Social media optimization (SMO) is one of the areas where we actively participate on various social media websites in order to create traffic, establish buzz and add links back to your website. Social media includes the following social news websites such as Digg, Sphinn and StumbleUpon; video sharing websites such as YouTube and Revver; social network websites, including MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We use social media networks to build large lists of contacts and supporters that can help spread the word about your company and your website.
Facebook is a popular social networking website that enables us to create lists of contacts and network with people all over the world through profile pages, pictures, videos, message boards, and a mixture of technology applications. Facebook is one of the top ten most popular websites in the United States and hosts over 60 million active members.
MySpace is a leading social networking community where we create lists of contacts and network with people all over the world through profile pages, pictures, videos, and blogs. MySpace community has over 200 million members and includes people of all ages and demographics.
StumbleUpon is a peer and social networking technology that provides a toolbar to be installed in the web browser. The purpose of this toolbar is to discover and rate web pages, videos, photos and news articles. StumbleUpon service allows us to submit your web pages, videos, photos and news articles which can help generate buzz, create more traffic and build back links to your website.
MyBlogLog is a popular social networking service that includes a web widget that gets installed on your blog or content website. MyBlogLog widget is a great way to increase traffic to your website and build buzz around your website’s content.
A very powerful and popular way to communicate with friends and customers, create buzz and generate prospective business leads is through micro-blogging. Twitter is a form of social network that enables us to keep your followers up-to-date with what you do.
LinkedIn is a popular business-oriented social networking site that allows you to build a professional network of contacts. The main purpose of LinkedIn is to maintain a list of contact details of people you know and trust in business.
YouTube is a video sharing website that allows users to upload, view and share video clips. Successful videos on YouTube can generate thousands of unique views, which can result in increased brand recognition and customer leads.