Getting on the front page of Digg is potentially very rewarding, but, it is also quite difficult - unless you are well prepared. These are some tips for getting on Digg home Page. These points are also useful for writing good articles in general. In fact a good strategy is to just write good articles, rather than trying to work out what the best digg bait is.
- Put Your best Points First
Many people may digg an article without necessarily reading it all. Make sure your first point captivates the reader. See Importance of first sentence
- Powerful Headline
The importance of a good headline cannot be underestimated. It is of crucial importance in determining success on social bookmarking sites. See: Eyecatching Titles
- The Article has to be good and innovative.
No matter how many friends you have, unless it is actually worth digging it will fail.
- List Type Posts do Better.
A long essay is less scanable. List type posts tend to do better. This doesn’t mean you have to write lists, but, I think it is fair to say that lists have a better chance than non list. Choose good numbers like a Top 7 top 10. or Top 50. Don’t choose top 6 or top 9.
- It helps to have traffic to Your Blog
If your blog gets very little traffic, it will be very hard to get on Digg home page. Many blogs with a high readership frequently get on digg home page. This is because the regular readers help to vote for the article.
- The First 24 hours are the most important
After being submitted to Digg, the next 24 hours are the most important time. If you get enough votes you will get promoted to front page. But, after this 24 hours, extra diggs don’t help that much
- Combine Digg with Stumbleupon.
If you have a really good post, submit it to Digg and try get it on stumbleupon at the same time. This means the stumble traffic may help vote for your story. Then if you fail on Digg, (which you probably will) at least you may get some decent traffic from stumbleupon.
- Don’t Digg your own story
Digg don’t like people digging their own story. I wouldn’t recommend it. Find a friend to do it for you. If you can’t find anybody to digg a story for you, chances are you will have no one to vote for it.
- Don’t Submit everything.
Digg is not the be all and end all. Only try with your really best articles
- New Bloggers be Patient.
It is difficult to get on the digg homepage. It is very difficult for new bloggers. I would even suggest to new bloggers don’t bother with digg for a while. You will probably find that the quality of your articles improves over time. Later when you have some regular readers then try digg.
- Friends at Digg are Important.
The best thing is to cultivate friends at Digg who will help you vote for your stories. Some people are into this. However, I have to say I find this time consuming so don’t do it. - Don’t spend all your time at Digg so you have no time to write. (There are great blogs which never get on Digg)
- Be Selective in Your Friends
Bear in mind you shouldn’t add friends just for the sake of it. If you have a lot of friends, your stories need more diggs to get promoted to home pages. If friends do nothing for you, then it is best not to keep them
- Keep Trying.
The problem is some people submit 2 or 3 articles and then get disappointed when it doesn’t make home page. Even the best writers will only succeed with a small % of their articles.
- Write Guest Posts
If you are fed up with your own blog getting ignored. Try writing a guest post at a blog with a high readership like lifehack.org If it is really good, other websites will be happy to take it on. This gives you a good chance to get on Digg home page and build up your RSS readership. If you get on Digg homepage on another blog, then it gives a better chance for your own blog in the future.
- Make Sure You know when You are on Digg.
Simple Tip - You can get an RSS feed for your blog. This means you will know when it is on Digg. It basically means searching for blog on Digg and then subscribing to RSS feed (thanks Amit)
- Add Digg Counter
- Ask Friends to Vote
When a story has been dugg ask friends to vote for a story. If you do it once in a while they will probably not mind.
- Vote From Digg, not from Email
Bear in mind that it is probably better if they go to the category in Digg and vote, rather than just clicking on an email link. i.e I would guess Digg would discriminate against email campaigns. Therefore it is best to vote by going to the page with a digg counter or going directly to digg
- Submit Newest Articles
Your best chance is always with your most recent article as this will be getting most traffic.
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