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Can you Digg it?

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by themanbeast9, Apr 1, 2007.

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    Is digg a good way to drive traffic to your site? I was thinking of some new ways to do so, when I found Digg.com. Anyone else think digg is useful?
     
    themanbeast9, Apr 1, 2007 IP
  2. NewTier

    NewTier Notable Member

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    Hey themanbeast9,
    Digg is pretty useful, you can get a lot of good traffic if you have good content on your site. :) Try it.
     
    NewTier, Apr 1, 2007 IP
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    brizzad Well-Known Member

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    Digg is great for traffic. I get a few hundred uniques per day from them.

    Don't expect diggers to click on your ads though as they are known to be blind to banner ads.
     
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    autorave Peon

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    UM.. Digg is the fastest way to drive an incredible amount of traffic to your website.. that is if you do get on the frontpage.
     
    autorave, Apr 1, 2007 IP
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    skillipedia Well-Known Member

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    Having said this I've seen very good bookmarked articles undigged. I still don't understand the process of digging:confused:
     
    skillipedia, Apr 1, 2007 IP
  6. kh7

    kh7 Peon

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    Digg is really good, for those who know how to work with the system. That means making sure you make enough friends, don't just submit your own articles and preferably be into things like firefox or apple (but not SEO).
     
    kh7, Apr 1, 2007 IP
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    If you have a non competitive keyword diggs usually show high in google rankings
     
    radoslaw, Apr 1, 2007 IP
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    manilodisan Peon

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    I got on the front page 4 times in the last month and my true visitors have increased with almost 700-800/day. Lets's say that I had 400/day and now I have 1200-1300 visitors/day. That's good but you have to figure out a way to reach that front page. you need good stuff and some marketing knowledge. Diggers are easy to play with. :p
     
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    dhruv Peon

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    Well, getting traffic from Digg isnt necessarily a great idea.
    I mean it will certainly get you traffic, but:-
    1. most users will NOT click on ads
    2. most users will NOT return (believe me, very few return)
    3. most users will NOT sign-up or subscribe to your feed
    4. if you're running a blog, most wont even bother to leave a comment

    Just getting traffic from digg is not enough. you have to maximize the utility of these visitors by keeping in mind their mindset and characteristics, otherwise its just useless traffic.
     
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    If it's just traffic you want, then yes, digg is pretty good, you should try it. Better if you have friends you can just ask to digg your posts. If anything, it'll make your blog look more popular :)
     
    fennimore, Apr 1, 2007 IP
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    himanuzo Well-Known Member

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    Digg is good for traffic. But it is need hundreds or even thousands of votes (from other users) to get top rangking of this for keyword that you choose.
     
    himanuzo, Apr 1, 2007 IP
  12. manilodisan

    manilodisan Peon

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    Digg is kinda useless man. They are blind when it comes to ads, RSS, Newsletters etc. It makes your server burn. the so called "digg community" will comment you to bring you down if your not one of them and you happen to make the front page without their digg (hahaaaa suckers, I made you 3xTimes this month). I really, really advise people to stop writing for digg, yes for digg. I used to write for digg only and I regret it. Silly articles, funny ones, for children to digg (yes, 80% from diggers are children). You should concentrate on the long run man. Write things that never die, that will bring you traffic tomorrow too. Write for search engines.
     
    manilodisan, Apr 2, 2007 IP
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    ninjashoes Well-Known Member

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    Digg will give you a lifetime ban if you abuse it even the slightest. I know from experience...
     
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    The problem I had with Digg is that the traffic would not convert in any way. So, in that sense, I'm going to say it's been useless for me. I mean, I can't get them to sign up for my newsletter (I think I got 4 signups out of 1000s of visitors..the conversion was really low compared to other forms of traffic)...so, digg's just been a waste of resources so far.

    But, I'd love to hear any tips from those who have been able to convert digg traffic.

    Cheers,

    Ana
     
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    Digg is only good for blog sites.
     
    Pixelrage, Apr 2, 2007 IP
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    Nobody can convert digg traffic, thats not the point.

    Getting dugg means your site gets hundreds of high quality, natural links and your rankings will shoot up.
     
    mad4, Apr 5, 2007 IP
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    The best converting traffic from digg is that of mac & apple related traffic.

    You have any interesting things about Mac or Apple on your site, then put it on Digg and you will be flooded with traffic believe me.

    This also counts for linux for a certain extent too.
     
    peeg, Apr 5, 2007 IP
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    mvolpe70, Apr 5, 2007 IP