Posted 27 Aug 2007 by by Chris Winfield in Search Engine Land

Digg and Reddit get all the props in the social news world because they are big, flashy, and can give you huge traffic. But the big boys might not always be right for your business or a particular piece of content that you want exposure for. That’s why it’s important to zero in on the niche social news sites that are right for your business, the ones that your potential customers or partners are reading right now. Here’s how to identify these sites and make sure that you won’t just be wasting your time.

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Posted 27 Aug 2007 by by Neil Patel in Search Engine Land

There are hundreds, if not thousands of social media sites. Because there are so many it can be difficult to figure out which ones to target. In an ideal world you would target them all but with limited time it’s important to prioritize. If you are wondering which social sites to target, wonder no more because these 5 steps should answer your question:

Step 1: List out the keywords associated with your website. For example, “Search Engine Land” is probably related to: search engines, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, social media, search engine marketing etc.

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by Guy Kawasaki

“I learn something new every day. Little did I know, being the trailing-edge blogger that I am, that Digg is so powerful. I’ve focused on links and Technorati, but there’s a parallel universe of traffic and Digg.

“Here’s a good example. This is my traffic log for the first few weeks of September. The spike of 37,366 page views on September 8th is purely because a blog posting appeared on the home page of Digg.

“The guy who removed the scales from my eyes about the power of Digg is Neil Patel. He’s written a very informative post called Using Digg And Netscape To Get Traffic that you should read if you care about traffic. He writes lots of good stuff about blog/site optimization, so consider subscribing to his RSS feed by clicking here.”

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