Social Bookmarking is it spammy?

[Cocoonfxmedia]

is social book marking seen as spammy ? And if it helps SEO how can you weed out the good sites from the bad?

[Silkstream]

The practice in itself isn't spammy. Its a great way to get further exposure if you are using the right sites.

Check out "Biz Sugar" - theres a pumpin' community over there.

How do you know if a site is spam or not? If your bookmarks are sending you referrals that spend a good amount of time on site then you're on to a winner!

[Cocoonfxmedia]

Thank you for your answer, I am starting to embrace Social Bookmarking,  I have had a look at Biz Sugar it looks pretty good to me.

[JaneCopland]

As Silkstream says, the practice itself isn't spammy but it has been thoroughly abused by "SEOs" in the past to the extent that it should be done with care and for non-SEO purposes only. Firstly, it's not really likely to help your SEO anymore. Most of the links you will gain will be nofollowed, and while there is some reason to believe that a LOT of high quality nofollow activity (like you might get from a very successful viral campaign) is a good signal, it's not technically an important metric for SEO and shouldn't be treated as such. You should be bookmarking where it would make sense to share / save content for other marketing purposes, with SEO taking a very far back seat as a reason why.