Digg users don't click ads.

In my experience Digg users don't click on anything. On average users stay on my site for 6-8 pages. Digg users stay an average of 1.1. They are only interested in the one page and nothing else.

However the links do make a difference

 

True, I would have to agree.

 

That's good story and I agree with you. We get some backlinks and also tarffic but CTR is very poor for me.

 

If you get paid for banner impressions then getting on digg front page = BIG BUCKS As for clicks, it's a waste of time and not worth the effort.

 

Of course not.
You don't digg to get clicks, you digg to get readers, subscribers, backlinks etc.

 

Digg users are mostly webmasters. You'll get smartpricing from social sites as well.

 

In that case, I wonder if it would be of at least some benefit because if the digger clicks an ad, likely he knows it's an ad (as you say above) but therefore may be VERY interested in the ad...leading to higher conversions for advertisers. Google and advertisers like sites that provide traffic with higher conversion rates.

 

digg users cause way more problems that provide any increase of revenue

 

True to all of the above, but digg is still useful for getting a lot of traffic.

 

I just set up a custom script to add to top 5 social sites.

Ohh, well I will play it out and see.

 

Are they meant to?

 

I am into social bookmarking service for long time. I must say...people do social bookmarking (like digg) for backlinks (60%), traffic (38%) and other (2%).

I agree 100% with original poster.

 

What problems? like?

 

Yesterday I got 70 visitors from Digg, no click applied
and most of them are Indians

 

I don't think its about revenue at all really. The links are what matters.

 

Why?

1. Digg user only want a 'fresh' news. They don't want to find extra information about that.

2. They are a loyal reader. They're not coming from search engine e.g Google.
SE users (looking for info) tends to click more ads to find 'related' info.

: )

 

I kinda believe that it is not because they don't click ads in general but because when they click on a digged website, they don't always have interest in that website/topic, etc. So they perhaps immediately click the "back" button and visit other sites rather than surfing a specific digged site. I think that is the underlying reason for the observation that digg users do not click on ads.

 

Interesting...to the OP, do you have visitor vs impressions data? Is there a drop in pageviews per visitor that coincides with your digging?

 

Very true. I tried this many times, but no clicks, not even one... but as many of you said above, the link juice does worth it.

But does it affect smart pricing too?

 

I have a feeling Kevin Rose is going to get screwed over by Digg in the end. What he should do is sell it ASAP! My use of digg has gone down drastically and I think many people will eventually abandon it completely.

Here are some reason why Digg should sell out:

1 - Digg traffic is fairly useless and word is getting out about how useless it is.

2 - Most of the people that comment on Digg are a-holes. Nobody will hang around a "social news site" full of a-holes for very long.

3 - I think a select few individuals control what goes on the home page - it is extremely difficult to get there. It's the Digg Cartel in control of what is popular on Digg.

4 - Digg doesn't share revenue! I'm amazed that nobody has launched a Digg clone that gives 50% of the revenue to the users who create content for the site. The fact is, when you submit a story to Digg you are actually creating content FOR Digg. You might get a few diggs and if you are extremely lucky get on the home page - but more likely you have just helped Digg grow their empire and you will never see a penny from it. Someone out there will get smart and create a Digg like site that offers revenue sharing. Once that takes off Digg will bite the dust.

So Kevin... sell out while you can (if you can!)