Written on January 19th, 2008 at 05:01 am by Darren Rowse

What is Your Favorite Social Bookmarking Site?

Reader Questions, Social Media 94 comments

This week’s poll focuses upon social bookmarking sites.

Bloggers have a fascination with these sites – some because of the lure of avalanches of traffic, others because they find them to be sources of inspiration for posts and others because of the social interaction.

But which social bookmarking site do you like the most?

What is Your Favorite Social Bookmarking Site?
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I’d love to hear why you choose the social bookmarking site that you do and if you choose ‘other’ what one you’d add to the list.

Thanks to sitemost on Twitter for the idea for this Poll.

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94 Responses to “What is Your Favorite Social Bookmarking Site?” - Add Yours

  • acosmin

    January 19th, 2008 5:57 am

    for me stumbleupon :) it sends more traffic when you aren’t expecting

  • Minic

    January 19th, 2008 6:00 am

    I can’t live a day without del.icio.us :)

  • The How-To Geek

    January 19th, 2008 6:05 am

    I’m surprised you didn’t include Sphinn in the list… I don’t personally use it, but it’s popular with your readers, I’m guessing.

    Personally I use Stumble and Delicious.

  • Karen Sugarpants

    January 19th, 2008 6:06 am

    We use Digg and Propeller at Famecrawler and Propeller continuously sends more traffic than Digg.

  • BW

    January 19th, 2008 6:06 am

    I need to stumble more often

  • Jamie Harrop

    January 19th, 2008 6:08 am

    I voted for other because I prefer BloggingZoom. BZ is still small enough to be able to make a significant impact, but large enough to bring in quality traffic.

  • Chris Jacobson

    January 19th, 2008 6:10 am

    SU for me. I don’t think Digg likes me anymore.

  • supermom_in_ny

    January 19th, 2008 6:16 am

    I use StumbleUpon because I believe the playing field is more level than at digg. Your readers can stumble you and you can get lots of traffic very quickly. You don’t have to be part of an elite crowd like at Digg.

    StumbleUpon accepts a wider variety of topics as well as photos and videos. Digg users (voters) tend to enjoy more tech related articles and bizarre news stories.

    What I dislike the most about Digg is the mob mentality hat festers among it’s regular users. It doesn’t take much for them to put a person down and it takes even less for them to launch a verbal attack. The other day I was going to digg a fellow blogger’s article. She’s a female and it was not your normal “DIGG” material. The comments were getting ugly very quickly. One person wrote a comment berating the topic. I felt like a recess aid at my kid’s school, watching the bullies lurking and looking for trouble.

  • Koby

    January 19th, 2008 6:28 am

    I see most of the comments revolve around generating traffic. I use Digg to find ideas for content.

    I don’t really rely on social bookmarking sites to generate traffic. I think there is enough commentary that shows that social bookmarking sites do not really bring traffic that comes back to your site on a regular basis.

  • Dustin Brewer

    January 19th, 2008 6:31 am

    I think stumbleupon is my favorite right now, just because it generates the most traffic for my site. haha. I think I use delicious the most though.

    I also like http://designfloat.com because it is almost always on-topic for my interests when I am looking for articles to read (outside of my rss feeds).

  • How To Rule The World

    January 19th, 2008 6:36 am

    My fav is Stumbleupon. I like it so much I am writing a series on it. It seems to be the easiest way to get good traffic. People actually read the articles, sign up to my rss and come back again to visit my site. I also enjoy the ease of networking with other bloggers and the ability to chat and share ideas with others. Its not as secretive as digg…

  • Luke

    January 19th, 2008 6:38 am

    for the record – I (www.twitter.com/livingstonmedia) seconded @smitemost for the recommendation of this poll. haha

    but I agree with lots of the people above – while all the social bookmarking sites are helpful, and it can never hurt to have a presence on any of them – gotta love StumbleUpon for the traffic they send (especially in relation to the amount of work you have to put in to get that traffic to your site – all it takes — sometimes — is a “thumbs up”)!

  • jon

    January 19th, 2008 6:39 am

    my faviorite social bookmarking site:

    -:- del.icio.us
    -:- digg
    -:- http://www.bloggers-help.blogspot.com

    thanks

  • John Martin

    January 19th, 2008 6:39 am

    I like Diigo. It provides the all of the functionality of del.icio.us (and allows syncing with your del.icio.us account) but also provides a mechanism for notes and commentary. Particularly effective in educational environments.

  • Courtney

    January 19th, 2008 6:44 am

    I use delicious just because it was the first one I found when I started blogging.

