People Do Not Get Social Bookmarking; They Just Don’t!
by eVisibility
Just found a really nice post. It actually contain some useful info, I mean it :-) Those principles not only work for digg, but for any social bookmarking service ever existed. Here we go:
A majority of people do not get social bookmarking; they just don’t. Their first glimpse of a new way to market their business gets them all excited like a kid chasing an ice cream truck drooling, but at the same time like the ice cream man with dollar signs in his eyes ready to charge them $5 for a push-up . So what do they do? They submit crap! Or, they submit half-way decent content the wrong way. At the end of the day, it just looks poorly on their business (especially to the parents of those poor kids).
Here are some great examples:
What the hell are these titles about? I laughed so hard at this that I took the time to print the screen (which is more time than people will spend clicking the link to their actual site)! Don’t ever put your damn domain name or URL in your title!
Along with the crappy title, look at the domain! Wow, that looks spammy. Let’s – see – how – many – hyphens - we – can — use – when – purchasing – a – domain! The digg community is very critical on where submitted content comes from. You can always set up a micro site with an attractive domain and 301 it later, smart guy; if it takes off.
SEO? Pshaaa! Good luck. The digg community hates everything and anything related to “SEO.”
Title is a bit bland, but this submission would have a better chance if there was a thumbnail.
This description is not compelling and is in multiple languages. Try to be short and concise with your descriptions.
ALL CAPS LOCKS SUCKS! Do not capitalize every letter in your title. I get it… you are TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION. But doing it like this will only get you so far with me. I know what I am looking for, and it isn’t YOU (It’s especially not OK to think that JT is an exception)!
This is sooo bad! Wow. Do I have to tell what is wrong with this?! Only submit content that people might find compelling. Not sure if someone is looking for a new corner to venture to, or if they just got dumped; about 6 million people in China just don’t care, and neither do I.
Moral of the story. When submitting your content to digg or any other social bookmarking site, please, PLEASE (see the caps? Only use it to exaggerate) remember the following:
- Write rich and compelling titles.
- Do not put your domain name or URL in your title
- Beware of the domain name you are submitting your content from. If needed, build a micro site and 301 it later.
- Do not submit “SEO” stories. Use sphinn for that!
- Get an eye grabbing thumbnail for all submissions.
- Make your descriptions short and to the point (preferably in one language).
- Do not capitalize every letter in your title.
- Most importantly– only submit content that people might find compelling and useful!
Ahhh. I feel better now!
Tried to Digg this, but you’ve got an apostrophe in your URL and Digg isn’t playing nice with that.
Bradley Robb
10 Mar 09 at 3:03 pm
Well, Thanks for giving a try :-)
admin
10 Mar 09 at 3:09 pm
Hey Lucian,
Great post! I was wonder though, how did you get an Alexa rank of 66,193 when you only have archives for this month? I assume you have been around much longer to be getting massive traffic or you are doing something really well.
Thanks
Bob
11 Mar 09 at 3:11 am
Just try and look at the URL
http://www.submisocial.com/blog/
The alexa rank is calculated for the domain: http://www.submisocial.com and it’s been there for a while :-)
The blog is just in a subfolder
admin
11 Mar 09 at 4:06 am
no, how about you shut the fuck up and stop being a whiny bitch
i use this shit as my personal bookmark repository and i will be god damned if you think im going to go through the effort of giving everything a creative title and description to appease jackasses like u.
grow up
asshole
11 Mar 09 at 6:51 am
2 asshole
Every comment is valuable to me. :-)
Especially from the author, who self-criticize himself with such a nickname )
admin
11 Mar 09 at 6:54 am
lol admin your last comment owned.
Pedro
11 Mar 09 at 8:33 am
awesome responses, just thought the fact that bradley robb had a hard time diggin your article was a little ironic, but thx like it need it anything that provokes a response like that is classic
david
11 Mar 09 at 5:23 pm
Don’t be so rough on hyphenated domain names. My-Top-Earning-And-Traffic’d-Web-Site has ‘too many’ hyphens in it and feeds my face, so let’s separate fact from commonly expoused SEO ‘beliefs’ or ‘etiquette’ notions.
I’m making a FOUR-FIGURE-INCOME-EVERY-MONTH with my hyphens… how are you doing?
Besides, given that a bazillion domian names per second get registered, it’s tough finding the one you want. And especially for some word combos - hyphens can actually make a domain name MORE visually appealing and recognizable. Bottom line it’s all about addressing people’s interests and needs - and punctuation/style usually ain’t high on their radar.
MacGizmoGuy
26 May 09 at 8:53 am
2 MacGizmoGuy
I am doing just fine :-)
It’s strange that you’ve forgotten to mention one very important thing: “FOUR-FIGURE-INCOME-EVERY-MONTH” can be 1000 or 9999 :-)
admin
26 May 09 at 1:15 pm
Oh Admin, don’t make me spill my beans. If my monthly earnings were closer to $9999.99 I wouldn’t be pounding this out on a 3 year old Apple MacBook. If they were closer down near $1001, I’d KEEP MY BIG MOUTH SHUT! :)
Seriously, I’m finding Soc Bookmarking to be a tough nut to crack without being sensationalist. I do try to Add Value and THINK before I post. But it’s tough competing with all the manipulative Link-Bait “Toddler Survives 3 years living in a Dumpster” postings, the spammy posts, and other grammatical atrocities. But go easy on the hypens: God gave them to us to use on-occasion, on a case-by-case basis, if-and-when-needed. Or not! :)
MacGizmoGuy
10 Jul 09 at 11:22 pm