Comments on: Using Social Bookmarking Sites The Ethical Way http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/ Web Design in Northern Ireland. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:19:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sohit Karol http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/comment-page-1/#comment-27081 Sohit Karol Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/#comment-27081 Great article! But I wonder if some people/companies have already found a way to dabotage the "democratic" nature of such bookmarking sites...every now and then, you come across some stores which should not be on the main page..but these folks look like any other regular user, so its hard to catch them. My two cents.... Sohit Great article!
But I wonder if some people/companies have already found a way to dabotage the “democratic” nature of such bookmarking sites…every now and then, you come across some stores which should not be on the main page..but these folks look like any other regular user, so its hard to catch them.
My two cents….
Sohit

]]> By: Michelle http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/comment-page-1/#comment-26924 Michelle Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:01:25 +0000 http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/#comment-26924 Great article Gerard. I have to admit when I first got involved in Social Bookmarking I got a bit over excited and perhaps submitted too many of my own blog posts. Hopefully I'm more balanced these days! Great article Gerard. I have to admit when I first got involved in Social Bookmarking I got a bit over excited and perhaps submitted too many of my own blog posts.

Hopefully I’m more balanced these days!

]]> By: WebDrops http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/comment-page-1/#comment-24121 WebDrops Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:28:57 +0000 http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/#comment-24121 Gerard, Thanks a ton for these great advice... yes you are right while promoting sometimes people do fall in the trap of spamming... but i guess some real good advice can help and I also liked what Todd Sieling said "just being a real person in an online community works!"... thanks for that as well :) Gerard,

Thanks a ton for these great advice… yes you are right while promoting sometimes people do fall in the trap of spamming… but i guess some real good advice can help and I also liked what Todd Sieling said “just being a real person in an online community works!”… thanks for that as well :)

]]> By: Alister Cameron // Blogologist http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/comment-page-1/#comment-19369 Alister Cameron // Blogologist Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:15:39 +0000 http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/#comment-19369 Gerard, This is some really good sensible advice. Well done ;) I do fear that some of us bloggers, desperate for traffic from here or there, can too easily ignore the ethics of it all. -Alister Gerard,

This is some really good sensible advice. Well done ;)

I do fear that some of us bloggers, desperate for traffic from here or there, can too easily ignore the ethics of it all.

-Alister

]]> By: Todd Sieling http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/comment-page-1/#comment-11009 Todd Sieling Wed, 09 May 2007 04:32:14 +0000 http://www.scribbledesigns.co.uk/2007/05/04/using-social-bookmarking-sites-the-ethical-way/#comment-11009 This is a great article, Gerard; thanks for writing it! I think the difference really does come down to participating in a community rather than trying to brute force one's way into rankings. Ma.gnolia has a very strong focus on the person behind a collection of bookmarks, which we think is important when discovering new people and building a circle of trusted referrers. When people have link collections that are varied and reflect a person with some depth and multiple interests (rather than a singular focus on promotion), others are more likely to take them seriously, trust their work and come back out of genuine interest. And in the end, the best way to game the system is to not. It doesn't take a fancy strategy - just being a real person in an online community works! This is a great article, Gerard; thanks for writing it! I think the difference really does come down to participating in a community rather than trying to brute force one’s way into rankings. Ma.gnolia has a very strong focus on the person behind a collection of bookmarks, which we think is important when discovering new people and building a circle of trusted referrers.

When people have link collections that are varied and reflect a person with some depth and multiple interests (rather than a singular focus on promotion), others are more likely to take them seriously, trust their work and come back out of genuine interest.

And in the end, the best way to game the system is to not. It doesn’t take a fancy strategy – just being a real person in an online community works!

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