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Top 6 Social Networks that Drive Traffic to my Blog

by Pubudu Kodikara on January 19, 2010 in  Social Media
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Social networks are the bloggers best friends. These are like super markets which helps us to sell our goods. Or we can say that they are large bill boards which helps us to advertise our products! So, are you familiar with these social networks? Do you know where and how to submit your article? Do you know where not to submit your articles? If you don’t, lets learn!

These days there is a great demand for social networks. Even a single person can create their own network for free. But, of course we can’t submit our blogs to all of them! (I wish we could). So, today, lets learn about some top social networking sites and what kind of content they accept.

Facebook

With an Alexa rank of 2 and having more than 350 million active users, Facebook is the number one social network on the net (according to Alexa its the number 2 web site). On Facebook you can publish any kind of post. They accept any topic. Not only just publish, Facebook allows you to build a community around your blog using fan pages.

Digg

Digg have an Alexa rank of 102, but it brings me more traffic than Facebook. Digg accepts many kinds of posts :

  • Technology
  • World & Business
  • Science
  • Gaming
  • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Offbeat

But, they are more active on technology stuff! If you have a tech related post, Digg is the best place to promote it.

Reddit

Reddit is one of my favorites. It have a huge amount of categories called “Reddits”. If you can’t find your category you can make one. But its better to stick to already existing Reddits, with have more amounts of members. To survive in Reddit, you need to work hard on it. If you keep on submitting only your own posts, Reddit users will simply kill you by putting negative comments and down votes. So, in Reddit you must be a bit careful. But its worth it!

StumbleUpon

Another great network with a huge amounts of users. Its a bit tricky on how the things work on Stumble. First you need to submit your articles, then people will see your article when stumbling, and if they like, they’ll vote it. The best part is, even a small number of votes can bring a huge wave of traffic to your blog. So better to build a good community around you on StumbleUpon.

MMO Social Network

One of the rising stars from Famousbloggers.net. This network accepts posts related to blogging and online money making. This network have a very special feature which no one else have. In MMO Social Network, when some one click the ads on your submitted pages, you will get a revenue share of 100% for the coming three months! Not bad isn’t it. Another thing is that, because this network is new, you have a good chance to start work on it today, and become a top member!

DZone

This is a network for developers. If you have a good geeky post which belongs to categories like Web development or Programming, this is the best place to promote it. If you can submit a great post, if the DZone members like it, you’ll get a big traffic from DZone!


Now what do you think? Do you think you can increase your traffic from these networks? Do you have more suggestions in your pocket? If so, please put them out as comments… Enjoy!

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1 CJ @
(48 comments)
July 15, 2010 at 12:40 pm

You know,
I might actually have to start using Digg and Reddit. Up until now, I only really took advantage of Sphinn and StumbleUpon. Thanks for the tip!

CJ

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2 Sergej (1 comments) April 29, 2010 at 7:38 am

Thank you for this Lisst.
Digg was new to me, i will try it out!
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3 John from Pro Wrestling Moves (1 comments) January 27, 2010 at 6:14 pm

Thanks Pubudu, this is a good list. I’ve never heard of DZone before, but it looks like a good site.
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4 Sunil Jain from gupshup @
(9 comments)
January 26, 2010 at 8:52 am

Hi bro :) :)
Well described :) :) , and the image which you have used is too good :) :) :)
I would like to know some more sites for promoting only blogging related posts ?? :) :)
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5 dimaks @
(4 comments)
January 23, 2010 at 1:59 pm

thanks for the list of these social networking sites. few years ago, I used Digg but gave up due to very strict regulations. I think I am going to try again :)

And yes, stumble upon really works, I tested it.
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6 social network design (2 comments) January 21, 2010 at 7:07 am

Interesting about the 6 social networking process,its being a great achievement really.

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7 Deepika @
(62 comments)
January 21, 2010 at 12:17 am

Nice list of social networks… Its on of the way to share nice articles… I am using everything except Dzone and its new to me..

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8 lawmacs @
(235 comments)
January 20, 2010 at 4:48 pm

You are right these can be classified as big billboards social networks sites really change the way we socialize on the web and without a doubt they are really great source of traffic

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9 SEO India @
(2 comments)
January 20, 2010 at 5:50 am

Well, all sites are good for traffic.

but still i have not good experience from reddit and DZone.
may be i am doing some thing wrong, but i am using these sites from last one years, still no more traffic compare to DIGG, FB and SU.
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10 dimaks @
(4 comments)
January 23, 2010 at 2:04 pm

ive got poor results too from reddit, perhaps i was not doing a good job there lol
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11 Dennis Edell @
(244 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 7:25 pm

I’ll be ramping up pretty much all of them except digg!
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12 social bookmarking sites (1 comments) January 19, 2010 at 4:00 pm

i want to know more about the other site of social bookmarking because i want avail this opportunity of social bookmarking, which has become the most famous way of blog submission.
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13 John Paul Aguiar @
(38 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 2:26 pm

I get blog luv from all those, and I also do very well on Stumbleupon, even though I don’t spend time on it at all..

