Readers, 

Have you recently started using social media to promote you website content? Find that none of the quick social applications like sharethis are working as effectively as hoped? The thought was to show as many icons as possible. 

Like many beginners that are very new to the concept of SEO/Social Media you may have added all the social icons you could to the bottom of your website content. There is some reasoning behind only having a select few icons that promote your content and that is to only show those social avenues that you plan to maintain profiles on and or are getting the most of each post. 

When you offer a visitor to much to choose from they don't choose anything. If your able to narrow it down to where your content is getting the most volume from and which avenue is the most profitable for your site in the long run you will notice your getting the most from your web content. 

Examples:

1.  Personal blog: twitter, facebook, digg, and friendfeed.
2.  Corporate: twitter, linkedin, del.icio.us, directory (industry related) 

Conclusion: identify your website short term and long term goals, and decide which social media avenue will help the most. 

Sean Hurley, Owner/Consultant
96Robots - Online Marketing & SEO
http://www.96robots.com