On 10e20 we talk a lot about social bookmarking sites. To put it simply, social bookmarking is a way for people to save, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks. For me, I am always more concerned about how social bookmarks can drive traffic to my sites and increase sales and its important to know which ones can drive the most traffic. With that in mind, the folks over at eBizMBA have put together a list of the top 20 social bookmarking sites. They based their results on data on a combination of Compete.com and Quantcast data. I have provided the list below with a short explanation of each site (from the sites themselves & Wikipedia) and also their Alexa ranking to see if its consistent with their findings.
1 | Digg – a user driven social content website. It combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. Alexa Rank = 89.
2 | Netscape – a social news portal programmed by you. Users can vote for which stories are to be included on the front page, and may comment on them as well. Alexa Rank = 544
3 | Technorati – searches, surfaces and organizes blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.” Alexa Rank = 201
4 | del.icio.us – the definition of a social bookmarking site. It is now a part of Yahoo! Alexa Rank = 186
5 | StumbleUpon – a web browser plugin that allows its users to discover and rate webpages, photos, videos, and news articles. Alexa Rank = 310
6 | reddit – a social bookmarking website where users can post links to content on the web. Other users may then vote the posted links up or down, causing them to appear more or less prominently on the reddit home page. Alexa Rank = 826
7 | Slashdot – is a science, science fiction, and technology-related news website which features user-submitted and editor-evaluated current affairs news with a “nerdy” slant. Alexa Rank = 433
8 | BlinkList – allows you to save a website instantly, and add the “Tags” and description later, in one click on a different button. Alexa Rank = 3,617
9 | FARK.com – a community website created by Drew Curtis allowing users to comment on a daily batch of news articles and other items from various websites. Links are submitted by Fark members, which are then approved for posting on the main page by administrators (not really a social bookmarking site). Alexa Rank = 1,521
10 | ClipMarks – Save your clips privately, email them to friends, post them on your blog, or share them on ClipMarks for others to see. Alexa Rank = 4,944
11 | Newsvine – Placement of stories is determined by a multitude of factors including freshness, popularity, and reputation. Contribution is open to all, and editorial judgement is in the hands of the community. Alexa Rank = 3,600
12 | furl.net – stands for File Uniform Resource Locators. It’s a free social bookmarking website that allows members to store searchable copies of webpages and share them with others. Every member receives 5 gigabytes of storage space. Alexa Rank = 3,904
13 | BlogMarks – a collaborative link management project based on sharing and key-word tagging. Alexa Rank = 6,619
14 | ShoutWire – a news and information web sitethat allows its users to vote on or “Shout” submitted articles. Alexa Rank = 11,899
15 | BlueDot.us – a social bookmarking and networking software that installs a single browser button for users to “dot” a webpage, making a link to the page part of their Blue Dot profile. Alexa Rank = 11,494
16 | Spurl.net – allows you to store, share and search all the interesting things you find on the web (currently quite limited service due to heavy spam attacks – concentrate your efforts elsewhere). Alexa Rank = 14,009
17 | SpotPlex – allows you to find what is the hot news today, this week, or this month in real time. Not a list of articles people recommended or voted for, but a list of articles read most in a given timeframe. Alexa Rank = 30,339
18 | Simpy – allows you to save, tag and search your own bookmarks and notes or browse and search other users’ links and tags. Alexa Rank = 11,107
19 | MyBookmarks.com – allows you to keep your browser bookmarks and favorites online so you can access them from anywhere. Alexa Rank = 127,018
20 | SpotBack – a personalized rating system that recommends relevant content based on personal rating history using collaborative filtering and aggregated knowledge technologies. Alexa Rank = 44,850
Added:
21 | ma.gnolia – members save websites as bookmarks, just like in their browser. Except with a twist: they also “tag” them, assigning labels that make them easy to find again. Alexa Rank = 7,236
22 | Shadows – link-sharing website that allows you to tap into the collective wisdom and interests of the entire Shadows community. Alexa Rank = 25,636
23 | Jots – a collaborative bookmarking system that allows you to Store, Share and Discover relevant links. Alexa Rank = 65,484
24 | RawSugar - a place to save, share and discover your favorite content in an organized and highly flexible way. Alexa Rank = 26,238
As you can see the Alexa rankings vary a bit from the combination of Compete.com and Quantcast data. If this same listing was based on Alexa’s data – your priorities would lie in this order:
1 | Digg (89)
2 | del.icio.us (186)
3 | Technorati (201)
4 | StumbleUpon (310)
5 | Slashdot (433)
6 | Netscape (544)
7 | reddit (826)
8 | FARK (1,521)
9 | Newsvine (3,600)
10 | BlinkList (3,617)
11 | Furl.net (3,904)
12 | ClipMarks (4,944)
13 | BlogMarks (6,619)
14 | Mag.nolia (7,236)
15 | Simpy (11,107)
16| BlueDot.us (11,494)
17 | ShoutWire (11,899)
18 | Spurl.net (14,009)
19 | Shadows (25,636)
20 | RawSugar (26,238)
21 | Spotplex (30,339)
22 | SpotBack (44,850)
23 | Jots (65,484)
24 | MyBookmarks (127,018)
Either way, this list is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in harnessing the power of some of the most popular social bookmarking services today.