Greta tips.
John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..I Have A Million Twitter Followers Now What My ComLuv Profile

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14 Kiesha from Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk @
(3 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 10:12 am

You’re so right – social networks are like the blogger’s mall – (supersize the supermarket metaphor) that is if it’s used effectively and tactfully.

I’d never heard of MMO Social Network until now. I’ve definitely got to check this one out. Thanks for sharing.
Kiesha @ Affiliate Marketer’s Help Desk´s last blog ..10 tips to getting more retweets My ComLuv Profile

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15 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 20, 2010 at 6:20 am

Don’t worry sis… you’ll love MMO Social Network! :D and your right… if we didn’t use the social media carefully… we won’t get anything!
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16 Jenny @
(26 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 7:00 am

Thanks for the list, there are a few on there I completely ignore……..better get on those;)
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17 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 20, 2010 at 6:17 am

Glad you liked it sis! :D
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18 JR from Internet Marketing @
(47 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:08 am

What plugin or tool are you using for your Reply To Comments here?

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19 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:57 am

“WP Thread Comment” is the one you are looking for!

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20 JR from Internet Marketing @
(47 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 12:49 pm

I love that plugin, but I switched themes and now it wont work on my new one, everything works, except the submit comment button disappears when clicking to reply, :-(
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21 Ileane @
(46 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:37 am

Thanks for the insights on Reddit. I gave up on that place long ago. I just meet 2 bloggers on MMOSocialNetwork today so I am really pleased with it. And let’s not forget what a wonderful network Blog Engage is. Also you didn’t mention Twitter, but that’s good for me as well.

Nice post.
Ileane´s last blog ..Blog Engagers That Make My Day! My ComLuv Profile

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22 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:46 am

Your right… not mentioning Twitter, is a grave mistake… thanks for reminding me sis! and of course Blog Engage is a great place for us bloggers! :D
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23 Ari Herzog @
(14 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:27 pm

Due to your Twitter omission, is it fair to presume your list is an unscientific list at best? Or, are you listing things according to analytics reports?
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24 Ari Herzog @
(14 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:28 pm

Also, your “notify me of followup comments” is many spaces away from the end of the sentence, so it’s easy to not check the box as I just failed. Maybe move the box to the left of the text?
Ari Herzog´s last blog ..You and Communications: Online or Off? My ComLuv Profile

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25 MinnieRunner @
(4 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:17 am

Wish I could maximize those Social Networks to advertise my blog. I am so lazy at it :(

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26 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:44 am

Hehe… common bro… if you need traffic you want to work hard:P but not herder :P
Pubudu Kodikara´s last blog ..How To Turn off Annoying Warning Messages on Windows 7? My ComLuv Profile

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27 Tom | Build That List @
(7 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:05 am

That is handy to know the ones that work for you! Some I knew and others I will be checking out.
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28 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:42 am

:D … you’ll love the other networks which you didn’t knew bro… :D
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29 JR from Internet Marketing @
(47 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 3:21 am

I think they are all good, Digg is a little difficult as you have to be careful where you add your content and the categories are limited for MMO and IM, and they will ban accounts for adding content to innapropriate categories.

Also, Sphinn is another great one for blogging, MMO and IM. And MMO Social Networks is great!
JR @ Internet Marketing´s last blog ..The Ultimate and Best Content Spinner Ever My ComLuv Profile

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30 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 4:41 am

Ah! i forgot about sphinn! its for web developers right?
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31 JR from Internet Marketing @
(47 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:07 am

It’s for everything Internet marketing, blogging, MMO and SEO, so it’s more for marketing posts of all kinds, though web design is welcome.

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32 Pubudu Kodikara @
(56 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:54 am

hehe.. cool :D
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33 Hesham @
(2694 comments)
January 19, 2010 at 5:55 am

It’s not easy to enter Sphinn world ;) to be careful with that one!

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34 JR from Internet Marketing @
(47 comments)
January 21, 2010 at 1:22 pm

Yes they can be fussy, but as long as you write good content, and not just some promo crap, they will post and approve your stuff.

Also, I wanted to mention BlogEngage and MMO Social Network, both great places to post IM/Blog/Online Biz related content.
JR @ Internet Marketing´s last blog ..List of 128 Comment Luv Blogs by Niche My ComLuv Profile

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