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Social Media Optimization - How to Drive Traffic

SMO, or Social Media Optimization , helps build website traffic by using social media based websites. The dawning of web 2.0 has seen many different social media websites crop up in an equally large number of different guises. Content sharing, social bookmarking, and collaborative websites form the basis of this initiative and it is these types of website that you need to use in order to leverage the power of the social web. SMO As Guerrilla Marketing The nature of Social Media Optimization is such that it could be considered form of guerrilla marketing. Website owners and blog owners have the choice of either investing money or their own skills and time in order to generate traffic from social sites. As long as your efforts are directed appropriately, the more work you put in the more reward you will reap. SMO As A Link Building Technique Social optimization also has a happy side effect - it helps to build your link profile so you will usually gain search engine traffic in