Does Social Book Marking and Keyword Density Really Increase Page Views?

Associated Content Writers have wondered for a while now whether social book marking and keyword density really led to more page views. Apparently the Content Managers' word wasn't good enough the Content Producers just wouldn't know for themselves until we had some kind of page viewer to see just how many hits each piece of content garnered. Well finally after a long wait the page viewer has arrived so it's time to find out does the social book marking and keyword density really work?

When I first started at Associated Content I did everything I was told to do. I was told you should use social bookmarks so I did. I was told you should try and use keyword density so I did. I was told to leap off a bridge so I did. Eventually I decided not to do it anymore. I wasn't seeing social book marking and keyword density affect my offers and let's be real here, social book marking and keyword density take time. It takes some time to go to all those different social book marking sites and entering all your content. It takes time to see if your keyword density is high because afterwards you might have to edit your content a lot. It also takes time jumping off bridges, although it wasn't so much the jumping but the recovery time. Anyway, my early articles I used social book marking and keyword density and my more recent articles I did not. Now that we have page views I've looked over my content and I see a major difference.

Let's take at look at my ten pieces of content that have gotten the most page views so that we can see the difference in page views (and also so I can get a cheap plug for some of my articles).

1. *$College Football Rivalry Trophies - 4,044 page views
2. *$History of the Florida Gators Football Team - 2,943
3. *$The Best Rivalry in College Football - 2,764
4. *$History of the Alabama Crimson Tide Football Team - 2,586
5. *$Why Bo Jackson is the Best Athlete Ever - 2,393
6. *$Who is the 2006 American League MVP - 2,384
7. *$Kurt Angle Signs with TNA - 2,309
8. *$History of the Auburn Tiger Football Team - 2,137
9. #Life as a Walmart Employee - 2,135
10. #White Elephant Gift Ideas - 1,705

* - Social bookmarked
$ - Keyword Density
# - Featured Content