Good and valuable post. I had no idea so many sites focused on social bookmarking.
I am surprised, however (then again, given all those sites, maybe i aught not to be), that you didn’t mention ma.gnolia.
It’s rank appears to be just past BlogMarks.
http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=ma.gnolia.com
Great call Nathan (that’s what happens when you do a post late at night). I have added ma.gnolia . I also added three others that should have been on the list:
* Shadows
* Jots
* RawSugar
Thanks for the help Nathan!
Not a problem. Thanks for taking the time to post, even if it was late night
Actually been reading your blog for a while now.
Also, an addition to Ma.gnolia is it has a lot of community stuff: Groups, pming, etc. Along with a ‘snapshot’ of what your bookmarked page looks like.
I have noticed on many sites that they carry the icons with links to popular markers like del.ic.ious, reddit, digg etc. Anyone know how I can incorporate this feature into my website please? Thank you.
After the recent “numbers” fiasco at digg and their continued resistance to publish any sort of bury information I have begun to write digg off as another friendster.
digg claims to be democratic but, even in a democracy we see ALL of the votes after an election. Bury votes are still votes.
If digg were a democracy than wouldn’t each vote (digg or bury) carry the same weight? Right now it takes far less buries to bury a story than it takes diggs to promote a story. Also, once buried a story can never be unburied.
@ Janet – I will put together a blog post in the coming weeks with the different options, tools, etc.
@ Steve – I hear you. I am still holding out hope that they will make some changes to prevent that…
Many thanks – much appreciated
Cool, except the info for Simpy is not up date. Quantcast shows higher numbers for it: http://www.quantcast.com/simpy.com
No?
The problem with all of the social bookmarking sites is that they are becoming clogged with link spam. With everyone using these sites to “drive more traffic to their sites”, I think some are going to start imploding. Our site, Linkatopia.com isn’t on your list but we actively prevent link spam from filling up our database.
This is an interesting and helpful list. I shall be sure to tell my subscribers about it. Many thanks
You could add FriendSite.com to your list, it’s got a great social bookmarking section and takes the best of MySpace and Facebook into one clear, fun and useful site.. hope that helps your list!
-Rick
Another social bookmarking site:
FuzzFizz – http://www.fuzzfizz.com
Here is one that is DoFollow meaning that you will get a google backlink for each ilnk.
http://www.upchuckr.com
Thanks for this great list of sites. I already use several of the top ranked ones, but you provided many I was not aware of. Plus some great ones added in the comments. Great post!
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:
Thanks for the great list! I’m just getting into social bookmarking and liking what I see. BTW: I found you indirectly from a blog post on Digg.
Thanks,
Shane
Thanks for the list, you can add the following social bookmarking sites into the list;
http://ioch.org -PR# 4 Science & Technology/ Green/climate
http://vhzh.com -Health Niche
http://ukmediaroom.com UK specific social networking site
Have a look at http://www.entopica.com/, a new social bookmarking web site
Entopica is an online system that allows you to easily access, categorize, share and store your bookmarks online.
