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150+Social Bookmarking Sites lists

2007-12-30T15:46:00.000+05:30

Social bookmarking sites are a popular way to store, classify, share and search links through the practice of folksonomy (an Internet-based information retrieval methodology consisting of collaboratively generated, open-ended labels that categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links) techniques on the Internet

http://2centsnews.com
http://30daytags.com
http://43things.com
http://a1-webmarks.com
http://ambedo.com
http://backflip.com
http://bibsonomy.org
http://blauerbote.com
http://blinkbits.com
http://blinklist.com
http://blinkpro.com
http://bloghop.com
http://bloglines.com
http://blogmarks.net
http://blogmemes.com
http://blogmemes.net
http://blogpulse.com
http://bluedot.us
http://blummy.com
http://bmaccess.net
http://bookmark-manager.com
http://bookmarktracker.com
http://buddymarks.com
http://bumpzee.com
http://chipmark.com
http://citeulike.org
http://clipclip.org
http://clipmarks.com
http://cloudytags.com
http://complore.com
http://connectedy.com
http://connotea.org
http://corank.com
http://de.lirio.us
http://dealigg.com
http://dealoid.com
http://del.icio.us
http://digg.com
http://diigo.com
http://dotnetkicks.com
http://dzone.com
http://esnips.com
http://excites.com
http://ez4u.net
http://fanpop.com
http://fark.com
http://favoor.com
http://favorites.live.com
http://feedmarker.com
http://feedmelinks.com
http://folkd.com
http://fungow.com
http://furl.net
http://getboo.com
http://gibeo.net
http://givealink.org
http://goowy.com
http://gravee.com
http://grupl.com
http://hanzoweb.com
http://hugg.com
http://hyperlinkomatic.com
http://i89.us
http://icerocket.com
http://icio.de
http://igooi.com
http://iloggo.pl
http://indiamarks.com
http://indianpad.com
http://jaiku.com
http://jeteye.com
http://kaboodle.com
http://kick.ie
http://kinja.com
http://kopikol.net
http://librarything.com
http://lifelogger.com
http://lilisto.com
http://linkagogo.com
http://linkarena.com
http://linkatopia.com
http://linkblog.com.br
http://linkfilter.net
http://linkroll.com
http://linkswarm.com
http://listible.com
http://listmixer.com
http://ma.gnolia.com
http://maple.nu
http://markaboo.com
http://meme-stream.com
http://memestreams.net
http://metafilter.com
http://mister-wong.com
http://my.xilinus.com
http://mybloglog.com
http://mybookmarks.com
http://myhq.com
http://myjeeves.ask.com
http://mylinkvault.com
http://mypip.com
http://myprogs.net
http://mystickies.com
http://myvmarks.com
http://myweb.yahoo.com
http://netscape.com
http://netvouz.com
http://networkmenus.co.uk
http://newscloud.com
http://newsvine.com
http://nextaris.com
http://nowpublic.com
http://onlywire.com
http://otavo.com
http://oyax.com
http://philoi.com
http://plugim.com
http://plum.com
http://popurls.com
http://rawsugar.com
http://reader2.com
http://recipe-buzz.com
http://reddit.com
http://rojo.com
http://rollyo.com
http://sandbox.sourcelabs.com/livemarks
http://saysaid.com
http://searchles.com
http://segnalo.com
http://shadows.com
http://shareddish.com
http://shoutwire.com
http://simpy.com
http://sitetagger.com
http://sk-rt.com
http://slashdot.org
http://socialogs.com
http://sphere.com
http://spotback.com
http://spotplex.com
http://spurl.net
http://squidoo.com
http://stanmx.com/sabrosus
http://startaid.com
http://stumbleupon.com
http://stylefeeder.com
http://sync2it.com
http://syncone.net
http://tags.library.upenn.edu
http://tagsy.com
http://tagtooga.com
http://tailrank.com
http://technorati.com
http://techtagg.com
http://tedigo.net
http://tektag.com
http://textnotes.de
http://thinkpocket.com
http://threadwatch.org
http://thumblicio.us
http://toread.cc
http://trailfire.com
http://tutorialism.com
http://twitter.com
http://unalog.com
http://voo2do.com
http://web-feeds.com
http://webride.org
http://wists.com
http://wurldbook.com
http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com
http://yattle.com
http://yigg.de
http://yoono.com
http://zurpy.com
https://chipmark.com

Good News , Statcounter launched SC4

2007-11-24T16:15:00.000+05:30

New StatCounter System - In Beta

We have been working on the new and improved StatCounter SC4 system…now we need your help to test it.

