Date: 07 Jun, 2010
WHAT IS DIGG?
- Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web.
- From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by Digg users.
- Everything placed on Digg such as videos and images is from the community of users. Once a picture or video is submitted it can then be viewed by other users.
- Your post then keeps track of the amount of Diggs on your post and if it sky rockets then Digg promotes your post to the first page.
- Popular stories and Upcoming stories are the two sections the website splits content.
DIGG INFO
- Kevin Rose came up with the idea for Digg in the fall of 2004.
- Rose then found programmer Owen Byrne through eLance and paid him $10/hour to develop the idea.
- In addition, Rose paid $99 per month for hosting and $1,200 for the Digg.com domain. In December of 2004, Kevin launched his creation to the world through a post on his blog.
Source: Crunchbase.com
BY THE NUMBERS
- Digg is in the top 100 most trafficked sites on the internet. (Source: www.crunchbase.com)
- 27.1 million people use Digg according to statistics from cruchbase.com -In the last 365 days of 2007, technology industry news has clearly pulled into the lead, with 3688 posts, and 4,324,977 diggs.
- Gaming Industry News comes in third place, with 2667 posts and 2,713,398 diggs.
- Second place in the list is Offbeat news, which covers topics that do not fit into other categories on the website.
Source: di66.net
BEST PRACTICES
- Digg has gained serious popularity as a platform for Presidential Election campaigns, with several more notable candidates using the Digg service to promote news articles and press releases relating to their campaigns.
- The Digg website is a digital media democracy, placing a serious emphasis on articles and media that relate to technology and science.
SOURCE: di66.net
UNIQUE FEATURES
- Digg has a Bury button to filter out bad links, off-topic content, and duplicate entries.
- Digg’s Recommendation Engine uses a special algorithm to search for other Digg members who Dugg the same stories you’ve Dugg. You can use the engine to make friends or just keep an eye out for stories you might otherwise miss. You can use the Recommendation Engine by browsing in Digg’s Upcoming tab, or you can switch to the “All” view and look at everything. (Source: How Stuff Works)
- Digg Spy offers a real-time view of Digg.com activity. You can watch as storries are submitted, promoted, Dugg, and reported. (Source: How Stuff Works)
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