Ok let me just not read the entire thread and give my comment.... Digg users are too much tech savvy people and tech savvy people dont click ads much, just as webmasters are ad blind , tech savvy people prefer real links rather than to click on Ads... so even if you make it to the first page on Digg, its only traffic and heaps of comments that you can expect and not much income from adsense by there clicks,, Shoutwire on the other hand is a bit different!!! my few cents...
Digg users also don't click ads because they spend very short time on your sites. Many of them are just curious, their attention is captured by interesting headings, but if they don't see nothing interesting, they just leave. IMO.
I've only been on dig a few times and the times that I've been there I've clicked into a few sites, read the page, then used the back button to get back to Dig. The same thing with Stumble. I'll click the stumble button, scan the page. If it's funny I'll laugh and stumble again. If it's got content worthy of note I'll bookmark it and hit stumble again. Del.icio.us is an entirely different matter. I've never once used icio.us to find anything other then my own bookmarks...except that one time when I was bored enough to actually check out the options. So while I can not give any actual statistics I can give my own personal account. Social bookmarking sites are fantastic for what they are...ways to increase your linkbacks
Actually ... NO. 1) It's very valuable actually . Many Digg users are bloggers, and you will get plenty of permanent backlinks from high-PR blogs - worth a lot of money . Moreover, Digg users use RSS (unlike 98% of the world's population) - so you will get subscribers. 2) Digg community is like a dumbed-down Slashdot . The fight and curse, but they do provide insightful feedback (sometimes to your own info). 4) There are Youtube clones with Revenue sharing, and nobody even comes close to Youtube's traffic . Besides, there are actually people that have no problem in creating content , they enjoy it, and they don't count other people's money . After all, its not taken out of their pocket, and it doesn't go to their pocket. But yes, I completely agree that now is the best time to sell Digg. The hype is probably beyond it's peak (Billions ! Billions !!!one!), but it's still worth a lot more than it probably would be in 3 years.
Couldn't agree more with this. Digg may not bring in the insta-revenue, but will help in the long term.
The comment refers to clicking on the ads of the sites they visit from Digg. Basically they view, they may check other pages but they are less likely to view the ads. Big, established sites like digg can sell ads on impressions (the brand seems into your mind even if you don't click).