see that you take effort in your social bookmarking and you are simply not doing it for extra backlinks.

You can even use social bookmarks for your own website, if you have hundred’s of inner pages on your website you can bookmark every single one of them. If you do this it is a great way to get pagerank to your inner pages and also increase the amount of traffic you will receive.

Hope this bookmarking tips will help you maximize your bookmarking power, time, and resources.