Yeah, about that traffic thing.

We’ve all heard it, Web 2.0 this, Web 2.0 that, Web 2.0 just saved that baby from a fire! But seriously what has it really done for you lately.

Well let me give you a few tips that will get it working for you!

There’s a new thing out there called Social Bookmarking. The concept comes from the idea that if you took all the favourites people save in their browser and then put them in one place where everyone can share them, you would get a collection of relevant and important sites. Then if you let people tag them with descriptive words they would become searchable.

The more times a site is bookmarked and tagged the more relevant it must be, or at least the more popular.

Great you say, I always wanted to know that piece of information Tom! Thanks but we’re just getting started so don’t leave yet. I promise to try and get more interesting.

Anyway, sites like Del.icio.us and furl.com were born. Here is how they can help you.

Search engines, go through these list and index them, noting the tags to track relevance. So if you had a Blog, or a website that was not getting regular visits from the search engine you could create an account at these sites and bookmark your articles. All of a sudden you would get visits from the search engines. Not all at once but your chances of getting indexed and receiving more backlinks will improve.

Have you ever written an absolutely amazing article, one that touches the very soul of those who read it. Then post it on sites like Reddit.com or Digg.com. These sites have close to 1 million members and they vote on the best stories and articles. I caution that you should only post relevant and timely information which is helpful to a large group of people. Bad stories get bad votes, good stories get good votes.

Don’t forget to ping your blog at Pingoat.com, this will alert several blog tracking search engines to your new post.

What about you, any great tips you want to share!

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