Amen Me: A Social Bookmarking Service for Christian Writers and Internet Users

Are you a Facebook or MySpace user? Do you have a LinkedIn account? If so, you already know something about social networking. But are you familiar with social bookmarking?

Social bookmarking is a useful practice for Internet users, writers and researchers. Bookmarking services allow you to store, organize, manage and search for online resources. Unlike file sharing, however, these services do not share actual resources. Instead, they share links called bookmarks that reference the resources.

Social bookmarking services offer many benefits. They let you access a consolidated set of recommended resources, organize a collection of bookmarks and share those bookmarks with your personal contacts.

If you are a writer or blogger, social bookmarks are great marketing tools. They provide excellent exposure, traffic and backlinks for your online articles, especially if you target the communities where your brand of content is desired. If you are a Christian writer, Christian bookmarking sites can help you reach Christian readers with your work.

Hundreds of social bookmarking sites populate the Internet today. Delicious, Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon are four examples.

Some bookmarking sights are designed for general users, while others target specific communities. Amen Me is a social bookmarking site for Christians. Their slogan: "Can I get a witness?"

According to Amen Me, the site "operates on the simple principle that people like to see what others have already liked." When you give an amen to a particular link, it gains exposure as it climbs the popularity charts.

An amen can also express appreciation to site members for the links they submit to the site. All you have to do is click on the Amen Me icon next to a link, and it will count as a vote for the link and the website or article it points to.

Amen Me is designed for Christian writers and Internet users. It limits bookmarking to websites and blogs that are beneficial to the Bible believing Christian community.

Everything posted on Amen Me must agree with the site's statement of faith. To clarify what is meant by the term Bible believing, Amen Me shares links to four different faith declarations. These include "How to Know God" by pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Ministries and the Answers in Genesis Statement of Faith.

Anyone can submit a link for consideration, but the site may not accept all submissions. Any resource that does not align with the site's statement of faith is considered unbiblical and Amen Me will not publish the link.

Amen Me bookmarks do not have to point to religious articles, Bible studies or Christian websites. They just have to build up other believers. Amen Me accepts links for resources in many different categories: books, movies, health, technology, sports and many other topics.

Are you ready to join the Amen Me social bookmarking service for Christians? To submit links, view site listings or read comments, you must register at the site.

Registration is free and requires only a user name, password and valid email address. The site will not share your email address or use it for advertising purposes, and no personal information is necessary.

Amen Me offers daily Bible studies by email for registered users who request them. Members can also listen to two radio shows: The Amen Me Radio Program and Daily Bible Radio.

Copyright © 2011. Annette R. Smith. All rights reserved.

Published: March 29, 2011 / Modified: April 3, 2012.