Social Bookmarking

According to an article based on social networking, there are three distinct advantages: one is making your bookmarks available on multiple computers which allows you to access them from any computer with a strong connection to the internet. next is "sharing", this is a great way to collaborate with collegues or other people that share in the same interest by making your bookmarks readily available to everyone in your social network.Lastly this could potentially be a good way to promote an individual's business. (Blizzard 2006)

I find that the first point that Blizzard makes would be the selling point for me since I am balancing carreer (teaching) and grad school. I have several computers and this tool would allow me to access things I want to research from my school pc to my home computer and vica versa.

The last of the 5 key benefits to social networking mentioned in a web article titled, " 5 Key Benefits of using Social Bookmarking and Media Sites" really grabbed my attention. "Traffic targeted to your content" (Woods 2009). Simply you would post your content and the public reader, reads. This tool attracks the people who are interested in what you have to offer. In a related article, Derrick woods talk about the evolution of social bookmarking with a new program called "Automatic Social Bookmark Submitter Program". It sounds complicated, but it is very simple. The program is designed to keep track of your logins information and makes it easier on the user to lacate sites, thus cutting down on the workload of research efficently.

"Social bookmarking not only makes it easier to locate, but it can also be a source of more traffic towards you site.' (Rana 2009);"

This statement I found to be the consensus amongst the expert user's in the field. It makes alot of sense that people that are in the field of marketing and business would want a tool that promotes their business while working dilligently in making their lives easier.

Although I found many advantages of the SEO tool, I would like to explore the disadvantages that some have been blogging about and that is time consumption, something that honestly everyone has a concern about.