__/ [ Hymer ] on Friday 29 September 2006 16:51 \__
>>>>>>>Hello Everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In another thread, someone mentioned the SEO benefits from posting in
>>>>>>>social
>>>>>>>bookmark sites like del.icio.us, flicker, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I noticed that all pages in del.icio.us are "nofollow, noindex" and
>>>>>>>was
>>>>>>>wonder if there really were any SEO benefits.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does anyone now the answer to this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SEO or traffic terms? Traffic can be good.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I am thinking about its effect on SERPS rather than just increasing
>>>>>traffic.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bob
>>>>>
>>>> It won't help SERPs as the rel="nofollow" prevents google PR from
>>>> being passed.
>>>>
>>>> But it can bring in more traffic, which can bring in sales. Search
>>>> engines are not the only way of being found.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Paul. I don't think that will help me. I have a very specialized
>>> professional service. Most visitors are other professionals and I get
>>> good
>>> SERPs that way. Only a small percentage of visitors are looking for our
>>> services. Using del.icio.us might bring more visitors but they would be
>>> other professionals rather than potential clients.
>>>
>>> I have to keep my SERPs high by offering resources for professionals in
>>> the
>>> field so that the few potential clients can find us.
>>
>> Be sure to see the ~/robots.txt in del.icio.us. Forget about SEO benefits
>> from such sites. They will devour your time, offer you nothing, and you
>> will
>> quite possibly contaminate them and soon have your URL's/domain banned by
>> the site/s. Where there's temptation, there's often moderation/protection
>> that at least semi-automated. If you have good content, on the other hand,
>> you can try submitting at moderate amounts (as in once or twice) to sites
>> like Digg and Netscape.
>
> Hi Roy,
>
> Actually, I have a news aggregator for topics in our specialty. There are 3
> to 4 new posts every day. In the past, I started placing all of the posts
> on del.icio.us and they were accepted by the site and did receive some
> attention from others. But the effort did not seem to be worth it because
> of the lack of link pass through.
This reminds me of your strategy (the ergonomics sites). I guess the when
traffic gained is peanuts in comparison to the overall traffic, then it's
time to re-evaluate your use of SEO time. Another factor would be how much
you enjoy/are forced to tolerate the process. UseNet (e.g. signatures), for
instance, can be both fun and educational.
> Based on what you said, I think I will pass on it because I am not trying
> to drive traffic from other professionals.
>
> Does that make sense?
Perfect sense.
Best wishes and happy SERP's,
Roy
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