Are Social Bookmarking Buttons Useless?
Dosh Dosh unveils results of poll on whether people actually use these bits of graphic clutter when they're attached to a post. Here's the verdict: 64% of voters do not use social bookmarking buttons, with 19% of them not knowing what they are at all.
Why StumbleUpon Sends More Traffic Than Digg
ProBlogger's Darren Rowse posts a case study comparing traffic sent from StumbleUpon and Digg. He finds that the StumbleUpon crowd performs much better in the long-tail arena, although both 2.0 sites deliver plenty of traffic. At least to him!
Of course -- this post doesn’t really illustrate that StumbleUpon is better than Digg or that Digg is better than StumbleUpon. In fact, if anything it shows how they compliment each other quite nicely.
Blogcatalog a Blogger Social Networking Hub
Andy Beard compares and contrasts Blogcatalog, MyBlogLog and Bumpzee. Similar to results from Digg and the like, he finds that Blogcatalog readers don't seem much interested in subscribing or hanging around for more than a few seconds.
I'm giving Blogcatalog a shot; just set up a home there for my blogs. Be sure to check out the fun-house photo. (Who came up with those square pic formats, anyway.)
5 comments:
Hi Nazzman,
I'm here as promised. Nice posts you've got here. Informative and helpful. Good luck to your blog.
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Everything good about blogs and blogging!
naz,i read a few of your great articles and i was thinking whether you could comment on my blog too..i have added you in my technorati and hope you can do the same too, thanks!
Etienne, thanks for the kind words. Your link comes up as profile not posted.
Rocky, thanks man. Best of luck to you, too.
Does this mean that 36% of users DO use social bookmarks? That's HUGE! Given how much value those links can have, I seems totally worthwhile to keep them.
Hey Attention Please:
That wouldn't be a pollster's take.
I'd read this as a self-selecting sample of people who read Dosh Dosh, a pro-bloogers site, which means they're hyper-aware of the social net sites and most likely value them.
I'd guess the worth of these social net dingbats depends on your audience.
I just had this talk with a client, suggested he forego the clutter for now and use the dingbats once he developed some kind of active audience.
Thanks for joining in, look forward to your next comment.
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