Submission Frequency

A commonly debated topic is just how many times you should submit a different web page to the same article directory each day. Some people will say more than 2 submissions will get you banned, whilst others will say limitless submission are fine. I think the best way to find out the answer to this debate is to experiment yourself. Just as with duplicate content, if you take things for granted without experimenting for yourself, you may be missing out on a lot of things (such as quality backlinks).

Some people will never submit the same article to more than one article directory in fear of getting blacklisted by Google, and rather than seeing how far they can push it just once, they forever spend valuable time writing more articles than necessary. The same goes for Social Bookmarking - try submitting ten different but good quality web pages to the same Social Bookmarking site in one day. See whether or not you will get banned. I'm not suggesting you spam on purpose, rather the point I'm making is that it's only through experimentation that you'll learn what works and what doesn't.

I have found that I rarely have the time to submit more than 5 submissions per Social Bookmarking site each day, and so far I haven't been banned from any of them. I have no desire to push this limit any further just yet. All I can say is that 5 quality submissions per day has worked fine for me.

What will get you banned from Social Bookmarking directories however is submitting advertising, spam, useless content, or your domain name. Those people that say they get banned simply by making 2 submissions to the same article directory in one day usually get banned for submitting a commercial web page. Due to cause and effect, they believe it's because they submitted too many articles, when in fact the reason for the ban is most likely different.

Submit useful bookmarks to web pages that you don't own

A technique that many people use that works quite well is submitting a bookmark to a post from an authority website for every 2 or 3 bookmarks of their own. This method will help keep you below the radar, as your bookmarking submissions will be viewed as being more spread out and 'natural' looking.

Never submit the same web page to the same Social Bookmarking directory

Just like with article marketing, you should never submit the same content to the same directory. If you've submitted a web page to a Social Bookmarking site and want your domain to gain more exposure within the same bookmaking directory, then create a fresh web page with unique content and submit that.