April 25, 2009
Website Builder Tutorials: How to Add Social Bookmarking
Frequently when you read an article on a website such as the BBC you’ll see a series of icons or buttons along the bottom of the article. Beside these icons it will usually say something like ‘add this’ or ‘bookmark this’ or ’share this. In fact, you will see a version of a ’share this’ button below every post in this blog.
If you press any of these they automatically add a ‘public bookmark’ for this article into a bookmarking service. A ‘public boomark’ is a page on the Internet where you can show people all the websites and articles that you think are good, and worth visiting. Its like saying, ‘I bookmarked this because I think its its good, why don’t you have a look.
Popular bookmarking services include Delicious, Digg, Reddit, and Stumbleupon. Because you’re effectively recommending a website using these bookmarks, they have the potential to push visitors to the website, because people may well follow those links. So when you’re building a website its a good idea to add these bookmarking services, as it is an easy way people can bookmark - and therefore recommend - your site.
Have a go at the tutorial below.
How did you get on? Leave us a comment below.
Where’s the Twitter social bookmarking link?! *grin*
AX
Comment by Alison Cross — April 27, 2009 @ 3:14 pm
Erm. No comment! Give us a chance, Twitter wasn’t around when we were developing that tool! Its coming though, honestly.
Ken
Comment by admin — April 28, 2009 @ 1:54 pm
I just like to make sure that webeden stay at the cutting edge of website design, Ken *grin*
AX
Comment by Alison Cross — April 29, 2009 @ 9:38 am
What a fantastic website Webeden is.
I’ve been watching the tutorials and will add all your recomendations.
I hope someone will view my driving school from Google searches.
Comment by Kevin — May 18, 2009 @ 11:10 am
Thanks for the feedback Kevin.
I just tried following the link to your page, and I think the domain isn’t set up right - I am getting a 123-reg holding page. Just thought I should point that out in case there is an error.
Let us know if you need any help setting that up.
Ken
Comment by admin — May 18, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
I want to make a website blog which will be named `fairs and festivals worldwide’. Everybody will write and send their collection and experience here.
Comment by Bidyut Biswas — May 29, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
Sounds like an interesting idea - have a go and let us know how you got on…
Ken
Comment by admin — June 1, 2009 @ 2:18 pm