Web 2.0 marketing is here to stay and one of the best ways to get targeted free traffic to your site is through social networking sites. Here are 5 ways to promote or drive traffic to your sites with social networking:
- Create groups around your niche market and keyword and let people find you
- Search and add people within your niche market (but please do NOT spam)
- Keep an extensive profile so that others will add you to their friend list
- Add your text links, banners and blog posts on your profile page
- Use specific applications within the social network e.g. bulletins, wall posts, videos, widgets..etc. that allow links back to your site
Here’s a massive list of social networking sites ranked by Alexa Ranking:
| Social Networking Sites |
Google PR |
Alexa Ranking |
| http://360.yahoo.com |
8 |
1 |
| http://spaces.live.com |
8 |
5 |
| http://www.MySpace.com |
8 |
6 |
| http://www.orkut.com |
8 |
7 |
| http://www.facebook.com |
8 |
10 |
| http://www.hi5.com |
6 |
11 |
| http://www.friendster.com |
7 |
17 |
| http://www.fotolog.com |
7 |
20 |
| http://www.livejournal.com |
8 |
59 |
| http://www.bebo.com |
7 |
89 |
| http://www.xanga.com |
7 |
92 |
| http://www.multiply.com |
6 |
111 |
| http://www.linkedin.com |
7 |
139 |
| http://www.piczo.com |
6 |
263 |
| http://www.last.fm |
7 |
284 |
| http://www.stumbleupon.com |
8 |
288 |
| http://www.broadcaster.com |
5 |
342 |
| http://www.gaiaonline.com |
6 |
424 |
| http://www.mybloglog.com |
7 |
454 |
| http://www.squidoo.com |
6 |
487 |
| http://my.opera.com/community/ |
8 |
492 |
| http://www.buzznet.com |
6 |
564 |
| http://www.imvu.com |
6 |
615 |
| http://www.twitter.com |
8 |
620 |
| http://www.slashdot.org |
9 |
632 |
| http://www.wayn.com |
5 |
1,067 |
| http://www.classmates.com |
7 |
1,080 |
| http://www.meetup.com |
8 |
1,264 |
| http://www.vox.com |
8 |
1,357 |
| http://www.blackplanet.com |
6 |
1,400 |
| http://www.faceparty.com |
6 |
1,511 |
| http://www.yelp.com |
7 |
1,793 |
| http://www.ning.com |
7 |
1,911 |
| http://www.secondlife.com |
7 |
1,975 |
| http://www.myyearbook.com |
6 |
2,323 |
| http://www.hubpages.com |
6 |
2,773 |
| http://www.43things.com |
7 |
2,885 |
| http://www.mog.com |
6 |
3,284 |
| http://www.reunion.com |
6 |
3,884 |
| http://www.xuqa.com |
5 |
4,006 |
| http://www.ecademy.com |
7 |
4,178 |
| http://uk.tribe.net |
3 |
4,211 |
| http://www.tribe.net |
6 |
4,211 |
| http://community.adlandpro.com |
4 |
4,429 |
| http://www.greatestjournal.com |
0 |
4,665 |
| http://www.nexopia.com |
5 |
4,776 |
| http://www.care2.com |
6 |
5,435 |
| http://www.mobango.com |
5 |
5,636 |
| http://www.couchsurfing.com |
6 |
6,093 |
| http://www.fanpop.com |
5 |
7,527 |
| http://www.gazzag.com |
4 |
8,571 |
| http://www.ryze.com |
6 |
9,276 |
| http://www.unyk.com |
3 |
9,358 |
| http://www.migente.com |
6 |
9,379 |
| http://www.downelink.com |
3 |
9,782 |
| http://www.bluedot.us |
6 |
10,224 |
| http://www.gather.com |
6 |
10,446 |
| http://www.directmatches.com |
3 |
12,752 |
| http://www.zaadz.com |
6 |
13,243 |
| http://www.librarything.com |
7 |
14,929 |
| http://start.aimpages.com |
6 |
15,322 |
| http://www.yuwie.com |
0 |
16,248 |
| http://www.dogster.com |
6 |
18,835 |
| http://www.tagworld.com |
6 |
19,035 |
| http://www.eons.com |
6 |
21,925 |
| http://www.travbuddy.com |
5 |
23,114 |
| http://www.student.com |
6 |
25,996 |
| http://www.profileheaven.com |
5 |
27,346 |
| http://www.passado.com |
5 |
30,017 |
| http://www.ruckus.com |
6 |
31,343 |
| http://www.graduates.com |
5 |
46,510 |
| http://www.bizpreneur.com |
3 |
51,302 |
| http://www.meetin.org |
5 |
56,148 |
| http://www.blurty.com |
5 |
57,077 |
| http://www.takingitglobal.org |
7 |
65,893 |
| http://www.consumating.com |
7 |
75,910 |
| http://www.wallop.com |
0 |
87,146 |
| http://www.trade-pals.com |
5 |
90,363 |
| http://www.deadjournal.com |
6 |
90,743 |
| http://www.musicforte.com |
6 |
117,921 |
| http://www.mugshot.org |
6 |
123,116 |
| http://www.dodgeball.com |
7 |
124,452 |
