Digg-A-Meter Applet: Will That Story Be Popular On Digg?

Our recent Top 12 Ways To Win Friends & Write Magnetic Headlines article not enough to help you write the perfect headline to go popular on Digg? Via Pronet Advertising, I thought this was fun -- the Digg-A-Meter applet tries to tell you the potential success of your story titles.

Apr. 10, 2007 at 5:53pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Catchy Linkbait Is Worthless Without Really Good Content

Getting your linkbait post, widget, or other content featured on the front page of Digg is one thing—a good thing, as this can drive a spike in traffic. Getting a whole bunch of links to that content, however, is entirely another matter. After all, the purpose of linkbait should be to attract ...

Jan. 22, 2008 at 3:58pm Eastern by Cameron Olthuis

Three Proven Steps For Getting On Digg's Homepage

There are tons of tricks that people use to get stories on the homepage of Digg. Unfortunately, in their eagerness to get the visibility offered by Digg, most people are ignoring basic submission guidelines. Rather than concentrating on gaming Digg, if you submit stories using some common sense, your ...

Feb. 20, 2007 at 11:06am Eastern by Neil Patel

10 Simple Steps To Social Media Success In 2008

... Saved: 10 hours per month not reading everything. #4 - Meet a Digger a Day. Spend 15 minutes per day (during the week) contacting a new person from Digg via instant message and forging a bond. You can usually locate this information right on their profile page and add them to your IM program. This simple ...
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Jan. 8, 2008 at 1:41pm Eastern by Chris Winfield

Why Mixx Hasn't Gotten The Following It Deserves - Yet

Mixx, a social media submission site, is a newcomer on the scene, so it understandably will take a while for it to catch up with older sites like Digg, Propeller, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. That said, this article looks at the current state of Mixx and the potential future of its small but devoted community ...

Apr. 8, 2008 at 5:41pm Eastern by Muhammad Saleem

Dig It -- There's More To Social Media Link Building Than Digg

When it comes to leveraging social media marketing for your link building campaigns, it seems that most of us focus on Digg and Digg alone. The problem with this is that you’re putting all your eggs in one basket. If for some reason the content doesn’t get popular on Digg, then you’re out of ...
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May. 15, 2007 at 9:23pm Eastern by Cameron Olthuis

How To Shout On Digg Without Getting Shot Down

Tons of people have been using the Digg shout it feature lately. A shout is a message that can be sent between two or more users on Digg, making it a very powerful tool for getting many people to take notice of content, and potentially garnering lots of Diggs. Some Digg users consider the shout out ...
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Oct. 23, 2007 at 8:58am Eastern by Neil Patel

5 Ways To Make 2008 Pay Off Big

... for. Spend more time with family & friends Participate in a social network. You are not going to rank first in Google because three people “digg” your story, or because somebody wrote on your wall in Facebook. However, you will begin to build both visibility and credibility for your company ...
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Jan. 9, 2008 at 7:24am Eastern by Dave Feldman

7 Tips To Win The Social News Beauty Pageant

... that the community in general is going to find the content to be good. To illustrate this point, let's look at the following news submission to Digg and break down the things that people look at as they anticipate the community's verdict: 1. Play the field As the community at Digg grows, the site is ...

Jan. 15, 2008 at 3:55pm Eastern by Muhammad Saleem

Search Engine Land Stats: 2007, In Review

... drill down. I'll give you a table, which I'm going to resort later in various ways: Source Visits Pages Per Visit Seconds On Site (avg) % New Visits Digg 571,037 1.15 18.60 90% Google Reader/iGoogle 153,987 1.70 127.01 33% Stumbleupon 101,668 1.73 81.55 91% Techmeme 52,742 1.41 77.66 52% Bloglines 33 ...
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Jan. 2, 2008 at 7:57pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan