5 Emerging Social Media sites that send good traffic

--By Sagar Satapathy, Editor-in-Chief

When it comes to social media sites, people talk about Digg, Reddit, Del-icio-us, Propeller and StumbleUpon. These sites not only send good traffic, but also throw back links to the blogs and websites. However, growing competition and stringent rules made it tougher to crack these sites and make your articles front page stories.

Several social media sites have cropped up in the past two years. Today, there are hundreds of sites that accept numerous submissions and give a little exposure to the bloggers. However, at least five social media sites have begun making impact on the web. They have witnessed a significant growth in the past few months and a sharp rise in their user-base. They still accept good content and help you get more traffic, if not too many back links. Here you go:

1) Sphinn

Sphinn is considered as a gold mine by the bloggers. They don't accept shit content. It definitely takes time to build a strong account on Sphinn, but once your article reaches the homepage, you get benefits in many ways. Sphinn sends both traffic and subscribers.

If top sphinners like your story, they bookmark the URL and themselves submit your high quality stories on a regular basis. Sphinn deals with the topics on SEO, Internet marketing, social media and many other relevant topics. There is no place for bad stories on Sphinn. Only high quality stories survive there.

2) Mixx

Mixx is an upcoming social media site that has fast established itself as one of the popular social media sites on the web. It's a perfect place for new users to start their social media career. Mixx is a great place for promoting interaction among the users. Unlike other social media sites, it does not ban users or sites frequently. It allows everyone to try their luck without any exception.

Mixx also rewards its users that submit good articles. A mixx badge really looks lucrative. It offers bades on various categories such as Top Ten, Thought Leader, Top Submitter, Enthusiastic, Hyperactive etc. etc. Mixx also allows users to share their stories with fellow mixxers in an easy way. People call this emerging social media site as "Mixx without Border".

3) Sk*rt

Sk*rt, which started its journey in 2007, have come a long way and has more than 15,000 active members. Sk*rt has very good features, thought not very extensive. If a story gets to the homepage on Sk*rt, it receives good traffic. Sk*rt has guest editors who regularly look at the content, vote for good stories, pick up the best and vote down bad stories. They have the power to push things up to the front page faster than others.

People, who use Sk*rt regularly, admit that nobody exploits the algorithm on Sk*rt. It is very simple and clear. If you get enough votes, you will be on front page and get good traffic. Some people say that Sk*rt is just for women, as it has many women-friendly features. However, it does not hold true. Sk*rt is used by more men than women. It all depends on the stories that are relevant to the topics covered by Sk*rt.

4) Fark

Fark has really surprised the social media users. Drew Curtis, the founder of Fark, has been running the website for the past five years. and, he has taken his site to a level where he can make real money while helping others to do the same. Fark features both weird and interesting news, which make it popular among the social media users. It has been acknowledged that Fark sends very good traffic when the stories make it to front page.

5) Tweako

Unlike other social media sites, Tweako does not publicize itself too much. But see its front page and you will know the difference. They feature only high quality articles. Tweako is a user-generated social media site that focuses on technology, business, Internet and computing. If you have a good quality articles on any of these topics, then Tweako is the right place. And what more, it really sends very good trafic.