Bookmarking Demon
Bookmarking
Demon is an
automated social
bookmarking tool
that has been around
for a while and has
quite a following.
No doubt, it’s
one of the best
tools of this kind
available. So
let’s take a
close look at it and
see what its
strengths and
weaknesses are.
First of all, the
software is very
often updated. If
you don’t use
it daily, chances
are you will get to
update the program
almost every time
you launch it. That
means it’s an
actively updated
software and the
developers keep
working on it,
it’s not just
a one night wonder
as often is the case
with many programs
out there.
Bookmarking Demon
has an attractive
and easy to use
interface that works
in two modes –
Beginner and Expert
mode. The modes are
different in the way
the bookmarking
process is handled
by the user. In the
Beginner mode
it’s a step by
step process where
you just follow the
steps, while the
Expert mode is more
flexible and gives
the user more
control. Either mode
is quite straight
forward and easy to
use.
Social
Bookmarking Sites
and
Accounts
As of writing this,
BMD has 103 social
bookmarking sites in
its database. The
database is
regularly updated,
sites are added and
removed. Before you
can begin
bookmarking your
websites and pages,
you have to create
accounts with some
or all of these
bookmarking sites.
The process is
automated where
there are no
captchas and it lets
you easily enter the
captchas where
necessary. Overall,
registering accounts
is easy and you only
have to do it once.
The sites in the
database are stored
with important
information, such as
PageRank, nofollow,
categories, the type
of script a site
uses. You can also
add your own sites
to the database.
Bookmarking
To bookmark a page
you have to add it
to the program
(obviously).
Bookmarking Demon
gives you a few
options to do that
– you can add
a single page, add a
site and let it
crawl the pages or
submit a list of
pages in CSV or XML
format.
After adding your
pages and right
before you click the
Start button, you
can adjust the so
called Spammometer
which controls the
speed at which BMD
submits bookmarks.
Click Start and the
auto submission
process starts. If
some sites require a
captcha, you will be
prompted to enter
one. The submission
process goes on
behind the scenes so
you only see the
submission
information and not
the sites in action.
That makes things
easier and less
messy.
After the submission
is complete you get
the report with the
status of
submissions to each
bookmarking site.
Other
Features
Bookmarking Demon
also has some
advanced features
such as:
- Pinging
- Reporting
- Scheduling submissions
Strengths
and
Weaknesses
Overall BMD is a
great piece of
software. It does
what it does well
and I’ve been
using it
successfully for a
couple of years
myself. As its
biggest strengths I
would point out its
user-friendly
interface, its speed
and seamless
automated submission
process –
bookmarking
can’t get any
easier.
But nothing is
perfect and I do
have some caveats
with BMD too. As its
weakness I would
mention the rather
clumsy management of
multiple accounts.
The biggest thing I
miss here is the
ability to apply
accounts across all
sites – as it
stands, it requires
you to go through
the registration
process with each
site. If you already
have accounts with
several sites, you
can’t easily
apply them.
Regardless of that,
I can recommend
Bookmarking Demon to
anyone who wants to
automate their
social bookmarking.
August 29th, 2010 at 7:54 am
Good review, am cosdidering getting this software myself