  • OPEN GIGA

    January 19th, 2008 6:52 am

    hi,

    nowadays my favorite social bookmarking site is stumbleupon ;-)

  • rjmoriarty

    January 19th, 2008 6:53 am

    I’m a particular fan of Sphinn. Even though I’m not an SEO guru by any means, I find internet marketing fascinating. Besides that, the Sphinn community is both the friendliest and most focused social bookmarking community with its level of activity.

  • Darren Rowse

    January 19th, 2008 6:58 am

    thanks everyone for your suggestions. I was going to include both Sphinn but thought if I started having to include more nichey/targeted sites that I’d have to add 20 or so more :-)

  • DJ

    January 19th, 2008 7:01 am

    I like StumbleUpon as my favorite, but I think Thoof is a close second. I noticed that Thoof isn’t listed, so maybe I found something new? :)

  • Lex G

    January 19th, 2008 7:03 am

    Must be stumbleupon …

  • Sonia Simone

    January 19th, 2008 7:06 am

    I like StumbleUpon a lot as a user, to find weird and interesting stuff.

    I get lots of SU traffic but they don’t seem very sticky. Still, nice to have folks swing by (however quickly).

    Still need to make the time to delve deeper into delicious as a social site. I love it as a place to park my stuff, but I want to do more with exploring it for interesting links and peeks at the zeitgeist.

  • Michael Martin

    January 19th, 2008 7:06 am

    StumbleUpon is my favorite because it’s the easiest way of finding new content. Del.icio.us is great for re-finding content that you already enjoyed, and Digg is a nice way of seeing the current hot-topics, but SU is out on its own for discovering content. :)

  • UltraRob

    January 19th, 2008 7:07 am

    I really like StumbleUpon. I’ve found all sorts of cool things stumbling and I’ve made some good contacts from it too. I’ve also seen more traffic from it than other sites.

  • Greg

    January 19th, 2008 7:11 am

    Can’t go a day without Digg! That’s mostly due to the fact that I haven’t really checked out the other social bookmarking sites yet. I’m just the type of person that when I find something I like, I stick with it.

  • Ryan Oelke

    January 19th, 2008 7:17 am

    At Falling Fruit we find Stumble Upon generates the most traffic by far, which is one perspective on using bookmarking systems. Digg’s crowd is simply to tech oriented, even if they have multiple categories. MindBodyGreen is an excellent compliment to Digg given the focus of their site – Mind (personal devo. , spirituality, psychology), Body, Green (green biz, sustainability, etc).

    The other perspective is using these systems as reference tools, for which I use Delicious – ridiculously efficient when combined with Firefox! I wish I could separate tags by commas, but it’s so good that I don’t care.

  • sid

    January 19th, 2008 7:19 am

    I chose reddit because I generally find a diverse selection of good reading material there. I also use del.icio.us extensively for bookmarking my own finds and StumbleUpon for exploring the weird wonderful web.

  • Jaffer

    January 19th, 2008 7:21 am

    May be next time I suggest you ask which social bookmarking sites we use – so that we can choose multiple services when voting.

    I use del.icio.us and Stumble upon frequently.

    Why isn’t Ma.gnolia in the list ?

  • sid

    January 19th, 2008 7:24 am

    I should add that I agree with supermom_in_ny’s assessment of Digg’s aggressive and hostile nature…real turn-off for me.

  • Katy

    January 19th, 2008 7:29 am

    StumbleUpon has been great for my site. I also like it because it’s easy to navigate and find new blogs I’m not sure I would have previously found.

  • Cookemouse

    January 19th, 2008 7:32 am

    Cookiemouse is just getting into StumbleUpon after being a long time fan of Delicious.

  • plonkee

    January 19th, 2008 7:32 am

    I love StumbleUpon. I’m a big fan of the randomness of it, especially if you have really disparate categories. I’ve only just got into social media and I find Digg and Reddit very un-user friendly.

  • Todor

    January 19th, 2008 7:33 am

    Del.icio.us – definitely! Easy to use, simple, brilliant.

  • Dennis Bjørn Petersen

    January 19th, 2008 7:34 am

    I think the poll says it all. StumbleUpon is the best. There is no greater way of finding various sites than SU.

  • Patrick Burt

    January 19th, 2008 7:38 am

    I use Digg to get traffic and find excellent articles. It’s perfect. :)

  • Debby

    January 19th, 2008 7:43 am

    Stumbleupon is my favorite and Sphinn is coming in a close second. I have noticed that any website bookmarked with either of these sites are indexed in Google almost immediately.