It is free to join and registration is both quick and easy.
Discover a whole new world of social bookmarking. It is user friendly and easy to use.
Thanks a lot for the list. Was a great help to me for deciding which ones to put up on my blog.
Very good list!
Carmelo Lisciotto
Some great content that will hold some excellent value, I was curious of the top social bookmark sites, because I have the add this plug in.
Many Thanks for your advice.
Try http://www.tvraid.com for more listings.
Here’s another to check out:
http://buzka.com
Excellent reference list, much appreciated. Thanks Nathan
Would you please add http://www.Tagza.com into your list.
Its young new and Funky Social Bookmarking site.
Cheers
I wonder if there will ever be meta-marking sites? Sites that aggregate, filter and rank content across the top 24 sites. What a killer application that will be.
This is a bit more than I thought no wonder the effectiveness of this post is worth being paid for.
This all that and some!
Rocity
I would add http://www.IPopU.com to that list, its a pretty big Social Bookmarking site with 15,000+ members, and tens of thousands of submissions already. Clean simple layout, easy navigation, quick and easy submissions.Many categories to suite a variety of niches across the net.
Check it out.
Thanks for the post, and thanks for the feedback. I’ll check out ipopu and the others. These social bookmarking sites are growing like weeds !
Good list of social bookmarking site list.
can you please add one more site of sb
which is http://www.spicybookmark.com
thanks.
Wow, it’s been a year since I posted on this blog but I see that people keep referring to this page so I thought I would help you out with some updates.
4 of the 24 sites listed by the author of this page have changed or died (Alexa ranks are from today):
1) RawSugar.com, no longer a bookmarking site. Alexa rank: 77,609
2) Jots.com, no longer online, just a page of ads, Alexa rank: 871,345
3) Shadows.com, no longer online, just a page of ads, Alexa rank: 141,363
4) Spotplex.com, “going offline” message, Alexa rank: 379,120
Meanwhile, Linkatopia.com is slowly growing with an Alexa rank of 55,178. Linkatopia deserves its place in the list. Unlike other so-called bookmarking sites that seem to spring up every week, Linkatopia is serious about keeping its database as free of spam as possible. This might be why we don’t seem to have as many “members” as some of these other sites.
thanks,
Robert Giordano
Digg and Del.icio.us are my favorites!
I would like to signal a new social bookmarking website: Reeesearch (http://www.reeesearch.com).
It’s free, it’s still a beta and ,above all, it needs YOU to test it!
It allows users to create and organize links into folders, just like Windows explorer does.
The user can also decide to share or not his folders and/or its links.
Things you can do with Reeesearch:
-bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere;
-share your bookmarks;
-discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web performing searches into Reeesearch database.
So please, visit Reeesearch to sign in and try it.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I would like to add http://www.earnersclub.net It’s a social content site focused on internet marketing, blogging and making money online.
please include EzySpot.com
good list and those short description is clear and short. Thanks
I love this list! I really need it.
A very useful list thank you.
Nice SB collection. *signs up
I think this is awesome and great bookmarking site for all type users…… Thanks
Pretty good list.. i saw another .. its new and seems different. Interesting features once you log in that is.
URL: http://www.highcow.com
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add twitter and facebook. its also getting traffic and improve ranking of web sites
You have nice collection of social bookmarking sites.
I totally agree, Social bookmarking sites are major role in link papularity.
Thanks a lot.
Hi,
How we can promote our site/s thur bookmarking ? Also if we can do the same, as said by Robert do google count the bookmarking links as a backlink.
Can you share some thoughts on promoting a site thur bookmarking ?
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Adding this to my bookmarks. Thank You
I found other sites offering a long list of social bookmarking sites but i think yours is the best. Its very informative. Thanks for the post.
thanks a lot for compiling those list..great job
Nice information thanks a lot for sharing to all.
Thanks for the list. i would also like to add Onlinesocialbookmarking.com to the list.
alexa rank for PR2 do follow social bookmarking sites, 47,000