Comments on: Social Bookmarking vs. Visual Clutter

By: Chris Blackwell

Chris Blackwell — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:00:59 +0000

Good call on the buttons. I think we need to see more of this on some major news sites and alike. I don’t use Digg that often but I normally check to see what is on the homepage. I love del.icio.us and use it everyday.

By: HyperDogMedia

HyperDogMedia — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:26:53 +0000

Web site visitors have never been more pressed for time. Will they take the trouble of an extra click or two? How about to visit digg or delicious and paste in a URL? Only if the content is worth it!

I think the best strategy is to begin narrowing the number of social bookmarking icons as the market narrows choices, and as your target market’s profile begins to match the niche(s) certain social bookmarking websites.

By: busy

busy — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:21:00 +0000

It’s a good idea. I rarely use del.icio.us so I usually won’t remember unless I see a reminder.

By: polvero

polvero — Mon, 21 May 2007 06:12:06 +0000

I personally ignore them on all sites. And I think most folks also ignore them. People know how to use del.icio.us. And people know how to use Digg. Whenever I come across a site with those buttons, for whatever reason, I get that feeling like the content I’ve just read just became a bit cheaper. I can’t explain why… but it’s like you’re no longer original any more. Since when did Sitepoint ever have to join in with the crowds?

By: HomerJSimpson

HomerJSimpson — Mon, 21 May 2007 01:11:21 +0000

I do agree with Vinoth…Social bookmarking are a short period of traffic and the conversion is pretty low. Also remembers if you are using share server you might have a problem with your host because the amount of the bandwith :)

Homer

vinaArcade.com

By: vinoth

vinoth — Sun, 20 May 2007 21:22:56 +0000

I do think the social bookmarking sites like DIGG are pretty useful and they lead you traffic and placing buttons to those sites would no cause trouble for u .

By: joaquin_win

joaquin_win — Sat, 19 May 2007 13:24:34 +0000

You Should think of adding the same buttons to your feeds ;)

I came from Google Reader and there I cannot use firefox’s del.icio.us extension because of the ajaxy Reader I use…

It would be one less clic for me ;)

By: Insomn3ak

Insomn3ak — Sat, 19 May 2007 07:25:13 +0000

I agree that if I wanted to Digg an article here, I could easily copy and paste the link into Digg myself. However, the buttons make it one step easier. Plus, not everyone knows about the firefox plug-ins (but if your looking at SitePoint…you arguably SHOULD know about them) so it makes it easier for those people as well.

The social bookmarking sites haven’t gotten to the point where they’re used by the average Joe, as much as they are used by clusters of people interested in certain topics (usually tech, politics, current events, and entertainment to a lesser extent). Those people are almost certain to know about the latest browser plug-ins for these sites. I believe they’re also know as…geeks! Not everyone wants to clutter their toolbars with them though.

As long as you only have links to the top 2 sites though, I think they’re ok.

By: Ryan Price

Ryan Price — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:55:25 +0000

I’m using Share This on my blogs, and it works great. Lets users have the flexibility of using their preferred bookmarking site while taking up the space of a single one.

By: dexterz

dexterz — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:50:12 +0000

I haven’t tried those buttons in my site yet. I don’t know if my site will benefit it. I read some good and bad about these buttons.