When it comes to ranking high in the search engine it all boils down to back links! The more back links the better. And of course one way to gain important back links is through article marketing but there are other ways. Enter Social Bookmarking and the power it can yield is tremendous especially when it comes to affiliate marketing.

Here is a short but powerful Top Five list of social bookmarking sites that you need to be listed with if you want to climb the search engine ladder.

Twitter stands at #1 With 486,760,806 inbound links and an   Alexa ranking of 38 and 19,738,619 complete monthly visitors

Digg.com is at #2 With 383,598,000 inbound links and an Alexa ranking of 183, complete monthly visitors 11,400.000

Yahoo Buzz is #3 With 20,031,000 inbound links an Alexa ranking is N/A,  complete monthly visitors 3,600,000

StumbleUpon.com  is #4 With 234,000,000 inbound links and an Alexa ranking of 362, complete monthly visitors 1,100,000

Reddit.com comes in at #5 With 4,908,609 inbound links, Alexa ranking of 441, complete monthly visitors 1,300,000

I think you get the picture right, just look at these numbers they’re mind boggling! These sites are the 5 most popular social bookmarking sites and you need to be registered at each one. Are there more out there…you bet!  However, I wanted to start you out slow, you can build on these once you get the hang of it.

To start with visit each one of these sites and register for an account, get your URL posted within your profile. Once you’ve filled out the simple form jump right in and start participating!  You’ll be surprised at how many like minded people are out there marketing and learning from these great communities.

Using Social Media not only pushes your site higher in ranking but it provides you with a hole new target market to explore. Oh and did I mention the increased TRAFFIC you’ll start seeing from these sites…the skies the limit so get out there!