A lot of changes have been made ‘under the hood’ and won’t be immediately apparent; however some of the immediate benefits include:

Faster Loading Keyword and Country Stats
Exit Link Stats
Download Stats

MOST importantly the new system paves the way for other exciting new features … so watch this space!

How do I try out SC4?

It’s easy!

You need to create a new test project. This code should be added underneath your existing StatCounter code.

Note that you should retain your existing StatCounter code for now… Once the new system is fully operational we’ll convert all projects over to SC4 automatically.

To get started:

Login to StatCounter with the “remember me” option
Point your browser at this URL
http://my.statcounter.com/project/standard/add.php?sc4=1
If successful the form should now read “BETA TEST SC4 PROJECT SETTINGS” then proceed as normal to install this new code below your current code.

(Note that if you logout and login again you will be directed back to the current StatCounter system.)

Thanks for your help with this - and we’d be delighted have your feedback posted to the comments of this blog post.

Let the testing begin!

StatCounter Team

And One more gud news that Statcounter get his PR with Bang, now its PR is 10 check it out guys, lets help make SC4 version a sucecesfull

GOOGLE HALLOWEEN UPDATE -2

2007-11-04T12:19:00.000+05:30

Digg Favorites Slapped By GOOGLE

For a company such as Google with a stock price based extensively on anticipated growth and public sentiment, it doesn't take a huge swing in goodwill to have a dramatic effect on valuation. Google has just slapped their biggest fans.
After the very controversial hit many sites took just 2 weeks ago for various degrees of selling PageRank or linking to clients, you might have thought Google would take a breather, but Google it seems hadn't even started its crackdown.
A number of sites have been hit yet again, including this one, but there is also a new element that has been introduced.
Here are some unusual penalties for trusted sources of good content
http://www.autoblog.com/ PR6 PR4http://www.engadget.com/ PR7 PR5http://www.problogger.net/ PR6 PR4http://www.copyblogger.com/ PR6 PR4http://www.joystiq.com/ PR6 PR4http://www.tuaw.com/ PR6 PR4
A few search and money related sites as examples
http://www.searchengineguide.com PR7 PR4http://www.searchenginejournal.com PR7 PR4http://www.johnchow.com PR6 PR4http://www.quickonlinetips.com/ PR6 PR3http://weblogtoolscollection.com/ PR6 PR4http://andybeard.eu PR5 PR3Vlad PR4 PR2
So Why A Penalty?
Most people today will be speculating that it is all about paid links, or that it is a massive reshuffle in the PageRank algorithm. Some of the hits were certainly paid link or advertising without nofollow related.
However many of these sites do not fit that pattern, but they do fit another…
Here are the Google guidelines
Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or "bad neighborhoods" on the web, as your own ranking may be affected adversely by those links.
Many of the reputable sources that have received a penalty are part of extensive blog networks, and they have one factor in common. They have massive interlinking between their network sites.
They may also sell links or advertising that passes PageRank on some of their less visible properties, but those properties benefit from the high pagerank sites that link to them, with sitewide links.
Some of these sites have been known to add or knock millions off of the price of Apple shares in the past, what do you think it is going to do to Google?
Update
Daniel is also compiling a list of notable sites hit and includes
http://www.seroundtable.com/ PR7 PR4http://www.blogherald.com/ PR6 PR4
Updates From Commentswww.Forbes.com PR7 PR5 (thanks Wiep)http://www.sfgate.com PR7 PR5 (via IM from Daniel Daily Blog Tips)www.washingtonpost.com PR7 PR5 (thanks Wiep)
Update 2
The most relevant update I can give you is that Aaron the Technical Director at B5 tends to agree with the idea that this might be related to blog network interlinking, but obviously doesn't agree with Google's conclusions that they are doing something wrong.
At b5media, we are weighing how we want to respond to this. Either we give in to Google and let them dictate what we do and have the unenviable position of losing pagerank and possibly advertising dollars, or we take the stand that quality content is quality content regardless of Google and that our content will speak for itself. We still produce millions of pages of content per month. We still have respect in the community. We still have advertisers recognizing that these sites are valuable assets to leverage to get their campaigns out on.
I certainly don't intend to be whipped by Google for 9 reviews or "public consultation" pieces I have written over the last 12 months, and as I gave the links in an editorial matter of my choosing, I didn't use Nofollow.
Not all networks have been given a penalty for interlinking.