    I “Sphunn” an article last week and it was in a search I did in Google an hour later. I was impressed and have been using that site ever since.

  • sarat kumar

    January 19th, 2008 7:46 am

    I just came across del.icio.us site from one news article and I went to visit that site only to see what it does.. I explored a little and I began to love the way it organized the data..

    What struck me most is that I can search anything beyond just news and articles in it.. i can get info about cool tools, softwares, tips and tutorials.. and basically i liked the idea of sharing my favorite links to who ever like in a simple n stright forward fashion.

  • Frugal Dad

    January 19th, 2008 7:47 am

    Until just recently it had been Digg, but my article on the impending tax rebates here in the States drew hundreds from StumbleUpon and swayed my vote.

  • lady coveted

    January 19th, 2008 7:53 am

    i use stumble upon and delicious for different things… if i see a cool site i’ll give it a thumbs up, but if i’m doing research, i’ll use delicious, because the tagging is easy and it’s very simple.

  • Hawksdomain

    January 19th, 2008 7:55 am

    StumbleUpon by far gives the best traffic. For personal bookmarking, however, I prefer Delicious, I can always find what i’m looking for easily…. I would die if I was stuck with old school bookmarking again!

  • McClellanville Real Estate

    January 19th, 2008 8:02 am

    I’ve experimented with all and SU is the only one that ever brings me traffic. It’s also very steady as opposed to the jumps you get from others. So easy to use and to use on others sites as well. It’s a great concept into today’s ADD society.

  • redwall_hp

    January 19th, 2008 8:09 am

    It depends. I like looking at Digg and Reddit. StumbleUpon is fun, and brings me traffic. I use Del.icio.us instead of my Firefox bookmarks…

    I’m not going to vote because I find them all useful.

    Related: http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/01/18/making-sense-of-social-bookmarking-sites/

  • Michael

    January 19th, 2008 8:19 am

    Like many others, I look at most of them. But SU seems to have less junk and more of what I am looking for. And, from a blogger / webmaster’s side, it is the one that seems to work best for getting real traffic to my sites.

  • Mike Olbinski

    January 19th, 2008 8:33 am

    Voted Other for Blogging Zoom….

  • RobG

    January 19th, 2008 8:47 am

    StumbleUpon is my fav…but I also stumble all the time, it is addictive. I like the ability to view my interest. I like being able to broadcast to friends and I like to view what my friends look at. I also like the Stumble image options.

  • Mike Goad

    January 19th, 2008 9:00 am

    As a dedicated stumbler for 43 months now, that was an easy survey. However, I’ve just recently started using it more as a tool to give some small amount of recognition to sites and blog posts that I think are worth looking at, like this post and this blog.

  • How To Rule The World

    January 19th, 2008 9:03 am

    wow, stumbleupon is winning by a land slide ;)

  • Dee

    January 19th, 2008 9:27 am

    I mainly use social bookmarking to advertise my blogs.

    I’ve found that when I dig an article I get more readers.

    Oh, by the way, I love your blog…I’ve gained quite a bit of blogging knowledge.

    Thanks,

    Dee

  • Peter Cooper

    January 19th, 2008 9:43 am

    People are voting for Stumbleupon, and most likely because it’s a good marketing tool where you can push your own agenda, but I’d argue it’s not REALLY a “social bookmarking” site. I doubt most users use Stumbleupon to store info about interesting sites they visit, but more for “stumbling” and promoting. The interface to read out stuff you liked isn’t that structured, etc.. and for actual “bookmarking” the only one in the list that really focuses on that is del.icio.us. Digg and Reddit are really news sites, to be honest, I wouldn’t store all my bookmarks there.

  • Portable Video Gamer

    January 19th, 2008 9:47 am

    Interesting poll. I was surprised to see so much support for stumbleupon, but maybe that has to do with the less-than-transparent practices of that “other” social bookmarking site.

    I think there are more people banned from Digg than there are actual Digg users and submitters.

  • Stephanie

    January 19th, 2008 9:47 am

    I like SU also. Lots of fun sites and decent traffic from them.

  • Sara

    January 19th, 2008 10:10 am

    My favorite is Stumbleupon, because I am curious and love finding new content; I would be into it even if I didn’t blog. But I love checking Reddit and Digg daily for entertainment purposes and to see what the buzz is.

  • Keshav Khera

    January 19th, 2008 10:31 am

    My vote goes to SU, which is already winning! :P

  • Vince

    January 19th, 2008 10:37 am

    Propeller ranks so high in Google. In a matter of less than an hour i can get a front page link. I hope I didn’t spill the beans

  • Reagu

    January 19th, 2008 11:00 am

    Stumbleupon gives more traffic. But I like reading stories on Digg.

