Some social media websites, like Digg, are becoming increasingly difficult for bloggers to have their articles go popular. I have been using alternatives which have worked fine for us. Now that you know the basic rules for social media sites you can be successful on any social media website. Here are three that you [...]

With Delores’ recent trouble with Sphinn, I thought I’d write a quick guideline to follow for social media and social bookmarking sites. Here are six basic rules and tips for a successful social media user account.

Always Read Their Rules
Each social media website will have a different set of rules. This is a given, but sometimes [...]

Linkbait has become a popular way for bloggers to increase their readers and traffic.
What is Linkbait?
Linkbait is basically a piece of content placed on a web page that is designed for the specific intention of gathering links from as many different sources as possible. Many linkbaits are also designed to go viral or go be [...]

Hey ya’ll! Delores Defacto, here. I wanted to contribute my blogging plight:
Apparently I’ve been blacklisted from Sphinn.

I set up an account, after seeing that sites such as Blog About Your Blog used it as an alternative for Digg. I added only a few links that I can remember, some for other websites, some of my [...]

*Update* Israel reports that the captcha is only on some posts, but it’s been on all of mine so far.
A disturbing discovery while trying to stumble and review a site today. Stumbleupon is now using captcha!
With stumbleupon obviously being gamed by different website services, I suppose this was inevitable. I’ve heard of automated programs as [...]

After a few quick emails with Kelly Curtis from Pass the Torch we began discussing Stumbleupon. I mentioned the Send To feature, but she had never used it before. Getting your stumble friends to stumble your posts is another way to utilize stumbleupon for more stumbles and more traffic.
How to Use the Send to Feature

On [...]

Yesterday I wrote about how you can Earn Money for your Social Media Votes. People are willing to pay you to vote for your votes. I thought it would be a great article for getting a little stumble traffic. However, a thumbs down killed it.
The topic of selling your votes is a controversial one, especially [...]