Since digging and bookmarking and twittering and …… is the big thing these days, I thought that I would give you a list of some of the places to go and “work the rooms” Good luck You can also see the page rank of the sites.

6 Clicks http://6-clicks.com PR2
A World of Help http://aworldofhelp.com/home/index2.htm PR4
30 Day Tags http://www.30daytags.com/fresh PR5
Adoppt http://adoppt.com/ PR5
Ambedo http://www.ambedo.com/ PR5
All my Favorites http://www.allmyfavorites.net/ PR4
Article Tag http://articletag.com/index.php PR4
Backflip http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml PR6
Bean Rocket http://www.beanrocket.com/ PR6
BibSonomy http://www.30daytags.com/fresh PR1
Blabb http://www.blabb.com/user/blabb.php PR0
Blauerbote http://bookmarks.blauerbote.com/ PR0
BlinkBits http://www.blinkbits.com/ PR4
BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/ PR6
BlogHop http://www.bloghop.com/ PR7
BlogLot http://www.bloglot.com/ PR2
Blogmarks http://www.blogmarks.net/ PR6
BlogMemes http://www.blogmemes.net/ PR5
BlogPulse http://www.blogpulse.com/ PR7
Blue Dot http://bluedot.us/friends/dots PR0
BmAccess http://www.bmaccess.net/ PR4
Bookkit http://www.bookkit.com/ PR4
Bookmark Manager http://www.bookmark-manager.com/ PR5
BookmarkTracker http://www.bookmarktracker.com/ PR5
Browsr http://www.browsr.com/ PR5
BuddyMarks http://buddymarks.com/ PR6
ButterFly http://www.butterflyproject.nl/ PR4
Chipmark https://www.chipmark.com PR5
CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/ PR6
ClipClip http://www.clipclip.org/ PR4
Clipfire http://www.clipfire.com/PR6
Clipmarks http://www.clipmarks.com/ PR4
Cluebacca http://www.cluebacca.com/ PR6
Collect Favorites http://www.collectfavorites.com/ PR0
Complore http://www.complore.com/ PR0
Connectedy http://www.connectedy.com/ PR5
Connotea http://www.connectedy.com/ PR7
CrispyNews http://www.crispynews.com/global PR2
De.lirio.us http://www.de.lirio.us/ PR3
Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ PR8
Digg http://www.digg.com/ PR7
Diigo http://www.diigo.com/ PR6
DinnerBuzz http://www.dinnerbuzz.com/ PR5
Dog Ear http://www.eigology.com/dogear/ PR3
DoHat http://dohat.com/dohathome3.html PR3
Eggkeg http://www.eggkeg.com/ PR0
Esnips http://www.esnips.com/signin/index.jsp PR4
Fantacular http://www.fantacular.com/ PR5
Fark http://www.fark.com/ PR8
Fat Red Fish http://www.fatredfish.com/ PR0
Favmark http://www.favmark.com/ PR4
Favoor http://www.favoor.com/ PR3
Feed Me Links http://feedmelinks.com/portalc PR3
FeedAlley http://www.feedalley.com/ PR5
Feedmarker http://www.feedmarker.com/ PR6
Filangy http://www.filangy.com/index.jsp PR5
Flip Skipper http://www.flipskipper.com/ PR3
Forums of India http://www.forumsofindia.com/ PR0
Frassle http://frassle.net/ PR6
Free Knowledge Forum http://3form.com/ PR4
Fungow http://www.fungow.com/ PR0
Furl http://www.furl.net/ PR8
Gather http://www.gather.com/ PR5
GetBoo http://www.getboo.com/ PR1
Gibeo http://www.gibeo.net/ PR6
Give a Link http://www.Givealink.org PR4
Gnafi http://gnafi.com/ PR5
GoKoDo http://mybookmark.gokodo.com/ PR0
Google Notebook http://www.google.com/notebook PR7
Gravee http://www.gravee.com/ PR5
GUIcookies http://www.guicookies.com/ PR4
Hanzo http://www.hanzoweb.com/ PR6
Hot Links http://dev.upian.com/hotlinks/ PR6
i89.us http://www.i89.us/ PR3
IceRocket http://www.icerocket.com/ PR7
IgoobToob http://www.goobtoob.com/ PR0
igooi http://www.igooi.com/ PR5
IKeepBookmarks http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/ PR2
Indiagram http://indiagram.com/index.php PR4
Indiamarks http://www.indiamarks.com/ PR2
Jet Eye http://www.jeteye.com/ PR5
Jots http://www.jots.com/ PR6
Kaboodle http://www.kaboodle.com/ PR6
Kinja http://kinja.com/ PR7
KMFavorites http://www.kmfavorites.com/ PR5
