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		<title>5 Tips To Owning Fark And Leverage Massive Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the social news and bookmarking sites out there people tend to miss out on big traffic because they don&#8217;t pay attention to lesser known social networks. With a little work, I can tell you that Fark can drive well over 100,000 hits a month to your site if you know how to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-406" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0 10px;" title="farklogo2" src="http://www.smmguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/farklogo2.gif" alt="" width="226" height="100" />With all of the social news and bookmarking sites out there people tend to miss out on big traffic because they don&#8217;t pay attention to lesser known social networks. With a little work, I can tell you that <a href="http://www.fark.com">Fark</a> can drive well over 100,000 hits a month to your site if you know how to get your foot in the door. Here&#8217;s some tips on getting into Fark, and then owning it for your personal gain.</p>
<p><strong>Format For Success</strong><br />
Fark has their own way of doing things that most Digg, and Mixx users may not be used to. First off, no capitalizing every word in your titles, write them out normally. Also make sure to add a funny tagline to your submission. Although Fark has a different atmosphere, explicit content is still defiantly not allowed and neither is NSFW content. Obviously the humor does better on Fark so the funnier you make your title, body, and submission, the better your chances are of diving traffic by the hundreds of thousands.</p>
<p><strong>Become a Power User</strong><br />
Having power user status will bring you more to play with as usual. On Fark, the top submitters can be found right on the homepage making it a bomb place to get your submissions noticed if you put in the effort. Start submitted something easy like humours content to build up your account. Submit quality content and let your reputation build, in no time you will begin to see what kind of benefits having your submission visible to the masses include.</p>
<p><strong>The Fark This Plugin</strong><br />
Another tip is to grab the <a href="http://roguescientist.gummilabs.com/farkthis/" target="_blank">Fark This extension</a> for Firefox. If you are looking to build your account and make your day a lot easier than this should be your new best friend. the plugin can take a lot of work getting your submission almost totally ready for you including title, url, source, and topic choosing. Combine the ease of submission with the endless amounts of funny content on the internet and you have a recipe for success.</p>
<p><strong>Fark Your Logo</strong><br />
Send a copy of your logo (72px x 27px) to Drew @ Fark.com. The image will worked into your submissions and can really make your link submissions stand out with the use of a good looking logo. This is also important for when you start to submit your own content. Don&#8217;t flood the site with your own content and remember that you walk a thin line when you are submitting your own goods. People may like what you submit, but if they notice you are going all out for self promotion they may not be as nice.</p>
<p><strong>Humor Is King</strong><br />
Creating funny content also does not have to be exactly what it seems. Creating humorous titles for relatively informative posts can work as well. However, if you are really looking to just boost traffic then you should be looking into submitting for funny content. It performs well on Fark and if you don&#8217;t care about the traffic being targeted, your in business. Only 5% of submissions make it to the front page and most of them are &#8220;funny / humorous&#8221;, and &#8220;unbelievable&#8221;.</p>
<p>So the bottom line is quite simple. Fark, like every other social network has a type of content that does better over anything else. Here are some main points to remember and recap on:</p>
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<li>Submit humours content to build your account.</li>
<li>&#8220;Stupid / Unbelievable&#8221; breaking news also performs very well.</li>
<li>Only 5% of submissions see the front page.</li>
<li>FarkThis plugin can save you crap loads of time.</li>
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