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Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

rrd11 — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:45:19 -0000

i googled 'how do i use digg for my blog' and this is the first hit.... very helpful... could u do the same for other sites as well? :) tanx....

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Knowledge — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:09:08 -0000

Very interesting observations from 2 years ago. The beauty of the internet is that my search for digg and some other content brought me here, to your page. I have enjoyed learning some of the finer points of blogging and coming to your site is just a stepping stone along the way. -1-

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

leostanley — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:58:45 -0000

hi, good i am also will start digging here after

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thx
leo stanley
blogger

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

hamplemy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:02:00 -0000

Politics is a form of astrology--and money is its sign.--John Leonard, U.S. journalist, in Esquire, 1969

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Curioursorenrern — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:21:23 -0000

The best way out is always through.--Robert Frost (1874--1963), US poet

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Idetrorce — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:42:47 -0000

very interesting, but I don't agree with you
Idetrorce

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Sarah — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:22:24 -0000

Thanks for the credits. =) It's appreciated!

Interesting results about digg to...

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

oasisfleeting — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:43:22 -0000

Chris,

John Chow swears by getting dugg. I hope to achieve the same with my website.

signed by oasisfleeting.tk and epsteins mother.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Gingerskhan — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:31:16 -0000

I found you recently through twitter. Has anyone experienced the twitter effect yet?

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Tish Grier — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:59:35 -0000

Hi Chirs...

before Digg got big (pardon the pun!) you could get the same effect if you were "Instalanched" (as in linked on Instapundit) or Slashdotted (I heard that one at a confernece two years ago)--basically, it's being linked on any really huge big traffic site.

In '06 I got both Instalanched and then, six months later, Kos'd. Both were great spikes, but really didn't send over any long-term readers--probably because I'm not a political blogger.

For me, most readers that subscribe come thru Techmeme (not big traffic hits, but quality ones) and thru Google search (oddly enough.) I also find that subscriptions go up when I end up linked on blogs of very influential people. These folks might not have huge traffic, but they have influence. And, for me, at the stage where I'm at in my career, getting those links are like gold.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Mark Cahill — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:58:02 -0000

Thanks for providing the data I'd long suspected. Slashdot, Digg, etc. don't provide much more than drive bys...

FWIW, I came in off a link on http://bestengagingcommunit... - which is a blog I read regularly. Niche affinity means more engaged readers, I suspect.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Jon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:24:55 -0000

To be fair. Digg, fark, slashdot, del.icio.us all serve the same purpose. For people to waste time on the internet because they've already been EVERYWHERE. I know thats what I do. Now, I might be a little different from other Digg'rs because when I find an interesting article linked on to a blog - I go and check out the rest of the blog. Sometimes I favorite them (like your site), sometimes I move on.

All in all, thats a cool lookin spike.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Steve Coulson — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:10:08 -0000

No, this is completely normal Chris, not just for Digg, but all similar traffic drivers. My site once made the front of Digg, Fark, Delicious and a couple of others all on the same day. That one day my traffic spiked from it's usual 10-15k a day to over 100,000 visitors in one 24 hour period. Yes, you read that right. Within a week - back to almost normal levels.

One spike isn't going to change your traffic. A month of spikes, one every day, may have more of a lasting effect.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Mike Allan - digitalmediaTORON — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:41:46 -0000

Chris you are as always; spot on. I may not post regularly on your blog but I read daily and have a special foldr called CB- Social Media where I put the ones I want to bookmark.

Keep up the good work!

Mike

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Merlene — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:40:53 -0000

I've been subscribed to your feed for a few months now although I'm really not certain how I got here the first time.

What I do notice is that I rarely read your posts within Google Reader as I do most others. I always find something in them that I want to take time to read and ponder so I open the post in a new tab. This morning I checked my tabs and found I had 53 open, several of them were from this site. Many get bookmarked to come back to again.

Ultimately content is king. Digg is kind of like carnival food. Always something interesting and perhaps even tasty in bites but the things that feed us and sustain us are the good hearty meals we get when we settle in at the bounty provided by those blogs/sites that consistently serve up good fare.

Ok now I'm hungry. Peep.
/off to stalk some others for a while...

~ Merlene

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Merlene — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:16:49 -0000

I've been subscribed to your feed for a few months now although I'm really not certain how I got here the first time.

Ok now I'm hungry. Peep.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

David Marshall — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:04:55 -0000

Digg does not really have an affect on websites any more. I think gone are the days of the "Digg effect".

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Jane Quigley — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:57:37 -0000

I've read similar reports from John Gruber (DaringFireball.net) and Jason Kottke (http://www.kottke.org). Both have reported the same Digg effects and that this kind of traffic doesn't stick around for the rest of the conversation.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Drew Shiel — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:33:47 -0000

I was one of those who came in from Digg, and hung around. I've had the same experience with things like StumbleUpon; a big spike in traffic, and absolutely no perceptible difference after. Nice for the ego, though...

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Rick Mahn — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:58:51 -0000

Yeah, Chris I think that developing readership or growing the network in an organic way to be best. It's kind of like your closest friends in the real world. Most of the time it's a long-term relationship that has many events, conversations and a deep understanding involved within them.

Getting huge amounts of traffic might be cool, but it would reduce the chance for you to interact with your network as much as you do now. It may be inevitable as the scope of what you do grows, but I'm interested to see how you adapt.

Thanks,
Rick

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Cameron Reilly — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:39:36 -0000

Chris, I wrote almost the exact same post a year ago:

http://gdayworld.thepodcast...

Since then I haven't really bothered much with Digg. You can't build a business model on 15 minutes of fame.

cheers
CR

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

chrisbrogan — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:27:47 -0000

Wow, I am *really* glad a lot of you came back and reported similar experiences to me. I was worried at some level that you'd all come back and say, "No way, dude. Digg doubled my traffic. You must just be a loser." But nope. I'm doing the same as what you did, or so it seems. Phew. : )

Thanks for all the thoughts.

And for those of you who peeped, great to see you!

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Michael Valiant — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:38 -0000

Digg is notorious for sending untargetted traffic who would prefer to use Digg to read their daily news than use Digg to find quality news sources to read.

My experience is that traffic and RSS readership usually settles down to a level a little higher than before the 'Digg' but that's not always the case.

At the end of the day getting on Digg gets you bragging rights and a pat on the back, while the hard work you put in day after day is what's growing your community long term :)

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Karen Zara — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:45:52 -0000

Hi! :)

I've found your blog this weekend, and I have to say your 100 Blog Topics list is amazing. That article alone made me want to subscribe to your feed, and here I am... saying "hi", as you requested. ;)

As for this Digg experience of yours, it proves once again what's been said by many others: Digg users don't stick to a site, don't click on ads, don't subscribe... they just enter, take a quick look and go away (some will even say bad things about you later on). Unless a blogger is able to produce at least one weekly piece with real chances to make it to Digg's front page (therefore ensuring a consistent trafic flow), I'd say he/she shouldn't put too much effort in using that site as a promotion tool.

Re: The Effects Of Digg on My Blog

Scott Schablow — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:01:10 -0000

Chris,
I've had clients mentioned on Fox News Network or BusinessWeek and got huge bumps, but quickly returned to previous levels. Curiosity seekers don't hang around, they're on to the next thing. You're dead-on to build a quality, engaged audience who seek your insights and opinions. Keep up the good work.