Kuro5hin http://www.kuro5hin.org/ PR8
Library Thing http://www.librarything.com/ PR7
Lifelogger http://www.lifelogger.com/ PR5
Lilisto http://www.lilisto.com/ PR3
LinkaGoGo http://www.linkagogo.com/go/Home PR5
Linkarena http://www.linkarena.com/ PR4
Linkatopia http://linkatopia.com/ PR0
Linkfilter http://linkfilter.net/ PR6
Linklog http://www.linklog.nl/ (Dutch) PR0
Linkologia http://www.linkologia.pl/ (Polish) PR4
Linkroll http://www.linkroll.com/ PR6
Listible http://www.listible.com/ PR2
ListMixer http://listmixer.com/ PR6
Look This Up http://www.lookupthis.com/online/signin.asp PR5
Lookmarks http://www.lookmarks.com/ PR5
Ma.gnolia https://ma.gnolia.com/ PR3
Maple http://maple.nu/ PR6
Markaboo http://www.markaboo.com PR0
Mecanbe http://www.mecanbe.com/temp/default.aspx PR6
Meme-stream http://www.meme-stream.com/ PR3
Menéame http://meneame.net/ PR5
Millions Of Games http://www.millionsofgames.com/ PR5
Mind Deposit http://www.minddeposit.com/ PR0
MotorKen http://motor.crispynews.com/ PR5
My Bookmark Manager http://www.mybookmarkmanager.com/ PR5
myHq http://www.myhq.com/ PR5
MyLinkVault http://www.mylinkvault.com/ PR5
MyPIP http://www.mypip.com/home/ PR5
MyProgs http://myprogs.net/ PR6
My Stickies http://www.mystickies.com/ PR6
myVmarks http://www.myvmarks.com/ PR5
Netvouz http://www.netvouz.com/ PR6
Newsvine http://www.newsvine.com/ PR7
Nextaris http://www.nextaris.com/ PR7
NowPublic http://www.nowpublic.com/ PR6
Only Wire http://www.onlywire.com/ PR3
OpenBM http://www.openbm.de/ PR5
Oyax http://www.oyax.com/ PR4
PennTags http://tags.library.upenn.edu/ PR5
People Feeds http://www.peoplefeeds.com/ PR5
Phigita http://www.phigita.net/ PR5 (Greek)
PixelMo http://www.pixelmo.com/ PR0 (Bookmarking video Game News)
Pligg http://www.pligg.com/ PR5
Plum http://www.peoplefeeds.com/ PR4
popurls http://popurls.com/ PR0
Portachi http://www.portachi.com/ PR5
RawSugar http://www.rawsugar.com/index.faces PR4
Recommend it http://recommendit.dehsoftware.com/ PR0
Reddit http://www.reddit.com/ PR0
Rojo http://www.rojo.com/ PR0
Rollyo http://www.rollyo.com/ PR6
Rrove.com http://www.rrove.com/home PR5
Sa.bros.us http://www.stanmx.com/sabrosus/ PR4
Say Something- Everything! http://say.something-everything.com/ PR0
Scuttle http://scuttle.org/ PR6
Searchles http://www.searchles.com/ PR0
Segnalo http://segnalo.alice.it/ (Italian) PR5
Shadows http://www.shadows.com/ PR7
Shoppers Base http://www.shoppersbase.com/ PR0
Shoutwire http://www.shoutwire.com PR5
Simpy http://www.simpy.com/ PR6
Sitejot http://www.sitejot.com/ PR5
SiteTagger http://www.sitetagger.com/ PR2
Smarking http://www.smarking.com/ PR2
Social Bookmarking http://socialbookmarking.org/ PR0
Spurl http://www.spurl.net/ PR6
Squidoo http://www.squidoo.com/ PR5
StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com/ PR7
StyleFeeder http://www.stylefeeder.com/ PR4
Stylehive http://www.stylehive.com/ PR5
Suckingfish http://suckingfish.com/welcome.do PR6
supr.c.ilio.us http://supr.c.ilio.us/ PR6
Syncone http://www.syncone.net/ PR1
Tag A Niche http://www.taganiche.com/ PR0
Tab Marks http://www.tabmarks.com/ PR5
TagHop http://www.taghop.com/ PR4
Tagsy http://tagsy.com/ PR3
TagTooga http://www.tagtooga.com/db.tag PR0
TailRank http://www.tailrank.com/ PR6
Technorati http://www.technorati.com/ PR8
Thumblicio.us http://thumblicio.us/ PR0
Ticklr http://www.ticklr.net/ PR4
Tutorialism http://www.tutorialism.com/ PR0
uLinkx http://www.ticklr.net/ PR0
Unalog http://unalog.com/ PR5
Urlex http://www.urlex.info/ PR4
WireFan http://www.wirefan.com/ PR0
Wists http://www.wists.com/ PR6
WURLdBook http://www.wurldbook.com/info/ PR6
Yahoo My Web 2.0 http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/ PR7
Yoonoo http://www.yoono.com/ PR6
Xilinus http://my.xilinus.com/ PR4

