Of course, it isn’t as simple as throwing your website out to the world and saying, “Here I am.  Visit me!”–yet it is.  Social bookmarking introduces your website to countless people who would not otherwise happen upon it.  However, you have to do your part first.

You must invest an afternoon for the purpose of joining all these social bookmarking sites.  The more you join, the more you will be able to enjoy the benefits.  This is a time consuming task.  Once done, there’s no need to repeat because you can use this for all of your websites in order to generate traffic.

Making Social Bookmarking Generate Traffic for You

Make it easy.  The easier something is to do the more likely it will be done.  You can do this by adding small icons to the bottom of each page that allows visitors to bookmark you to their favorite(s).  These icons are called “bookmarklets” and represent various social bookmarking services.

Pay it forward.  If you want people to bookmark your pages, be the first one out there to bookmark theirs.  It is a two way street and you need to establish your own goodwill before you can expect others to return the favor.

Deliver quality content.  If you want people to tell others about your web site, make sure you give them something to talk about.  Give them quality content that is informative and entertaining and you’ll find that you generate web site traffic consistently before you even know it.