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By: Across The Universe With Social Media » Inspiration Bit

Across The Universe With Social Media » Inspiration Bit — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:30:34 +0000

[...] How To benefit from Digg by Tejvan Pettinger. Broken up in 13 easy-to-follow steps, Tejvan shares his observations on how to prepare your site for Digg. Afterwards he followed up this post with another article, which is questioning and reflecting on Is it worth Trying to Get On Digg? [...]

By: Love And Hate Relationship With Digg & Reddit » Inspiration Bit

Love And Hate Relationship With Digg & Reddit » Inspiration Bit — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:33:36 +0000

[...] Broken up in 13 easy-to-follow steps, Tejvan shares his observations on how to prepare your site for Digg and how to focus on the content of your articles, the look of your blog and build a genuine interest in social networks. Afterwards he followed up this post with another article, which is questioning and reflecting on Is it worth Trying to Get On Digg? [...]

By: What is the Real Value of Digg? (2) | Net Writing

What is the Real Value of Digg? (2) | Net Writing — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:45:19 +0000

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By: John @ Eggrage

John @ Eggrage — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:56:23 +0000

Nice article!
I have to say though that I’ve found Stumble traffic to be far more valuable than Digg, the article of mine which you linked to has so far received about 3,000 clicks from stumble in the last couple of weeks, but only 100 from digg. I also find that a large number of digg users will digg your submission without actually reading it.

The biggest thing to take into consideration from my point of view is that indy sites don’t get on the homepage. It just doesn’t happen, and when it does its more of a fluke. You look at the homepage and the overwhelming majority is bbc.co.uk cnn.com wikipedia.org smashingmagazine.com engadget.com etc etc etc. As soon as an unkown source starts getting diggs, the digg community assumes its someone spamming their way to self promotion (which it usually is) and they either get buried, or just receive no more diggs.

That was why I wrote about piggybacking off one of the big boys, though admittedly that method is far from flawless!

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Stumbleupon Search and Google Blog Search | Net Writing — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:00:06 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:15:00 +0000

Ahhh Digg…. I would love to give it the finger but my compensation for PTB is partly tied to traffic. Thankfully PTB’s most recent article made it to the front page. First time we have been on there in awhile – sweet!

By: Travis Bickle

Travis Bickle — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:30:07 +0000

I remember someone submitted my article to Digg and it got a load of views, I was so chuffed.

I haven’t really tried Digg though, I am registered I just don’t really bother with it because I’ve been using Stumble for ages.

By: Tejvan

Tejvan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:15:59 +0000

Thanks for feedback. I think it a little ironic Aaron’s post got 150 votes and still didn’t make it. I think its getting harder to get on Digg. But, someone’s got to get on Homepage!

>Jason interesting numbers on difference between su and digg

By: Aaron - Today is that Day

Aaron - Today is that Day — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:09:49 +0000

Yes, anything that doesn’t appeal to the mostly juvenile mentality on Digg has an even harder time making it.

My thoughts on Digg are to not give up, but to not spend a bunch of time on it, either. I do ask my social bookmarking friends for votes on Digg, and I get organic votes as well. However, what I DON’T do is spend hours on Digg trying to promote my posts, because that rarely gives you a return on the time investment.

For anyone who hasn’t already read it, I put up a post about a week ago detailing why the social bookmarking system is broken, and what to do about it. My name is linked directly to the story if you want to check it out.

p.s. – Ironically, my post got over 150 Diggs, but STILL did not make it to the front page.

By: Tony Lawrence

Tony Lawrence — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:58:57 +0000

I’m not interested in any of ‘em. Too much gamesmanship, tit-for-tat voting.. I took all “Digg this..” etc. buttons off my site.