This is one of those simple things that can have a dramatic effect on your rankings.

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Delicious has since added "no follow" tags which devalue the links you make back to your site, however this doesn't change the fact that the strategy works like a charm.

I've also found a tool that makes bookmarking on multiple sites a LOT easier. Have a look at BookMarking Daemon, it'll save you a ton of time and is well worth the low cost of the software.