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How to increase page views traffic using Delicious.com
I joined Hubpages about two months ago (May, 2012) out of my own curiosity of how I can write articles online and publish them. When I learnt later that one can also earn by writing these articles, it sounded even better. My first month here just like what I have read about other hubbers was not very rewarding, earning-wise, but I got thrilled to see my articles online and the fact that I can really do it.
Besides, I got a chance to meet with new people and I have made a number of friends here that I communicate with regularly even outside Hubpages. Hubpages has a wonderful community, always willing to help and get you started. I have been to other forums but Hubpages is a notch higher.
Seeing that you get more earnings by the number of views on your hubs, and of course other channels like clicks, I decided to do something about by page views. When I started, I would just write a hub, publish and sit back (outch!).
Soon, by reading more hubs here through hub hopping, I realized I needed to increase by hubs views and get those referral visits.
Social media was my first stop and although I have seen an increase in page views by sharing my hubs links on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and social news websites such as Digg and Reddit, it is discovery engines such as Stumbleupon and social bookmarking services such as Delicious.com that I have seen to significantly increase my page views.
Delicious.com which was formerly called del.icio.us, is a social bookmarking website where users can store, share and discover web bookmarks. It is one of the most popular social bookmarking services where users can tag their bookmarks with freely index terms. This collective nature of grouping bookmarks makes it possible to view bookmarks added by other users.
So, why should you bookmark your hubs on Delicious?
You will understand that not many websites will allow you to duplicate your articles on the web even if you wrote them, Hubpages is one of them and even Google does not like it, yet you need those page views.
Delicious.com allows you to import your hubs links so that web visitors can follow you all the way back to Hubpages where your original articles are. Users can also explore articles by categories or searching.
But that is not all, Delicious.com also allows users to group their links that have similar topics together to form a related group called a "Stack". The Stack consists of a title, description and its contents. The Stack can be “Followed”, “Shared” or “Liked” by other users.
All bookmarks posted to Delicious.com by default are publicly viewable, although users can mark specific bookmarks as private. The site is not focused on storing private bookmarks so it emphasizes much on the public bookmarks aspect.
Some of my Stacks on Delicious.com
If you write high quality, original articles, one aspect of Delicious.com that will suite you as a hubber is their “Popular” and “Recent” pages where your Stacks have a higher chance of visibility. A new Stack lands on the "Recent" page but if it is popular with visitors, it can be listed on the "Popular" page.
But the best of them all is their “Hotlist” Page on their Homepage. This section contains popular Stacks that have been picked by the Delicious.com staff. As you would expect, this is the first place where users land in so you expect more views.
To give you an overview of what you should expect, I joined Delicious.com a week ago and posted a total of 40 links. I then created 8 Stacks out of those links. One of my Stack titled [London Olympics 2012], with 6 links, was picked and listed on the “Hotlist” of their Staff Stack Picks list.
So far, my 8 Stacks have collected a total of 639 views in one week while two of the links; Salute your Country’s Team in the London Olympics 2012 and London Olympic Games 2012: 800m Women’s race preview are getting an average of 80 views per day.
The amount of time spent importing links and creating Stacks is worthy, to create a Stack of 5 links takes between 5-10 minutes. If you are looking for a way to increase page views by sharing links, I would suggest you try Delicious.com if you have not done so. You will not only increase your page views but you might also get those extra views that you are missing to make a constant monthly payout.
Updates on Delicious.com (July 22, 2012)
Delicious.com has announced the introduction of a Facebook connector just like the Twitter connector they had introduced earlier. This connector can be used by users to import links that have been shared by users on Facebook.
Delicious.com has also announced that from August, 2012, users will no longer be able to create stacks but tags. This action was taken to simplify how users organize links on Delicious by consolidating stacks into tags. All existing stacks will be converted into tags automatically. Stack-specific descriptions, categories, comments, link order, and stack followers will not be included as part of the migration.
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I'm going to give them a try. Thank you!
Very interesting hub, thank you. I haven't been on delicious.com since it changed over from del.icio.us. I like the idea of grouping links into stacks! Will give it a go.
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Thanks iTommyGuns for reading and commenting. Try it, am sure you will get some positive results.