There are splogs and scraper sites out there that are PR5 or higher, monetized with Google Adsense, with traffic coming from Google Adwords
Gloating "innocent" tech blogs who thank their sponsors each month with free followed links
Major corporations such as Yahoo who are allowed to sell links
Other corporations who practice massive internal linking among their network to unrelated sites.
Update 3
It seems 9rules got bitch-slapped too, or as Paul Scrivens describes it, Google Took My Balls and Went Home and dropped from a PR8 to a PR5
This will be interesting because members typically have a single sitewide link to 9rules, and 9rules links back to members via various categorized tag feeds.
It will be interesting to see if any 9 Rules members spot a drop in search traffic as a result.
This isn't site-wide interlinking, though blog networks by their very nature tent to encourage a little inbreeding, just like any social group.
Scrivs wrote that the one voice of reason was Scoble, but Robyn has already caught him out for not having read the other sites he linked to.
Robert is learning to speak like an SEO, explaining that PageRank is meaningless on a site wide level, and it is all down to individual pages.
Now as Robert is a big fan of Techmeme, and I have benefited from a fair amount of traffic from Techmeme today, I put this into a Robert Scoble and Techmeme context.
Robert, is PageRank part of Techmeme’s calculation? It could be.
Whilst I have had a lot of airtime today on Techmeme (good job too because most stories about this were buried on Digg), it is very rare for me to show up, even with significant links as part of the story.Even then I am quickly displaced by people saying almost nothing with far fewer overall links on sites like Techmeme.
On Podtech today you have a “Commissioned” video by Oracle. You have a link without nofollow. That is a paid link.
There are 20x, maybe 100x more paid links on Podtech.net than on my site.I have written a total of 9 paid reviews, all well received by my audience, most received editorial links sometimes even from the person who purchased the review EVEN THOUGH I OFFERED CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
Google themselves tell their users that TBPR (toolbar page rank) is an indication of quality.
Thus Google are now telling visitors to my site, and 100s, maybe 100s of others, that when they visit a site, it is a load of crock.
Those are lies… FUD
Maybe they have changed the meaning of PageRank. If they have done they need to inform every single one of their toolbar users that Google PageRank as displayed in the toolbar is meaningless.
It has to come from Google, not you.
I don't look on this as outing Podtech for selling links. Robert entered the conversation and seems to think that any PageRank is meaningless anyway. It is very clear to me that taking a camera crew to someone's office to video someone costs a great deal of money, and there is a lot of expertise needed to both perform the interview, and from the crew. There needs to be money coming from somewhere.
Unfortunately the Google bot can't read that "intent", and just like the 9 pages on my site that contain content that I have received compensation for which I seem to have received a penalty, the same could be true of Podtech.
Remember also Podtech is (or should I saw was) a content network with many of the video publishers with their own blogs that link to Podtech all the time… that is a little like the 9Rules Network.
Update 4
J. Angelo Racoma of Splashpress Media has written about their situation, with a number of sites gaining a penalty, not just Blog Herald.
Fact is that around the behemoth search and advertising company Google is built a secondary economy. Blogs and websites use PageRank as one primary metric for reputation and trustworthiness. Many site owners bank on their sites’ or domains’ PageRank, and use these to command or negotiate advertising rates.
It’s like the gold standard applied online. And with this mass PR drop, Google has just devalued the webmasters’ gold. In effect, Google has just caused the value of this thriving industry to fall in a single day. What was a thriving economy is being rendered worth less (while not worthless, of course).
But then again, we can argue that this economy is artificial in the first place–with people putting too much premium on PageRank, and especially with people putting a price tag on PR. But in that case, wouldn’t Google still be morally (and legally?) liable for killing off its competition? Do keep in mind that Google runs its own advertising program and is at the top of its game.
The suggestion seems to be a change in strategy on their part.
Aaron From B5 has had time to contemplate what this means to B5 going forward, and specifically his own blog. I should point out before you read this that this is his personal choice as many blogs within B5 are privately owned. No final decision has come from collective management discussions.This is well worth a read:-