Yummy! Social PDF Library http://yummy.printfu.org/ PR5
Youtube http://www.youtube.com PR5 (favourite video links)
Zaadz http://www.zaadz.com/ PR6
Zurpy http://www.zurpy.com/ PR5

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This is the pervasive question floating around the internet these dasy. Is the time and energy it takes to connect in social networks worth it?

I suppost this depends on your persepctive. Social media is made up of real people and as such is less prone to hype, manipulation and pitchfests. This means you have to be present and real and have something meaningful to share - regularly, in order to get noticed in online social networks.

It takes time and energy to create a relationship with real people and those are commodities that are often harder to find than money. Do you know anyone who isn’t slammed busy all day long at work?

Even having your own business doesn’t release you from the bondage of busy-ness. In fact, most of the time it is only worse. I am often struck wondering how other people do it- twitter, blog, articles, facebook, videos, and commenting feels like a hungry beast always wanting more.

Many people claim it can be a great way to boost business contacts and drive traffic.

I have seen a 400% increase in traffic in ess than 3 months dues strictly to social meida efforts.
I have found that we have substantially increased traffic to my sites and this blog thru social media, however, conversion is very low- nearly non existant.

Does this mean I have nothing of value to say or share?

Or does it mean that social media just spins folks around the web like butterflies in the wind?

Charles Heflin had a interesting blog on this subject called

Is there any return on investment in social media?

I am wondering what your experiences with social media have been  - won’t you take a minute to tell me?

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Recently a colleague of mine,Richard Brown, wrote me with a new video about eBay. Now I have personally been a powerseller on eBay for a while, and to be honest - eBay seriously gets under my skin.

Ironically, I have been a huge fan of the ginormous auction site for a long time. I buy nearly as much as I sell. (OK not good business - but it’s the truth) One of the reasons eBay is so hard to deal with is that they are constantly changing the ways people can sell and list. Last sprint they gave us 10 days to remove all downloadable products, not fun if you have a whole store of them. They also changes the categories which meant going into nearly 3000 products and entering the new information. That was also because turbo lister - the eBay listing tool, did not work properly to do multiple category changes.
The response form eBay was - somethings wrong? really? we’ll just ignore you till you hopefully go away.

I could go on…. for a long time!

Still I love eBay because of the customers I have been connected with and the other sellers I know. I LOVE the entrepreneurial nature of the site so I have stayed with them in spite of their attitude towards smaller sellers. One of the newest changes to come down the pike has been “best match” this is an algorithm that eBay decides is the best match for your search. It has changed the way listings are ranked dramatically. And therefore as a seller and buyer its important to understand this tool and fast!

So when Richard said he had discovered how to understand and utilize the best match tool of eBay I was thrilled. I watched the first movie which you can see here and was quite delighted by his obvious knowledge of eBay and its search meathods.

Being able to manipulate your listings on eBay is akin to getting to #1 on Google really fast.
Here is what he said in his own words

“Since they started using “Best Match” (a secret ranking algorithm) I’ve been researching it – until I managed to manipulate eBay rankings at will.”

He has a short video which explains step by step exactly how to have all your auctions appear at the top. If  you sell on eBay or think you may start - you NEED to watch this video! Naturally he saves the best for a paid version, but honestly at less than $50 I found the second movie to be a steal!  I can’t wait to get in there and mess with my listings so I can dominate my eBay niche too!

Once again here is the free eBay Video page
and the Slaes page where you can get the second eBay ranking video

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