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One of the missing pieces of the puzzle for people about blogging that seems to sprout up in conversations online is “What is blogging virally?“ There are a few different areas in which you can make your blog more viral, but, today I’m simply going to talk about using the social bookmarking services to help you understand how they can be used in the viral marketing of your blog.

There are hundreds of social bookmarking services on the web today. Obviously, some have more clout than others but more and more are showing up all the time. A lot of people don’t really understand what they are used for, especially if you are new to working online. When it comes to making your blog more viral, these services can become a very important part of your whole plan.

Basically what a social bookmarking service is used for is storing a web surfers favorite sites and destinations. They store this information in one spot so that they can go back and access this information again when they like fast, without having to search down the particular site or favorite blog post they enjoyed. If you are a blogger you can use these sites to your complete advantage. The more links that you have inside these bookmarking services will help with your search engine rankings in some very favorable ways.

If you’ve ever asked the question “What is blogging virally?” to yourself then this is going to be part of your answer.

You have probably noticed on many blog posts little icons for many of the different social bookmarking sites. If you look at the bottom of posts on this blog for instance you see a Digg This icon, and also a Del.icio.us icon. Moreover, if you look just a little higher than that you will see a larger yellow button that says BookMark, and also a ShareThis button. Each one of these buttons is there for a reason. While there may be more than necessary some people become accustom to using different ones so this gives them a little bit of options.

For example, if you click on the BookMark button you will notice that it will take you to a site that is called Tangenie. Tangenie allows a site visitor access to 130 of the social bookmarking services out there. Chances are, many of your visitors will use one of those particular services for their bookmarking.

So what does this mean to you as a blogger and how does it work with viral marketing?

Everytime a person enjoys one of your posts they can bookmark your site or your post to any of these sites automatically directly from your blog. This can be a huge boost for you. While you may not notice a whole lot of traffic from some particular social bookmarking sites, it will always help you with your search engine rankings. The more times a visitor bookmarks something from your blog you will get another link running back to your blog!

In essence, you are building your search engine rankings virally with the help of your visitors. This is also one of the many reasons that you will want to be providing great important content on your blog. For the more content your visitors enjoy from your blog, the more you will be bookmarked!

I hope this answers one of your questions on “What is blogging virally?”

The greatest in all you do,
Make Success Yours!

Davin
“The Davinator”

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