Today I decided to break on my attempt (not so much a hard rule but sort of a soft exception) to avoid using Digg to generate traffic. I know lots of people talk about how Digg helps generate traffic and if you want ad dollars then don’t pass up including Digg as part of your marketing toolbox.
However I am from the group that generally takes exception and I worry about what the ‘Digg effect’ would be and how it is influencing the web. I know that others before Digg have had tremendous influence over the web i.e. Slashdot and they still do, but something about Digg just worries me - its a gut thing. So yes I admit its unfair.
So for two reasons I tried Digg out today:
1. traffic (okay I am being honest)
2. I can’t really have an opinion if I never even tried Digg, Digging, or getting Dugg, etc.
What happened - well number one Digg did raise my traffic and it wasn’t significant but it was appreciate able and I did get some comments (unfortunately only on Digg) but all in all so far for a first day (only been about 5hrs+ now) out I think it went smoothly. I only got chastised once and it didn’t turn into a flaming, just solid criticism that I apologised and took on board.
As I move down this course I hope to get more insight into the Digg culture and see how they fit in on the web as someone who will be advising clients to use or avoid Digg.
Do you use Digg? Tell me about your experiences I would love to hear about them.
Are you from Digg? HI! Introduce yourself (please) and let me know what you want/expect from Digg. Are you satisfied with your experience when you landed here?
UPDATE: Some great related links to the conversation that has started already in my comments section. You will see from these links that there is still some ‘disagreement’ over how to use Digg appropriately.
37Signals
Amusingly the battle still rages on 37 Signals months later
jerry richardson 17 May 06
Posting a story about your own site is generally not well-received. The diggers don’t seem to have much empathy for press releases. Even well-cloaked ones. At the very least, get someone else to post it for you.
An Online Marketing Guide - discusses the issue
Digging for PR Juice on Digg? Don’t
Om Malik says that spammers are abusing community-edited sites such as del.icio.us and Reddit. Basically they submit spam links and use bots to increase the votes to their stories.
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