  • Stephen Collins

    January 19th, 2008 11:00 am

    Darren, alongside me, several of the folks I collaborate with in social media consulting circles have taken to using ma.gnolia.com as our social bookmarking site of choice. While del.icio.us is great and incredibly lightweight (plus they have an awesome Firefox plugin), ma.gnolia offers a richer social experience.

  • Collin LaHay

    January 19th, 2008 11:13 am

    I have to say Digg because they just sent me 75,000 unique visitors last week. =p

  • Cory

    January 19th, 2008 11:28 am

    I use StumbleUpon b/c it’s easy to use, and I feel like I won something when I get to be the one who discovers a new post. Good stuff!

  • Michael Lodispoto

    January 19th, 2008 11:30 am

    Stumbleupon is the king of new sites and traffic, but for community I’m starting to prefer Sphinn and the cool people in it. You have one site in your list that really shouldn’t be there I think.

  • Kristen

    January 19th, 2008 12:37 pm

    I like and use all those sites but Stumble Upon is my favorite.

  • Sangesh

    January 19th, 2008 1:53 pm

    I use delicious quite often because of its simplicity. I also prefer StumbleUpon regularly.

  • Thássius V.

    January 19th, 2008 2:51 pm

    Here in Brazil the most common social bookmarking site is Rec6: http://rec6.via6.com/

  • Anthony

    January 19th, 2008 3:01 pm

    The only social news site I both read and submit to now days is the Australian focused Kwoff. Though I would also call Tumblr a social news/bookmarking site as it goes beyond being just a blogging platform and acts like a discovery tool with social interaction built in for good measure.

  • WTJ

    January 19th, 2008 3:24 pm

    Stumbleupon of course! Not only bringing me good sites, but also give me lots of resource to blog about.

  • anant shrivastava

    January 19th, 2008 4:24 pm

    stumbleupon all hey way for me,

    coz it not only helps good and voluminous traffic but it also help’s me discover a lot of new sites and stuff.
    I regularly spend around half an hour a day stumbling, and get a load of new stuff.

  • Justin Tadlock

    January 19th, 2008 5:05 pm

    I chose other because I think http://wpthemez.com is the best social bookmarking site around, Basically, you can vote on what WordPress themes you like the best.

  • Pensacola Real Estate News

    January 19th, 2008 9:10 pm

    Stumbleupon seems to be the easiest, and sends me far more traffic than other sites. I don’t really know how great that traffic is compared to the other sites.

  • esvl

    January 19th, 2008 11:47 pm

    I have two stumbleupon accounts, One for work and one for fun.

  • Jack Stone

    January 20th, 2008 12:24 am

    i think StumbleUpon is the best

  • Rebecca Laffar-Smith

    January 20th, 2008 1:09 am

    Am I the only one seeing very, very tiny results bars? I know most of us can count but it is always great to have a visual reference when comparing results.

    I selected StumbleUpon too but I suspect our individual blog niches make a huge impact on the quality and quantity of traffic these social media sites distribute. Our interests would also influence the social aspect of these sites. StumbleUpon seems like the best fit for me (from those I’ve tried so far) and I absolutely love the stats it brings my way. In fact, I love it so much I wrote about it: Hit Explosions – StumbleUpon More Traffic

  • Genesis

    January 20th, 2008 1:47 am

    I like StumbleUpon for several reasons. It sends me more traffic than any other social site. Many others, like Digg only count if you hit the front page and my blog isn´t really meant for Diggers.

    SU also has a variety of very useful content and I use it frequently to get ideas for blog posts and articles that I´m writing. It´s a great source of inspiration (and a good time waster, too, if you aren´t careful!).

  • Sueblimely

    January 20th, 2008 3:51 am

    Del.icio.us for me as a bookmarking site – I use it extensively. I can organize bookmarks efficiently to use it as a reference, It is not so time dependent – if an article is years old but still of use I can find it there. It is not about what is the flavor of the day or boosting your mates to give them kudos, it is a useful tool.
    I do not class Stumbleupon as a ‘bookmarking tool’, and would rarely go back there to find things again. The emphasis with SU is on the ’social’ and it is more valuable as a traffic tool and keeping up with what is new. I use the two for very different purposes.

  • Todd Earwood

    January 20th, 2008 3:57 am

    I agree with Sueblimely that I love del.icio.us and still enjoy it as a reference point for months of bookmarking. Also, I don’t see SU as bookmarking as much as social/promotional site.

