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how does DIGG REALLY affect a lower-to-middle traffic website?

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by irunbackwards, Oct 4, 2006.

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    or any of the social bookmarking sites

    do alot of people actually browse the low categories say 30 "diggs" will get me?

    or will that just be search engine hits etc
     
    irunbackwards, Oct 4, 2006 IP
  2. hextraordinary

    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    Depends if those 30 diggs will get you to the front page. But traffic varies A LOT from one story to another.
     
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    Front page of dig should get you 7k-12k visitors in 24 hours,
     
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    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    Not really, my last front page got me only about 2k. But it sure can go up much more than that.
     
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  5. James Woods

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    Digg is really overrated. If you're planning on posting garbage spam like a lot of people do (hoping to get hits, haha, idiots) then 30 Diggs would reflect that, and you'll get sh*t-canned fast and buried. If however you have a worthy story then you will be promoted to the front page, if you get a lot Diggs then more diggs will come and you'll be happy.
     
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    ahkip Prominent Member

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    that's not true..don't underestimate the power of social network
     
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  7. irunbackwards

    irunbackwards Peon

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    how does 30 diggs get you to the front page? i see that is random some diggs are like whabam 800 diggs and another on the front page is like 200, why does it vary so much

    this is what confuses me about digg
     
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    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    It seems like the front page stories move down the chain much faster than they used to, which means you stay on the front page for shorter time periods. On the other hand, the number of visitors increases with time.

    All in all, I think story exposure on the front page is getting saturated.
     
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  9. James Woods

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    Digg is overrated for the type of traffic you get, from a userbase that is 80% firefox/ad blocking, that are militant devotee to Digg. Everyone else uses other sites, Digg is not all that, it's mostly geeks.
     
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    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    In some cases it's pretty easy, check this out:
    Sub 30 front page stories
     
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    They use an algorthym of some sort and it has to do with how quickly those diggs are received. I have heard it also has something to do with the past ranking of the person that submits the story and the rankings of those digging it.
     
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    Which is great for technology sites.

    That is correct.
     
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    I think it would also depend on how long your site is near the top and how much mass appeal your link has. Obviously, the easier it is for those scrolling digg to find you, the more potential visits you'll receive.

    I think most digg users do venture past the first page. I usually scroll through at least the first 2 or 3 if i have time.
     
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    The traffic for me would be secondary to the hundreds of links you would get.
     
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    Obviously it has alot to do with whether those browsing the first page are interested :rolleyes:

    You can get 2k-10k depends on whether your article is of interest to a great percentage of those viewing the first page of digg.
     
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    I have had 2 front page Diggs. The first one got me about 18,000 UV in 48 hours, the second about 32,000 UVs.
     
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    Yeah but they are ad-blind and block ads.
     
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    The geek are the one who speak one the net, where normal people are audience

    who are the biggest blogger? geek
    who upload countless video on youtube? geek
    who create buzz on the net? geek
     
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    Who doesn't click ads? geek.
     
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    What was the stories about? I bet they were well-written and worthy and not spam crap.
     
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