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Thanks nakmeister for your visit, you should visit delicious, some good stuff happening there about links sharing.
Thanks for introducing us a useful site. Today even started making stacks. Rated up and useful. Shared!
I'll be checking that site out. Thanks for the info. I'll vote this Hub UP, and will certainly share for others to read.
Very useful hub - I'm willing to give it a try
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You are welcome dinkan53, thanks for being kind in sharing and your visit. I'm glad you found this to be useful.
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Thanks mary615 for stopping by and sharing. Try delicious, am sure you will get some encouraging outcome.
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Thanks sweethearts2 for the visit. Try it, you won't be let down.
Very inspiring hub. Why do I forget to use this site? I'll register and start to see my page increase from day by day. Thanks for share with us. Vote up :-)
"Delicious" is something new to me. Its' concept based on your hub sounds like Pinterest. I will give it a try to see how it goes. Thanks for sharing; will vote useful.
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Thanks prasetio30 for the visit and comment, that small increase in page views can do a lot so i recommend you try Delicious.
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CrisSp thanks for you kindness, voting and commenting, i agree Delicious is almost similar to Pinterest, in fact you can gain more views when you use both.
Good information to share and I will have to look into this. You have had some success with it and that's another great incentive for others to consider.
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You are welcome teaches12345, try it, you won't be disappointed. Thanks for the visit and comment.
Interesting, I never heard of Delicious but I will be checking it out! Thanks!
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Thanks EuroNinila for you visit, try Delicious for those much needed page views.
Joined Delicious.com yesterday & made my first stack. It was really easy to get started. Great advice!
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Thanks The Dirt Farmer, I'm glad you did it, i also found it very easy to build those stacks. How are you doing so far on Delicious? I wish you the best.
I vote this hub up and awesome. I have not had success on Delicious and am going to give it another go. I am sharing with others and wish you much success on HP!
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Thanks ChristyWrites for stopping by and sharing. I understand there was time Delicious had changes of ownership, it has stablized now and i suggest you give it another shot.
Thank you so much for this information. I have always been a bit confused about how to relate to social bookmarking sites. I finally get it. And, now I know exactly why I need to start using it.
Good and useful information. I was considering Delicious, explored other options, and now I'm back to wanting to give it a try; sounds like you're having good success with it!
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@NateB11, thanks for stopping by and commenting, Try Delicious for added page views. If you create stacks and follow others, you have a better chance of getting those views.
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@MarleneB you are welcome and thanks for reading and commenting. I'm glad you found this hub useful.
really thank you
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Welcome moussa83, I'm glad you read this and thanks for the comment
you are welcom
Voted up and useful. Sounds as though delicious.com would be worth my while to investigate. In your Hub, I noticed that you didn't mention Pinterest. Have you tried that? Several of my Hubs have been "repinned." Just another option out there.
Such a great tip. I haven't tried Delicous before. I will definatley check it out. Every page view helps. Excellent!
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Thanks joaniebaby for stopping by and commenting, I actually use Pinterest also but as you know, Pinterest is more visual and works better with images. On my own opinion, it is not a bad choice either. Thanks.
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tammyswallow, i agree with you...every page view count. Try Delicious, you never know when will one of your stack be picked and bring all the views back to your hubs. Thank for the visit and comment.
Very useful hub! I joined Delicious ages ago, but haven't been using it at all. You motivated me to digg out my password (and username, I forgot it lol) so we may meet there some time soon :) Another great place to bookmark your hubs is SeekSuccess, but the website is focused on self-help content so your description should state how the user can benefit from your post. It may not seem so, but self-help content is almost limitless; it depends on the angle you choose to view things. Great hub, voted up!
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Thanks vox vocis for stopping by and reading, i really appreciate your visit. I think it is high time you re-visit Delicious, you might just get some amount of views. You can be sure i will check on SeekSuccess, i won't mind getting some views from there as well. Yesterday i was at another bookmark site called BuzzFeed, posted some pictures and links. I'm just waiting to see the response. Thanks a lot and have a nice day.
I'll check out BuzzFeed. Don't forget to let us know about your experience with both websites :)
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Thanks vox vocis, i will surely let you people know.
