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Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg

Bargainillion — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:27:15 -0000

works great

thanks!
Bargainillion

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Amol M — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:06:47 -0000

it's too kool..

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Olga — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:46:12 -0000

Ryan, thanks for great tips. I shall try to follow your advice.

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John Sternal — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:11:37 -0000

Any thoughts on choosing the right people you don't know (yes, strangers) on Digg you should try and add as friends so you can start digging each others' posts?

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Cymberly — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:07:25 -0000

So, what is better? Digg or del.icio.us?

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Melissa — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:03 -0000

Thanks for posting this! I was trying to find some good detail on using social bookmarking sites. Great resource!

Melissa

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg

Lars Schlossbauer — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:39:28 -0000

Great article and a great reason to get back to Digg after forgetting how powerful this platform is.

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Barbara — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:26:55 -0000

Ryan,
Thanks for the wonderful article I am education myself about this and everything Web 2.0 (just figured out what that meant last month) so that I can get more visibility for nonprofits in Albuquerque.
I will get you on my reader list.

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg

Don Draper — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:24:55 -0000

Mostly good advice, but I'd stay away from ever shouting. The evidence is pretty good that shouting your own submission puts up a heavy roadblock to getting to the front page in the algorithm.

Instead, build a list of people that you can email/IM/etc when you need diggs and do the same for them. It's an offsite shout -- which will look like natural activity to Digg. Guess where you can find that list? Most power users place a method of contacting them right in their profile. It's there for a reason.

When you message someone to digg your submission, don't send them to the Digg page to vote, send them to the article to hit the Digg This button. Votes that come in without a referrer (like email/IM) are heavily discounted. Votes that come from the article look completely natural.

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Football Rumours — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:47:24 -0000

Thanks guy, this is really useful.

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Dare — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:29:44 -0000

This is especially good for beginners from an experienced user on digg. If you go on digg consistently let's say for 10 days with the mindset of discovering how to build a power profile you'll learn this stuff too. Well I knew all of the stuff here and I got to say it's a great starting point it took me some time to realize this. Just follow the steps this guy gave you and you'll be way into achieving your goal.

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Evan W. — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:01:25 -0000

Yes but there are a few people like me that never got totally into Digg and this helped...

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Anand — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:46:04 -0000

This article is soo 2006..I last read an article on how to make use of Digg to get traffic back in 2007 I think..

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Matt Davies — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:54:05 -0000

Top digg tip - it's all about the seriously BAD puns when you're making a comment. For some reason they lap it up. Fine example - go to any story about sex in "odd" and drop a comment about it being a "sticky situation", and watch your comment get a load of diggs. I also find quotes from South Park and Family Guy go down quite well. Basically, the more puerile you can make your comment, the better.

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg

Simon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:11:01 -0000

I've had a Digg account for a while but never really got into it. You've inspired me to try again. Installed toolbar, but finding friends looks a bit time-consuming. It would be great if there was some way of importing contacts from other social networks, as hardly any of my regular email contacts use Digg.

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg

Chris Swain — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:04:33 -0000

Great article Ryan & thanks for the heads up on the Firefox tool bar. I really like what Smiling Says about Digging comments. That's a great idea.

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Sherman Boyd — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:10:03 -0000

Oh and great article! I haven't been using the toolbar as I jumped on the Google Chrome bandwagon for a while, but I recently made a hasty retreat to Firefox. As you say, the toolbar is very useful.

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@rdeal1 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:03:00 -0000

^Sherman, good point... im not recommending sending links to all your friends to game the system, but if you've found something on Digg that you want to share with a friend over IM, theres nothing wrong with that.

Maybe i should have said... "if used correctly, the following things can be considered natural"

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Sherman Boyd — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:55:54 -0000

"Things that are natural: diggs from various sources (IM link, email link, digg from an upcoming page, and from a digg button on the page of the actual content)."

I'm pretty sure the Digg admins don't consider IM links natural, even if they get counted that way. It's considered a violation of the TOS and can get you banned:

http://www.twocell.com/phoe...

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@rdeal1 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:55:15 -0000

^Smiling, you caught me with that digging comments thing, i always like to check mine to see which of my friends are reciprocating the help i give to them, plus i like to see which of my friends i have things in common with, which i can somewhat judge by how they favorite submissions and digg comments

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Smiling — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:31:43 -0000

Helpful article, Ryan, submitted to Digg. But one flaw: "And donâ€™t forget to Digg the comments of other users; if you do, theyâ€™re likely to check out your profile and possibly add you as a friend or connect with you off-site."
If I'm right, Digg doesn't show you who dugg your comments, except for those you've added as a friend - which means, for someone to know that you dugg their comment, they should already have added you as a friend, in the first place.

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg

Evan W. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:28:30 -0000

Great. Thanks for posting. Good advise. I'm going to implement as much as possible. Saw it on Twitter!

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@rdeal1 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:21:45 -0000

^overmind, thats true, it is important to be social, hopefully people will understand that, but thanks for bringing it up just in case :)

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Apple Blotter - making Apple t — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:32:57 -0000

It goes without saying that we are fans of Digg, but to a degree. We've felt for some time that Digg doesn't really cater to small niche communities, and that's why we started Apple Blotter, a social news and media site for all things Apple (i.e. iPod, iPhone, MacBooks etc.). While Digg does do a lot with its algorithm, the content is very broad on the home page and we feel that there's a need for a small and more focused community -- hence why we launched our blotter websites. Of course, this is early stage for us, but we're improving our technology and websites constantly. Any feedback you have is welcomed! - Mike