If you have found this article, you may already know what a
social bookmarking site is. Even if you don’t, you may have heard of websites
like Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicious and so on. Yes, they are all social
bookmarking websites. On these sites, you can bookmark webpages and share
interesting web content with other users. If you have your own blog, you can
also bookmark your own articles so that people can find your blog through your
bookmarks. Getting links from social bookmarking sites is a good way to get
more visitors to your weblog or website. This is why social bookmarking
websites are needed.
Social bookmarking service creates a win-win situation for
both users and their owners. Users need the service to promote their blogs and
websites in order to get more web traffic. Owners of these sites in turn receive
free content as users bookmark their favorite articles, and are able to
advertise against the free content. This is the central business model behind most
social bookmarking sites.
Have you decided to make your own social bookmarking
websites? If so, keep on reading. Below I will provide several tips on how to
make a social bookmarking website.
To make a site, you definitely need a URL, a web server, and
content management software. Getting a domain name and a web host are easy. To
save money, you can even use free web hosting services. The difficult part is
the creation of the actual website. Fortunately,
there are now software which make the task much easier. Several free social
bookmarking scripts are now available specifically for this task. The most popular
scripts are listed below.
Do you need to spend money on purchasing scripts to create
the site? Probably not, as there are good open source software available for
making a basic bookmarking site. The benefit
of using open source social bookmarking scripts is obvious: it is free and you
don’t need to spend a penny.
Here I will tell you several popular scripts that you may
consider.
Pligg CMS
Pligg is a social publishing CMS and it is from www.pligg.com. It is an open source CMS so everyone
can use it for free. With this software, you can build a site where registered
members can create and vote for stories. If you want to create your own
bookmarking websites quickly, you may want to check it out.
PHPDug
PHPDug is a script which can be used to make site like digg.com.
If you want to make a site where users are able to rate and comment on stories,
PHPDug is one of scripts you may want to try out. It is feature-rich and
supports multiple languages. To use PHPDug, you need to have PHP and MySQL database.
Markit
Markit is another social bookmarking script that you can get
for free. If you just need 1 domain license and no support, it will be zero
cost. But if you want to make a fancier site, you can buy more services and
templates.
http://www.markit.me/
BakerCMS (formally known as Hotaru CMS)
It is an open source PHP platform offered on Bakercms.com.
You can use the BakerCMS framework, plugins and themes to build a website you will
like. Want to see an example? Check out wpsift.com.
Kigg
Kigg is based on ASP.NET MVC. Download from http://kigg.codeplex.com/.
SemanticScuttle
http://sourceforge.net/projects/semanticscuttle/
ApexKB (also known as Jumper)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jumper/
Social bookmark script
http://www.e-soft24.com/social-bookmark-script-p-381.html
Pressmark
https://github.com/alx/pressmark
Akarru
http://sourceforge.net/projects/akarru/
Insipid
http://freecode.com/projects/insipid
Feed Me Links
http://freecode.com/projects/feed-me-links
http://freecode.com/projects/feed-me-links
To make a social bookmarking site, you need a domain name, a
web hosting plan and a script for building the site.