Dude...I am seriously following you now...especially because I have to see that article on how you hit 1 million views. I just hit 10,000 with 70 articles, but I haven't been doing very much of the social end of things here in hubpages, so I imagine that if I invest some time reading other people's stuff, and following your advice for delicious.com and chime.in, I should be hitting your level soon. Fabulous! Thanks so much for the info. GB
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Thanks Etherealenigma for the visit, for now i found social media working in getting pages views but it all depends on how active you are on them, the more followers you have the better. Try Delicious.com and Chime.in as i found them to be helpful also.
Hi dwachira, another great hub with some great useful information, i will have to check out this site has well, well done !
Vote up and more !!!
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kashmir56 i really appreciate your visit and comment, i found social bookmarking sites working in increasing pages views and if you can build your own mass of followers the better.
I am pleased and honored to receive valuable information from you and thank you from the depths of my heart and hope of God's heavy profit you and me
I am pleased and honored to receive valuable information from you and thank you from the depths of my heart and hope of God's heavy profit you and me
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Thanks moussa83 for stopping by and commenting, am glad you found the information in here to be useful
Nice and useful.I will surely look forward to try that. Thank you for sharing such a useful information !!!
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@learner365, thanks for the visit, am glad you found this article to be useful. Drop some links on Delicious.com and then build the stacks, am sure you will get some views from there. Enjoy your day.
Dwachira, interesting article! I have been on Delicious for a few months now, but have had very little response from it and just kind of gave it up.
That's great that you have received views from this source. I will check out your stacks and try to learn something. My name is prairieprincess on there, too. (I'll will follow you on there!)
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Hi prairieprincess, thanks for the visit and comment. I tried Delicious.com and surely i got some views from there, my be you should try again. I will also be checking on you here and on Delicious and follow you. Enjoy your day.
Very interesting. I've never heard of Delicious.com. Will definitely check it out. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi bdegiulio, try Delicious.com. It is a bookmarking site and you can use to increase page view. Thanks for the visit and commenting.
Wonderfully done. Your software engineering advantage keep you on the edge. Thanks for sharing this info!
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Thanks lord de cross, a man has to keep on trying and i will keep on doing so, i hope. Thanks for the visit and comment.
Good work on this Hub dwachira. I am new to promoting websites so I will be following you and trying to learn everything that I can. Keep up the good work.
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@Gamerelated, thanks for the visit and commenting. I have found promoting articles on social media really works, try it, you might get some additional traffic. Thanks for the follow.
Great Hub . Have never used delicious.com. For links I use redgage and reddit. Will give it a try soon. I too began writing on hubpages like you. The positive response encouraged me to keep writing.Voted up .Thanks for sharing
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Hi snigdha.s, i found Delicious.com to be useful in getting those backlinks. I agree with you, Hubpages has the best supportive community where you feel wanted and hubbers are always ready to help. Thanks for the visit and commenting. Enjoy your day.
I have not been doing anything like this but after reading this hub am going to head on over to Delicious.com and see what it is all about. Thanks! Voted up, interesting and useful.
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Hi Peggy W, thanks for the visit and comment. I would say Delicious.com is a very vibrant bookmarking site, i have tried it and i have received some positive results. Am glad you found this article to be useful.
Thanks for all the info. I had not heard of Delicious.com and I had no idea of Digg.com. Now I do :-) I hope to be able to increase my page views and passive income. I love writing on HB but need more.
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@tjdavis, thanks for the visit and comment. Delicious is a bookmarking site and i found it to be very useful. Try it, am sure you shall get some positive results. Am glad you found this article to be useful. Enjoy your day.
Thank you for this description of how Delicious works. I joined but have not figured it out. Your description has helped me so much. I am going to go add some links. :-)
Votes and Shares!
Great hub! Thanks so much for sharing!
hello dwachira, welcome to hubpages! Your hub was an excellent resource. I have used delicious but your hub helped me to understand it much better. Thanks for helping hubwriters!
Voted up, interesting and useful
Mekenzie
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@sholland10, thanks for the visit and comment. Am glad you found this article to be useful.
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@morningglory24, you are welcome and thanks for the visit and comment.
