Social bookmarking traffic can easily make or break your website’s success.

Being able to get to the front page of sites like Digg, Delicious, Stumbleupon, and others is a great reward for your website traffic, and isn’t as difficult as you might think.

All you have to do is know what you’re doing, and know what these sites look for to make your website bookmark-worthy.

Here are some tips to help:

• Pay attention to headlines. Your headlines matter. You need to make sure that you use something catchy so that people will want to read more.

• Descriptions count, too. Once people are captured by your headline, they’ll want to know a little bit more. Keep your descriptions short and honest.

• Make the first paragraph the most important part of your article or content, and make sure that it’s the best content that you can provide.

• Content rules. You have to have interesting, simple, straightforward content. People like things that are fun to read, but also provide useful information.

• Timing is key. The rule of thumb is to post after 10 A.M. central time, but other users claim they get more traffic around 3 P.M. central time.

• Choose correct categories, even if you choose ‘Misc.’ or ‘General’.

• Build a profile that shows you’re not just a self-promoter.

• Cooperate and work with other social bookmarkers.

• English is a MUST for success in social bookmarking.

• Keep it current and fresh. If it’s yesterday’s news, no one cares.

• Check the facts, and check the spelling. You need to have correct facts and proper spelling or grammar for credibility and successful posting.

• Understand some topics just don’t work. No matter how hard you try, not every topic will be front page-worthy.

• Have popular or related article links. Show people you’re more than just an article poster.

• Use RSS feeds, affiliate marketing, and newsletter subscriptions to increase bookmarking ranks.

• Do NOT use automated submission tools. These are often seen as spam and can get you banned.

• Respond to comments. People are looking to have a conversation, and want to hear from you.

• Prepare your server. If you’re trying to become front page material, your website needs to handle the increased traffic without crashing.

• Snowball your success. Start with the major players in social bookmarking. From there, if your story is good, it will get put on smaller bookmarking websites by other users, and you’ll get moved up without even having to put in the effort.

In order to get a good social bookmarking campaign going you need to keep these tips in mind.

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