Digg.com is a News website it is controlled by users. Similar to the all new “Yahoo Buzz“, “Propeller” and Mixx. There is no central governing body that decides which news to report and which news makes it to the front page. The community of users submit the stories and “vote” on them by clicking the “digg this” icons besides each story listed on its pages. Digg was originally featured mostly technology related articles but has since grown to include a whole range of categories that cover almost any topic.I am currently a member of Digg and use it to drive traffic to my companies product pages by “digging” Press Releases and product news. There has been talk of something called the “Digg effect” This is where stories have been successful in getting over to the Digg community and they begins digging it which has resulted in the story getting on the front page of Digg and once that happens you can get over 10,000 unique visitors to your site in one day!
There are a few number of ways which will improve your ways to get on to the front page of Digg:
- Socializing is key: The more friends you have on Digg the better because when you submit a story, you can then invite all your friends to Digg it.
- Comment on other Stories: An easier way to get traffic is by posting comments on popular stories with high diggs. Write a comment that is relevant to the story and then leave a link (signature) at the end of your comment.
- Digg your blog: If you have a fairly large number of readers to your blog, you can submit your blog posts to Digg and then insert a “digg this” button in near your blog. Readers of your blog can vote your story up the Digg ranks.
