Social Bookmarking - what is it?
This is a way of sharing useful links with others. It is simply a way to tell search engines that you have done or created something so they can index it and others can see it and hopefully like it enough to share it with their friends.

Have your ever wondered how other websites like YouTube, manage to allow you to share an article or video that you have liked with others? Social bookmarking sites like digg.com and onlywire.com now enables you to automatically distribute your content to millions of readers and therefore generate traffic to your website very quickly.

Before social bookmarking sites existed, all you were able to do when you liked an article was press the bookmark icon on your browser and only you could see it. This is known as offline bookmarking. Now social bookmarking has allowed others to see our list of favorites online (Online bookmarking). Sites like Dig.com, Reddit.com and Twitter get listed on search engines like Google.com and Yahoo.com. This means that your articles can get ranked twice! This is not considered as duplicate content because your article is being listed on two different websites. This is a vital traffic generator technique for Internet Marketers and anyone else who is interested in increasing their online presence.

Advantages of Social Bookmarking
There at least a hundred different social sites and all offer a different and sometimes unique way of interacting with others. Go through them and sign up. I suggest installing a password manager such as the open source 'LastPass' in order to keep all your passwords in order. Remember that it is good practice to generate secure passwords that will allow your network to remain secure. Keep a record of the sites that you have just signed up to and remember to visit daily and offer the other users something of interest to read, rate and enjoy just as you will want the same.

Another important factor is ensuring that you have an updated profile. This is important because this determines how trustworthy you are to the other online socializes and give you more credibility. Forget about using a picture of your dog or cat! A proper head shot is all that is needed. Once you begin to grow your network you can the watch as your visitor traffic starts to grow and your revenue increases.

Social Bookmarking Sites With Revenue Share
Many people all over the world love Social Bookmarking Sites and why not? It is probably the easiest way to get your voice heard and content viewed. Social Bookmarking has many positive benefits such as increasing your Traffic and even your Google Page Rank.

There is also another great benefit from posting your content on these Social Bookmarking Sites and that is a Revenue Share program. This revenue share program simply means that the Social Bookmarking Site shares its revenue with you as a way of saying "Thanks!" for posting your content on their network.

Social bookmarks are an excellent way to divert high quality traffic for no or little cost. It is one of the most important parts of link building and help not just share static information but also follows as in social networks the ability to communicate and update information among friends and others in a network. Let us now look at a quick and easy guide to social bookmarking submissions.

• Expand your reach by setting up accounts on all valid social bookmarking websites. Make sure that you have a presence established on all social sites of relevance. Since it is understood that the purpose is link building, setting up public profiles with relevant catchy information is the first step.

• Complete your profiles on the bookmarking sites with as much relevant information as possible. There is a lot of things that will make a complete profile. Make sure that you download, use and promote the tools and lists provided within the site. Many sites provide user friendly buttons that should be downloaded and used as much as possible.