bbc news has become the latest of the online news sites to embrace social media by adding buttons that let you easily submit content from the site to some of the most popular socially driven sites.

while i can’t say the placement of this ‘bookmark with’ box at the very bottom of the page is the best decision, adding the buttons makes perfect sense. if you look at the 10 most popular sites on digg, here is how the online news sites rank:

1. number 3 - ny times
2. number 6 - yahoo news
3. number 7 - cnn
4. number 8 - washington post
5. number 9 - bbc news

as you can see, online news sites already rank quite high, and making it easier for readers to submit their content will only help. for those readers that don’t know what social news sites are, bbc news offers a brief explanation.