Independently publishing college, financial, and political information isn’t worth much if people can’t find it. Social Bookmarking sites can be a great critique for any writers and web publishers who want to learn what their target audience wants to hear. When stories you submit get voted to the top, you know its something that people are genuinely interested in and willing to share with others. If the story is ignored? Well, its time to re-write the titles or revamp content.
Without any further hesitation, here are some links to my profiles on my other favorite social bookmarking websites:
Bringr.com:
I can handle the bright pink color scheme, but only because they’re raising money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Here’s my collegekid profile on Bringr.com. Always a lot of interesting stories “brought” to the shakeit page
MyLinkVault.com:
My link vault allows users to set up a page of their favorite links and put them up briefly on the front page of upcoming stories. The site moves fast, so there is a lot to see in a short time. Here is my collegestudent profile on linkvault, a different way to see what I’ve been working on.
DropJack.com:
DropJack lets you put up links, but the upcoming ones are only temporary for about one month. If they get some votes and get published on the first page the links are permanent. This is my graduate profile on dropjack, linked to my published stories on that site.
Furl.net:
Furl seems to be a place where you can store up bookmarks, but sometimes it seems like other people can see them, too. Honestly, I’m not even sure how the public display works. They’ve just introduced groups so I think I will be learning more about how to connect with people on this site and find sub groups of people who are interested in some of the same specific topics I’m writing about. Here’s independent one on furl.
Indian Pad:
Indian Pad is a social bookmarking site from, you got it! India! World news seems to be popular, so do some American editorials that aren’t in line with the typical American media (I mean global news with a real global view). This is my college profile on Indian Pad
Propeller.com:
Propeller is Netscape / AOL’s social bookmarking site. I haven’t quite hit the front page yet but I hear it can deliver huge traffic. At first I was a little wary of the way it displays a page in frames, but overall the backlink quality has been excellent and improved over time. If I could find more time, I would definitely spend it here learning about the community. Here’s korr on propeller.com and netscape.com.
SquidUtils.com:
Of course, Squidoo is one of the “new web” communities I love the most. SquidUtils is a great site for lensemasters looking to increase traffic, and one of the cool options is being able to call up a page that displays a publisher’s RSS feed. Here’s my feed: independent1 on Squidutil
There’s the places I find links and spend some time reading other interesting stories I might want to link to. If you’re signed up or signing up, toss me a friend invite and a short note saying who you are! I definitely can’t recognize every handle and alias, I know I’ve come up with dozens on my own since its hard to find anything that isn’t already used by someone, somewhere.