    I’d add that I’ve really enjoyed Mixx.com and their “your Mixx” feature. It’s the best way for me to see great content based on my keyword interests.

  • Sue

    January 20th, 2008 5:10 am

    Stumble – for all the reasons supermom in ny said. At age 35 I feel like I’m too old for Digg!!

  • Rob Cooper

    January 20th, 2008 5:38 am

    Darren, I’d love to know what poll software / plugin you’re using. I was stunned to see it appear in my email this morning via feedburner

  • PunditMom

    January 20th, 2008 5:45 am

    You forgot sk*rt! And the MotherHood!

  • Tom Lindstrom

    January 20th, 2008 5:53 am

    My vote goes to Stumbleupon.

  • Brad V.

    January 20th, 2008 7:23 am

    I love Stumble, mostly because it sends my little blog gobs of traffic and has really helped my blog grow over the last year. I tried Digg a while back, but got fed up with only a few users controlling most of the content most of the time.

  • minde

    January 20th, 2008 8:02 am

    Hi,
    In my opinion the best is Digg. :)

    http://www.techday.info

  • Darren Rowse

    January 20th, 2008 10:12 am

    SU a clear winner so far!

    btw – I use a WordPress plugin called ‘democracy’ to run these polls.

  • Edward

    January 20th, 2008 6:09 pm

    Digg – Can receive a spike of traffic within a day, useful of letting people know about your blog~

  • dandellion Kimban

    January 20th, 2008 6:14 pm

    I love del.icio.us because it is most useful as a personal bookmarking tool. It keeps my hundreds of bookmarks I might need one day.
    I love stumble upon cause it is fun to jump over the web when I am bored and it is a nice way to share what you like.
    I love redit cause it sends me most traffic.

  • Mark Dykeman

    January 20th, 2008 11:41 pm

    I’m having better, more consistent success with StumbleUpon. I like the fact that it provides an ongoing “stumble stream” rather than the feast or famine “Digg effect”, although I’m still working on creating those lasting, ongoing “stumble streams”.

  • Tamar Weinberg

    January 21st, 2008 5:40 am

    I’m a huge fan of Digg and StumbleUpon, but if you use the term “social bookmarking,” the answer to the question is SU. Digg is more, to me, like a “social news” site. I typically use it for breaking and interesting news. If I want to get news that I refer back to later, it’s all about SU, baby.

  • Brian Purkiss

    January 21st, 2008 10:31 am

    SU by FAR.

  • Jens P. Berget

    January 21st, 2008 3:59 pm

    StumbleUpon is my favorite. The reason is that it’s so incredible easy to use.

    Very easy to add new sites, very easy to surf and I almost always get good content when I surf.

  • Caitlin

    January 21st, 2008 8:12 pm

    I use Delicious to save bookmarks and Stumble to randomly browse the web.

    But I haven’t really checked out the others. I know Digg has a big fan base but it reminds me a bit too much of the Slashdot crowd. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that but it’s not a good fit for me).

  • CanCar

    January 22nd, 2008 4:53 am

    For now SU is the best. Although social bookmarking needs the blogs pushing, because definitively they cannot make the work single. Posting blogs aid to raise the ranking of your page.

  • sandossu

    January 22nd, 2008 10:03 am

    My favourite is stumbleupon, because digg has all kind of unpleasant users, that all they do is bury news and start flames.

  • Tyler Weaver

    January 24th, 2008 12:36 am

    SU is a very good resource in my eyes. Not only for traffic, but it is an interesting resource in times of extreme boredom..

  • Jennifer/The Word Cellar

    January 26th, 2008 10:29 am

    I’m with PunditMom: Don’t forget sk*rt! (www.sk-rt.com)

  • Matt Ellsworth

    January 30th, 2008 1:21 pm

    delicious is my favorite social bookmarking.
    digg is my favorite social voting – although mixx is fun too.
    I love SU – but I’m not sure what category of site it really is.

  • Greg Lunger

    February 15th, 2008 3:30 am

    Stumble Upon is by far the best. The range of topic’s. Ease and fun of using. Easy to find tons of info on subjects your interested in. Great for info for blog post. Great for finding friend’s and other bloggers with similar interest.

    Plus I get Sooo Much more Traffic from Stumble Upon than any place els, with so little effort too.

    All the Best My Friend’s !!!******

  • jacobmatthew

    April 15th, 2008 2:18 pm

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  • indiandigg

    April 7th, 2009 8:03 am

    digg si my favorite site becuase here i story submiting is very easy.


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