Like it or not, it seems as though Social Bookmarking Sites are here to stay for a little while.  Not wanting to miss out on some extra traffic, I signed up for a few programs.  I was already a member of Digg and Technorati but hadn’t really posted anything.  I also signed up for bloglines.com, del.icio.us, rojo, shadows, reddit and squidoo.

From what I’ve read there are a couple ways to recieve these traffic benefits.  First, and most obviously, write a kick ass article and Digg It or Technorati It or whatever the hell you want to call it on each of these sites.  To get some extra juice ask your friends to Digg It or Technorati It or whatever they want to call it.  Alright, I’m just calling it Digg It from now on, just to let you know.  Inviting friends on the site with similar interests is another way to get your story read and seen by more and more people as well.
I haven’t done any of this before, but as I’m hoping to write some quality articles in the near future, I’m going to give this a try.  You’ll see people trying to game the system all over the place.  Gaming the system is how a ton of these “technical” webmasters make a ridiculous amount of money.  Personally, I’ve got to go the old fashioned route.  I’m trying to make more and more online contacts and hopefully this will help the Digg Effect.  I’m not expecting big results but I might as well try.  Afterall, they say test test test and it only took a few minutes to set these accounts up!

You should consider setting up these accounts, too!  Send me an e-mail or leave a comment and when you’ve got an article you really think is Digg worthy and you want to promo the hell out of it… hit me up and we’ll trade digs.

I’ll let you know how this goes.  I was most recently intrigued by this when my Press Release was Dugg and Stumbled Upon several times and I got some traffic (although minimal).  I never intended to get ANY from these sites so it was a pleasant surprise!