By Lee Cole

If you’re an internet marketer, then Digg, Squidoo, Hubpages, StumbleUpon, Propeller, and a hundred or so other sites are probably one your most important assets on the Web right now. I can create a site on my own domain tonight, post a few pages to several social bookmarking sites, and create a 50 - 100 visitor a day phenomenon that just keeps on rolling and building.

Let me tell you why this works and a little about how to use it.

Google hates new sites! Well, “hates” might be a little extreme, but you know what I mean. Let’s just say, Google prefers older sites. The idea is the older the site, the more probability that the site has content that satisfies Google’s users.

Remember Google has one and only one goal in life–to deliver the perfect search results every time. New sites are unproven, and less likely to do this.

That presents a problem for those of us who make new sites on a monthly, if not weekly basis. How can you get your site seen, how can you get the traffic, if Google consistently ranks older sites higher than your new site?

Enter Web 2.0!

Let’s use Squidoo as an example.

Squidoo is a site that let’s you build mini websites on their platform. Although, from your point of view, you’re building a new site, Google doesn’t look at it that way. Squidoo sites are ranked very highly in the search results.

If you Digg a webpage on your new site, your webpage might not show up in the search results, but your Digg post has a great chance of ranking highly–which is just as well. People will see the Digg post and click through to your site.

When I build a site, or work on getting traffic to a new site, I use these Web 2.0 platforms to gather traffic and send it to my new site. I’ll use Digg, StumbleUpon, Propeller and the like to create buzz.

This is essentially viral marketing.

But wait! There’s more.

Not everything is going to make it to Digg’s front page. There seems to be a small number of topics that do. That’s because Digg’s users are a fairly narrow demographic. If, however, your site addresses one of Digg’s pet topics, then you can create a ton of server crushing traffic by getting people to vote your page up.

I know this is gaming the system, but isn’t that what marketing is all about?

Lately, several more niche social bookmarking sites are popping up. They’re easier to go viral in. HealthRanker would be an example in the health field.

To learn more about how to promote your website, download my free ebook: [http://www.internet-persuasion-techniques.com/sqpgsocialbookmarking.html]Five Steps to Web Profits!

Lee Cole is an successful internet marketer who can help you get your internet business up and running, and most importantly–profitable! To learn more, [http://www.internet-persuasion-techniques.com/sqpgsocialbookmarking.html]visit Lee’s website!

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