Social bookmarking is one of the top techniques that you can use to promote your website and build more traffic. People use it to make money from websites, blogs, and affiliate marketing programs.

Social bookmarking sites are particularly popular among people with affiliate marketing programs because such sites are a free and effective way to get backlinks and drive traffic to websites and blogs.

The first thing to do is visit a few of the top social bookmarking sites: Digg, del.ici.ous, Stumbleupon, and Squidoo, just for example. These social bookmarking sites have the most traffic and allow you to submit and bookmark websites and blogs. You can do a Google search for these to find them if you’ve never been there before.

The next step is to get used to the site. To make the most of social bookmarking, you need to make sure that there are other users besides yourself who will be interested in your website content. Different social bookmarking sites have different types of users. Finding a site that works with your niche rather than against it is a must.

Finally, pay special attention to the blogs, websites, and articles that are bookmarked the most and ranked the highest. This will give you an idea of what people like to see. Knowing your audience is essential, particularly if you are promoting affiliate marketing programs or niche-specific blogs.

The thing to watch out for when using social bookmarking sites is that you don’t want to be a spammer who is out there just to get your links seen and clicked. As with anything in internet marketing, like forum posts, no one likes someone who is just there to advertise themselves. You want to offer valuable information, and make a valuable contribution by offering good advice, and great content.