The direct SEO value of Delicious is limited, but their system is a great indirect way to learn more about your industry, develop relationships, find new keywords, and better market your blog.
A hidden gem of Delicious is their tag subscription system. It allows you to easily follow what sites are being bookmarked with a given tag. For more information on what a subscription is, read how to use Delicious subscriptions.
What is Delicious
Delicious is a free social bookmarking site which allows users to tag, share, and view webpages using a non-hierarchical keyword categorization system. Delicious also includes a ‘hot’ and ‘recent’ list on their homepage.
Why Bloggers Should Use Delicious Subscriptions
Delicious subscriptions has many benefits for bloggers and website owners in general.
- Follow industry leaders within your niche. – Find out what industry leaders are saying and bookmarking in your niche. This will allow you to stay up to date and find not only what is popular, but what is good information.
- Follow what is popular. – Find out what the buzz is in your niche and stay up to date with the newest trends.
- Follow what is new. – Find out what is new. You may find great articles for future reference or ideas for future articles.
- Find keywords from users tags. – Delicious allows you to see what additional tags others have used on their bookmark. Look carefully and you will find new keywords to target.
- Find similar blogs and forum. – Once you find a blog or forum similar to your own, you can expand your brand by commenting and sharing your own experience with others. Of course, if they allow URLs in signatures (if it is a forum) or link to usernames (if they are a blog) you will gain visitors and links, which never hurts.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the subscription service is perhaps Delicious’ greatest asset with an endless list of uses. their subscriptions are a great way to enhance your blog’s marketing capabilities, learn more about industry, and connect with niche leaders.
If you wish to follow me, I am on Delicious as garyr_h.
Written: Sep 28, 2008
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