From the course: Bookmarking Sites for Musicians and Bands
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General submission tips
From the course: Bookmarking Sites for Musicians and Bands
General submission tips
There's a lot of similarity between the major bookmarking sites, so here is some general submission tips to consider that will help fans using the sites find you more easily. If using more than a few bookmarking sites is a pain, you can opt for tools like Onlywire or Social Marker to post links across multiple social bookmarking sites. Social Marker also provides book marking buttons for your website and blog. Avoid multiple versions of the same post, the search engines then have a tough time deciding which is the original and which is the copy. If the search engine bots get confused they may treat your original post as the duplicate. It's best to slightly change the title and description if you're submitting to multiple bookmarking sites in order to avoid any duplication penalties. Generally speaking, a band or a brand account tends to look too promotional. Use an individual account instead. The use of shortened links, like those that come from bit.ly or ow.ly, sometimes are seen as…
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