Google Can Kiss My Derrière
Here are some "Tweets" from Jeremy Wright for more on B5's Stance
#Weird thing about today’s google smack of blog networks? We don’t actually cross-link all our sites, just per vertical. To avoid this! ## Wow, 23 emails related to this google pr thing. Will have an official response later tonight. ## Short version: we were playing nice. We weren’t engaged in massive cross-linking. We believe in content over pr. ## Oh,n and this isn’t a shot at blog networks. It’s at all kinds of coontent sites, including forbes, washington post, etc. ## Ps: b5′ll be taking a "watch and see" approach, monitoring our omniture data very closely, to see if this is a real thing or just temp. ## More quick facts on this google update: more’n half the sites were major content and news sources. Less’n half were sellling links. #
Update 5
I just joined the tail end of a Postcast with Jim Turner and Tris Hussey from One By One Media
The first half includes Aaron from B5 Media and Steve Fisher (not sure which one)
I discuss public perception of PageRank and how it affects authority, plus some general perception of Google, Facebook etc.

GOOGLE HALLOWEEN UPDATE

2007-11-04T11:54:00.000+05:30

Google’s new PageRank update - what now?

This week, several popular blogs reported a significant decrease in their PageRank after the recent Google PageRank update. At first, the entire blogosphere was confused about what caused this drop, until it became apparent that selling paid text links on your website can hurt your PR. It’s certainly no surprise, since Matt Cutts has been saying since June that Google thinks link buying is outside their guidelines and that “we might take strong actions on that in the future”.
Well now they have. It took a while, but the confirmation about this update was eventually released.
So what’s been the overall effect on the blogosphere? The ones directly affected are those who have been making a decent income off of paid text links. PageRank is one of the more important qualifiers listed by people selling these links. A link from a site with PR 9 will cost more than a link from a site of PR 7. If site owners will adjust their prices based on the PR update, well… it’s probably not something they look forward to.
Of course, there are many “innocent bystanders” affected by this as well. If most of the sites that link to you are penalized with a lower PR, odds are your PR will decrease too. Not to mention the sites that were wrongfully penalized such as Darren Rowse’s Problogger. Other bloggers cried foul, and Google responded by restoring their original PR.
There’s even some speculation that it’s a manual update, since PR changes are mostly going on for well-established blogs, websites, linkfarms, and blog networks - rather than a general update going on all over the net. Right now, most of the big bloggers out there are at the mercy of Google. Personally, I couldn’t care less.
That’s right. I don’t really care.
Barry Schwartz actually had an increase in site visitors despite the decreased PR. If you check out Ryan Caldwell’s post on acquiring longterm leverage for your websites rather than being obsessed with transitory trends and changes in search engine algorithms. This PR update (or any other update) doesn’t have to affect you if you don’t want it to.
If you’re a blogger selling paid text links, what are you going to do now? First, if Google PR is important to you, stop selling these links blatantly. Or at all. If you still want to sell links, instead of using PR as a qualifier for your price, use pageviews instead or case studies from previous links, etc. That’s what I look for when buying links, not PR per se. There are other ways to measure popularity out there, especially for social bookmarking sites that depend on readers rather than a big search engine bully.
Or try selling graphic/image links instead.
Being too dependent on Google will cripple you. Even if they may deliver a huge percentage of your search engine traffic, you need to have a backup plan in place. By all means, use Google PR to measure some level of success, if you want. However, don’t hyperventilate with each change they make. It’s their search engine. They’ll do whatever they want with it. John Chow has been Google-slapped several times and I don’t think it’s greatly affected his popularity or income. I know I’m not John Chow, but using him as an example drives a point
Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites : Paid Links or New Algorithm?

