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Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Tony — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:10:23 -0000

Another social bookmarking site:

FuzzFizz - http://www.fuzzfizz.com

It uses the same software as PLugIM (Pligg).

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Tony — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:10:23 -0000

Another social bookmarking site:

FuzzFizz - http://www.fuzzfizz.com

It uses the same software as PLugIM (Pligg).

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Blog Strokes — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:57:02 -0000

BUMPzee really is a great choice, especially now that people can create communities based around whatever topic. While the filtering is not there yet, the community is likely to still attract readers interested in a specific topic, and I have found my BUMPzee readers to be more active readers than any other segment I have received traffic from.. I'd prefer 10 BUMPzee readers to 50 or so of any other kind of reader any time from an active participation standpoint.

I'm highly digg resistant simply because I don't generally write for the digg demographic and I strongly suspect getting dugg, for me, would be like eating empty calories. All these hits and nothing to show for them but extra bandwidth around the hips.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Blog Strokes — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:57:02 -0000

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

MichelleMacPhearson — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:13:32 -0000

Hi Andy - glad to see you were able to get the PlugIM Plugin working where you wanted it to now that the plugin allows for placement customization.

I consider sites like PlugIM, Digg, etc. as "story submission" services, Delicious obviously as a social bookmarking service, and StumbleUpon somewhere in between.

StumbleUpon brings me the most traffic, with PlugIM bringing me the second most... What I like about PlugIM is that it very targeted traffic, whereas StumbleUpon isn' as much - less return visitors, less clickthoughs on my links, etc. People from there are oftentimes just "stumbling" through sites, from my experience.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

MichelleMacPhearson — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:13:32 -0000

Hi Andy - glad to see you were able to get the PlugIM Plugin working where you wanted it to now that the plugin allows for placement customization.

I consider sites like PlugIM, Digg, etc. as "story submission" services, Delicious obviously as a social bookmarking service, and StumbleUpon somewhere in between.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

kirk — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:15:49 -0000

Hey Andy,
Great post! Made me think: what about social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook. I recently noticed that nytimes.com has a button for Facebook so you can post its content directly into your Facebook account. Any plans to incorporate something like this to your site? What are the pros and cons in your opinion?

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kirk — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:15:49 -0000

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Jason — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:01:49 -0000

Thanks for the write up on PlugIM I wasn't aware of that service going to check it out!

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Jason — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:01:49 -0000

Thanks for the write up on PlugIM I wasn't aware of that service going to check it out!

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

lakedaemon — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:40:52 -0000

I'll admit, I have yet to get my head fully around social bookmarking. Like you said, bumpzee is more a social networking site and that is why I like using it. I quite like the interaction. However, with sites like digg, I don't like the fleeting nature and random factors, that is perhaps why I don't use the buttons. Does 'not' putting social bookmarking buttons hamper your productivity?

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

lakedaemon — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:40:52 -0000

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Bret — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:28:24 -0000

Andy, fantastic post. I've done very little with social bookmarking on my site. I've wanted to do more but have felt a little overwhelmed by the options and wasn't sure where to start and exactly the best way to implement. After reading this post, I'm more confident about where to start my research and why. Thanks for the informative post.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Bret — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:28:24 -0000

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Lavender — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:59:52 -0000

Thanks again Andy!

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Lavender — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:59:52 -0000

Thanks again Andy!

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

AndyBeard — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:54:32 -0000

StumbleUpon without question is my biggest source of traffic to this blog, but that doesn't mean having the button is a benefit.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

AndyBeard — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:54:32 -0000

StumbleUpon without question is my biggest source of traffic to this blog, but that doesn't mean having the button is a benefit.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Lavender — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:46:06 -0000

Thanks Andy for this great low-down. Ive just joined Bumpzee and My Blog Log in the last week and the difference in the traffic to my blog the birds & the beads is very interesting. Its also nice to have some hard feedback on just who is visiting it via thier widgets. I wasnt sure which of the others might be best for my blog, so your post today is a great help. Cheers! Lavender

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Lavender — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:46:06 -0000

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Tinu — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:56:26 -0000

This is actually something I've been thinking of all weekend, which buttons to keep and which to remove, balancing the three issues of page weight, which ones my readers actually use, and which ones bring traffic. When I do my write up I'll definitely send a trackback. Thanks for helping me decide.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Tinu — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:56:26 -0000

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

AndyBeard — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:51:02 -0000

I agree that some of the services the search facilities currently preclude using them for personal bookmarking, though in many ways the sharing features are better.
I do use some Del.icio.us integration with Firefox, though I don't replace my standard bookmarking with Del.icio.us - there are some bookmarks I want to keep totally private.

PlugIm is one of hundreds running on scripts such as Pligg - it is one of the best implementations I have seen of the script and heavily customised, and popular within its specific niche.

Lots of services I use to share good resources with others rather than bookmarking them because I want to return to it myself at a later date.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

AndyBeard — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:51:02 -0000

PlugIm is one of hundreds running on scripts such as Pligg - it is one of the best implementations I have seen of the script and heavily customised, and popular within its specific niche.

Lots of services I use to share good resources with others rather than bookmarking them because I want to return to it myself at a later date.

Re: Choosing The Right Social Bookmarking Sites

Baxter Tocher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:27:10 -0000

Whilst all of these (with the exclusion of PlugIM, which I haven't yet tried) are definitely social sites, I'm not convinced they're all useful for bookmarking. For example, where's the easy way to retrieve something you've "bookmarked" on Digg?

It may just be down to a different interpretation of the word bookmarking, but for me, del.icio.us is definitely a bookmarking site, and the remainder aren't.

I'm sure you're aware that with del.icio.us, you're able to save your bookmarks in Firefox, even replacing the internal bookmarking system in the browser. It's very easy to retrieve them too. I'm not convinced you can do that with the other services you mention; you might as well use Spicypage or coRank for passing links to others. At least their users are not as snarky as some on Digg.

Just my 2 euros worth.