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@Mekenzie, Am glad that you did enjoy reading this hub and that it was useful. Thanks for the visit and comment.
I am not web moron and yet I cannot make this site work. The bookmarklet does not work for me. I had to use the import feature. Now I can't for the life of me figure out how to add tags? Any insight?
Voted up and useful. Thanks for the info. I had never heard of Delicious.com before, so will have to check it out. Wish me luck.
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Hi My2GreenBeans, thanks for the visit and comment. To create a tag link on Delicious.com, click "Add Link" on the dark top bar in your account. I hope this help.
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@joaniebaby, thanks for stopping here, reading and commenting. I stumbled on Delicious.com when i was looking for ways to increase page views on my hubs. I posted some hubs links there and i got some encouraging response. Try it, am sure you shall get some positive results.
Great advice to anyone trying to promote their hubs . With the new change to the website is it still possible to increase page views? I was not familiar at all with this site. Voted up and shared.
Thank you for the heads up on Delicious! I have a few friends that use the site and like it, one day I'll get around to using it also.
Interesting hub! Thanks for the information! I will have to check out delicious.com too! I try to share as much as possible, but love finding new places as well!
You have piqued my interest. Now I have to try and understand exactly what I have to do!
Great hub and really educational. Thank you so much for writing it.
I am going to check out Delicious.
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Thanks Healthyannie for stoppping by and commenting, am glad you found this article to be useful.
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@healthylife2, thanks for the visit and comment. Since Delicious.com converted stacks to tags in early August 2012, i have noted a small drop in traffic from the site to my hubs but still i can term the traffic as significant.
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@Sunshine625, Hi and thanks for the visit and comment. I would recommend you try Delicious.com for added traffic.
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@FreezeFrame34, i do enjoy finding new places to share my articles as well and once i find a useful site such as Delicious.com, Flipora or Chime.in, i like to share the information with fellow hubbers and others. Thanks for the visit and comment.
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@breakfastpop, Try Delicious.com as i have tried it and seen working. Thanks stopping by and commenting.
Hey dwachira.I had previously added links to delicious but hadn't set up any tag bundles.I was just over there setting up a couple.Is there a recommended number or limit to the number of tags you should add to a given bundle.Another useful hub here :) Thanks,Rob.
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Thanks Rob for the visit and comment, actually you can post any number of tags.
Thanks dude :-)
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You are welcome Rob.
Hello dwachira. You may not approve this comment. I'm actually looking for a hubber to whom I can sign up as a referral and get support or guidance in return. I'm reading your hubs about increasing page views and I'm inspired thanks to you. If I join hubpages and have someone who can steer me to the right direction, my journey would be much easier. My problem is actually on the promotion or marketing part. Writing content is easy for me. Here is my email: kuyasergs@hotmail.ph. Awaiting your response. Thanks.
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Hi bida,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, your intention to join Hubpages is well intended and i can assure you that you can make it here so long as you are dedicated and committed to excel. Since you are already a writer then for you it will be even more simpler. Am willing to give you all the support that you may require. I wish you all the best.
Thank you for this great share again!
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Hi clarenceshaw,
Thanks for the visit and comment, i suggest that you try Delicious for now, you might just get some additional views.
Very interesting overview. I will have to read some more of your hubs.
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Hi rasta1,
Glad that you like it, thanks for the visit and comment.
I will check on this website, it looks good on increasing traffic. Thanks
I have never heard of this website, i will check it out because i really need to increase traffic for my blog. Thanks for sharing this idea.
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Hi Vela,
Looks like Delicious.com is your take for traffic. Thanks for the visit and comment.
Great hub. Delicious.com sounds really interesting and seems to be a great way to increase your hub's page views. I'll have to check it out sometime.
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Hi Ceres Schwarz,
I stumbled on Delicious.com and i don't regret as i have significantly gained on traffic. Try it, the interface and functionality has changed over time but you should be able to get some traffic from there. Thanks for the visit and comment.
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful and informative article. Delicious.com seems to be great site and I am definitely checking it out.
Thanks for all the useful tips.
i had joined digg, stumbleupon and redgage. Delicious, i gave up because no traffic
Thank you for this website, every little bit of traffic helps. I'm currently adding all of my hubs.
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