October 24th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor
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Dude, where’s my PageRank?
This morning, around 1 am, I was finishing up a document and clicked over to Search Engine Journal to see if any comments were made on some of my favorite posts. Looking at the Google Toolbar, I saw the PageRank bar read a PageRank 6. After refreshing a couple of times and rubbing the sand out of my eyes, low and behold, after 3 or 4 years at PageRank 7, we dropped.
I can’t say I was too surprised. Search Engine Journal was not the only site I noticed a drop in PageRank on last night, I noticed many other blogs and forums I read experiencing a drop. And recent Google activity has pointed to a new regrouping of PageRank, which may be addressing the size and growth of the Internet since Larry PageRank was first published, or may be addressing the growth of paid linking.
So, I made some changes to my template to eliminate the 3 links under Supporters, added a button from AdAge and thought about new changes I could make to the site, some which have nothing to do with links, Google or PageRank.
The drop in PageRank did not keep me up last night as I drifted off into dreamland with thoughts of the next few weeks in my mind.
This morning however, I noticed that search marketing blogs were not alone. Actually, we’re in rather good company. Here is a list of some of the major sites ‘hit’ by the PageRank update yesterday:
WashingtonPost.com
Forbes.com
Blog Herald
ProBlogger.net
CopyBlogger
Engadget
StatCounter
Like I said, rather good company. Newspaper and blog networks which use a lot of intralinking, seem to have been hit hard; b5media, Weblogs, Inc. and Gawker.
One could say that paid linking led to the decrease in PageRank for these sites, but not all of these sites use paid linking as a source of revenue.
Furthermore, there are many sites which were not associated with this drop in PageRank which sell paid links, but I’m not going to out them.
So, why the decrease? As I wait to hear back from Google on the decrease, there are many reasons which Google may be changing PageRank.
Paid Linking : The easy excuse is that they’re targeting paid links, but not all sites which experienced the drop sell or buy links.
Mass Linking : Do we link out to too many sites via Blog Rolls? Does Linkbait just result in TOO MANY links, even if they are natural. Do blog networks use influential linking to their advantage? I think PageRank has been spread too thin and Google is changing its PageRank formula to address the mass publishing which has taken place over the past 2 years.
Devalue PageRank : PageRank is seen by many as the end all value of a web site. Our PageRank dropped but we are receiving more Google search traffic than ever. PageRank does not define site rankings in Google or traffic and it should not be mistaken as so.
Kill the Paid Link Market : If Paid Linking houses use PageRank as a pricing metric, then eliminating or devaluing PageRank will devalue paid linking
We’ll have some more news on the changes in PageRank, or the Great Google Halloween Update, but until Matt Cutts addresses this on his blog or Google… please sound off in the comments below:
Why do you think Google has changed the PageRank on so many sites?
Was your site hit? If so, why do you think so?
What sites have you noticed that experienced a drop in PageRank?
I’m seeing a number of new sites showing PageRank updates tonight, and assume that it has to be happening elsewhere as well. This of course comes on the heels of the PageRank massacre earlier this week.
There’s not too much to post right now on this as more information comes in — but I wanted to spread the word and see what others are seeing as well. Having expected a global update in July and never seeing it, this is certainly exciting news for those in the search marketing industry.

New PageRank Update

It's happening again: Google (re)calculates PageRank for the pages in the index. From what I've seen, only new pages get a PageRank, those that already have one don't get an update. At least for the moment. Google will definitely update PR for all the pages, but they've started with the new pages first as they have fewer backlinks.A great site where you can check the PageRank of a page is Live PR. The site shows you the rank from many Google data centers and it uses Ajax for that.Although the value of PageRank for webmasters has been decreasing, a PageRank update it's still an exciting event. The last major update was in February.

Some Good Reasons to Choose SEO as a Career

2007-07-13T23:31:00.000+05:30

1. High demand for SEO services

Once SEO was not a separate profession - Web masters performed some basic SEO for the sites they managed and that was all। But as sites began to grow and make money, it became more reasonable to hire a dedicated SEO specialist than to have the Web master do it. The demand for good SEO experts is high and is constantly on the rise.