| http://www.mygamma.com |
5 |
133,295 |
| http://www.decayenne.com |
3 |
161,472 |
| http://www.dandelife.com |
6 |
180,141 |
| http://www.tripconnect.com |
5 |
298,657 |
| http://www.bizfriendz.com |
3 |
328,262 |
| http://www.itsjustcoffee.com |
5 |
371,872 |
| http://www.mynetspot.org |
4 |
374,830 |
| http://www.babbello.com |
4 |
477,153 |
| http://www.sitespaces.net |
4 |
556,072 |
| http://www.mylocalspot.com |
0 |
694,251 |
| http://www.intellectconnect.com |
3 |
769,852 |
| http://www.udugu.com |
3 |
772,127 |
| http://www.daylo.com |
5 |
774,862 |
| http://www.refer-online.com |
3 |
894,990 |
| http://www.flingr.com |
4 |
1,214,411 |
| http://www.lunarstorm.co.uk |
4 |
1,347,222 |
| http://www.yapperz.com |
3 |
1,427,170 |
| http://www.listography.com |
4 |
1,524,242 |
| http://www.linknrank.com |
3 |
2,028,088 |
| http://www.communityx.net |
3 |
2,189,003 |
| http://www.refernet.net |
4 |
3,095,115 |
| http://www.vshake.com |
4 |
3,349,294 |
| http://www.akintu.com |
2 |
4,589,635 |
| http://www.100millionspiders.com |
4 |
4,941,761 |
| http://www.canyouconnect.com |
4 |
5,110,187 |
| http://www.christianspace360.com |
2 |
5,734,849 |
| http://www.uuswap.com |
3 |
5,747,854 |
| http://www.mixednutz.net |
4 |
no ranking |
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8 Comments
Afforable SEO Services
08. Oct, 2009
You’re right having your name branded with SEO is a good idea and it’s really not that difficult to do!
pam
09. Oct, 2009
Timely, will try out. Just bought a SEO for dummies book but your tips much more straight forward.
Brian Wong
09. Oct, 2009
I forgot to mention an additional tip is to create an XML sitemap and submit it to Google using the Google Webmaster tools here https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en
While you are there, check out the other tools made available for free by Google to optimize your site.
Getting listed on Google is easy but to get the “site links” within the page is the challenging part. It just takes consistent action. :)
Pearlie
11. Oct, 2009
Great stuff you have here. Bumped into your blog by accident. And congratulations on making your name to #1. Its a super achievement!
Camillo
14. Oct, 2009
Thanks Brian – good advice. I have updated my footer now thanks to your advice. Also it could pay off to make a video about one-self. Then use Traffic Geysers free 30 day trial and spread the video out to all the most popular videosites, Pod cast directories, Social bookmarking sites, article sites and more. In the video-description you enter your name and the url for your site to get back-links. Since video is now more than 50% of all internet traffic and Google first finds videos over websites it would be worth checking out. My name, Camillo Loken, is quite rare and when I googled it I was already all over the place. I had not yet registered my name , hut thanks to you I did it now at Godaddy.com for as little as $7,67. I got a promotional code from Traffic Geyser that I think works for everyone. They talk about it in one of their free videos so anyone can use it. If you add the word Diggnation in the promo field the price goes down from $10,67 to 7,67. So getting a domain at Godaddy.com is really cheap. Al the best – Camillo :)
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04. Nov, 2009
Hi your post is amazing, It’s incredible, I learned a lot about SEO and Man, this thing’s getting better and better as I learn more about internet marketing. Also as part of my ongoing mission to find the absolute best tools to make money, this is without a doubt at the top of my list. Everything happened so fast!
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05. Dec, 2009
Thanks for the tips. I am new to the blogging and SEO. I want to become a SEO expert. This information will be helpful to me.
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04. Mar, 2010
But i thik Meta tag Concept also useful for High PR
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