2. A LOT of people have made a successful SEO career

There are many living proofs that SEO is a viable business. The list is too long to be quoted here but some of the names include Rob from Blackwood Productions, Jill Wahlen from High Rankings, Rand Fishkin from SEO Moz and many others.
३.Search Engine Optimizers make Good Money !

SEO is a profession that can be practiced while working for a company or as a solo practitioner. There are many jobboards like Dice and Craigslist that publish SEO job advertisements. It is worth noting that the compensation for SEO employees is equal to or even higher than that of developers, designers and marketers. Salaries over $80K per annum are not an exception for SEO jobs.
As a solo SEO practitioner you can make even more money. Almost all freelance sites have sections for SEO services and offers for $50 an hour or more are quite common. If you are still not confident that you can work on your own, you can start a SEO job, learn a bit and then start your own company.
If you already feel confident that you know a lot about SEO, you can take this quiz and see how you score। Well, don't get depressed if you didn't pass - here is a great checklist that will teach you a lot, even if you are already familiar with SEO.

4. Only Web-Designing MAY NOT be enough

Many companies offer turn-key solutions that include Web design, Web development AND SEO optimization. In fact, many clients expect that when they hire somebody to make their site, the site will be SEO friendly, so if you are good both as a designer and a SEO expert, you will be a truely valuable professional.
On the other hand, many other companies are dealing with SEO only because they feel that this way they can concentrate their efforts on their major strength � SEO, so you can consider this possibility as well।

5. Logical step ahead if you come from marketing or advertising

The Web has changed the way companies do business, so to some extent today's marketers and advertisers need to have at least some SEO knowledge if they want to be successful। SEO is also a great career for linguists.

6. Lots of Learning

For somebody who comes from design, development or web administration, SEO might look not technical enough and you might feel that you will downgrade if you move to SEO। Don't worry so much - you can learn a LOT from SEO, so if you are a talented techie, you are not downgrading but you are actually upgrading your skills packages.

7. SEO is already recognized as a career

Finally, if you need some more proof that SEO is a great career, have a look at the available courses and exams for SEO practitioners. Well, they might not be a CISCO certification but still they help to institutionalize the SEO profession.
Some Ugly Aspects of SEO

1. Dependent on search engines

It is true that in any career there are many things that are outside of your control but for SEO this is a rule number one। Search engines frequently change their algorithms and what is worse � these changes are not made public, so even the greatest SEO gurus admit that they make a lot of educated guesses about how things work. It is very discouraging to make everything perfect and then to learn that due to a change in the algorithm, your sites dropped 100 positions down. But the worst part is that you need to communicate this to clients, who are not satisfied with their sinking ratings.

2. No fixed rules

Probably this will change over time but for now the rule is that there are no rules � or at least not written ones। You can work very hard, follow everything that looks like a rule and still success is not coming. Currently you can't even rely on bringing a search engine to court because of the damages they have done to your business because search engines are not obliged to rank high sites that have made efforts to get optimized.

3. Rapid changes in rankings

But even if you somehow manage to get to the top for a particular keyword, keeping the position requires constant efforts। Well, many other businesses are like that, so this is hardly a reason to complain � except when an angry customer starts shouting at you that this week their ratings are sinking and of course this is all your fault.

4.SEO requires Patience

The SEO professional and customers both need to understand that SEO takes constant effort and time. It could take months to move ahead in the ratings, or to build tens of links. Additionally, if you stop optimizing for some time, most likely you will experience a considerable drop in ratings. You need lots of motivation and patience not to give up when things are not going your way.
5Black hat SEO

Black hat SEO is probably one of the biggest concerns for the would-be SEO practitioner. Fraud and unfair competition are present in any industry and those who are good and ethical suffer from this but black hat SEO is still pretty widespread. It is true that search engines penalize black hat practices but still black hat SEO is a major concern for the industry.

So, let's hope that by telling you about the pros and cons of choosing SEO as your career we have helped you make an informed decision about your future.