Digg How-to Description
What is Digg.com?
Let's Begin
We will start with the basics. Digg is a social media website that allows its users to submit stories that they find interesting, and others to "digg" their story if they like it. If a particular story gets a high amount of digg's it does well.If you really don't know what Digg is then I recommend that you check out their About Us page. I would also recommend checking out their tour.
What We Got
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- What is Digg.com?
- Digg & You
- Start Digging
- Did you have an Avatar?
- The Only Way to Get on the Front Page
- Start digging in the upcomming
- A Little More Help for Getting Dugg
- Get shirts and more with these logos
- Hit me up on Digg
- Improved Questions
- The Whole Day Digger - My Secret Revealed!
- Reader Feedback
Digg & You
What Digg can do for you
Digg is a huge site that benefit an abundance of people. Essentially it can do a lot of things for you.Here's a list of the things that I know Digg can do for you.
- Get Info - For an average person digg can provide a lot of usefull info about different subjects. Some will even make you wonder what the people that wrote it were thinking.
- Stay Informed with Current Events - When I first joined digg I quickly learned that some current events come up on digg way before they are shown on TV media.
- Drive Traffic to Your Web Pages - I think this is a big reason why many people join digg. Digg brings a good amount of traffic to almost every web page submitted.
- Adding Content to your Web Pages - Digg has a lot of very unique articles on a variety of topics. If you happen to find an article related to the niche of one of your web pages then you can incorporate some of the info you learned.
Start Digging
Give away Diggs, They're Free!
After you sign up and invited your friends, you should start digging. Check out the main page first. Digg it up. It is great to have a good start.
After you get the hang of it start getting into the social part of digg. Start by updating your bio page and getting an avatar. If you have an image you are that much more likely to be noticed.
I personally will take you more seriously if you have an avatar instead of that black default image. Plus it gives some style. You should consider putting a picture of yourself as you avatar.
What is an Avatar - Well on digg and on many other sites when they refer to an avatar, they mean your logo or personal image.
Incorporate yourself as much as possible. Add your other pages like your myspace or squidoo links. Even you IM address if you want.
After you get the hang of it start getting into the social part of digg. Start by updating your bio page and getting an avatar. If you have an image you are that much more likely to be noticed.
I personally will take you more seriously if you have an avatar instead of that black default image. Plus it gives some style. You should consider putting a picture of yourself as you avatar.
What is an Avatar - Well on digg and on many other sites when they refer to an avatar, they mean your logo or personal image.
Incorporate yourself as much as possible. Add your other pages like your myspace or squidoo links. Even you IM address if you want.
Did you have an Avatar?
Speak the Truth,
Before you read this article did you have an avatar? Come on tell the truth
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The Only Way to Get on the Front Page
its well worth it
Okay, this is going to be hard for me to say. I have been around the block a couple times on digg and I found the only way to get on the front page.
You need friends.
Bamb, that is the great answer to the question of how to get on the front page of Digg. You need to have friends. The Quantity of friends you have is always good but the quality also counts.
If you want your submitted article to get noticed you need to give it as much PR as possible.
The first place people see it will be obvious; it will be seen in upcoming. Then your friends will see it on your profile as friend activity.
Then if they digg it, it will be seen by their friends and then they will digg it. Then the chain goes on.
That my friend is the only way your submitted article will find its face on the front page of Digg.
Start digging in the upcomming
Starting to digg in the upcomming section is always a good thing to do. This is for two reasons. One: There could be some great article that you might be missing. Two: It will help you get some friends.
When you submit a story/picture/video it might be smart to add the people that dugg your story to your friends list. The reason is this: If they dugg the article that you just submitted their might be a good chance that they will like the other articles that you submitted as well.
When you submit a story/picture/video it might be smart to add the people that dugg your story to your friends list. The reason is this: If they dugg the article that you just submitted their might be a good chance that they will like the other articles that you submitted as well.
A Little More Help for Getting Dugg
When the most people will be on digg.com
Check out this chart:
It is a pie chart showing where the diggers are coming from. From this pie chart we can tell that Digg has more American Users then anything else.
More people go on the internet from 6to 9PM.
From these two sets of time, we can say that if you lived in a place that went by CST it would be smart to submit an article around 7PM-8PM so that it will be 6-7 in the west and 8-9 in the east. This way you will get more attention to your article even if you don't have many friends (on digg).
It is a pie chart showing where the diggers are coming from. From this pie chart we can tell that Digg has more American Users then anything else.
More people go on the internet from 6to 9PM.
From these two sets of time, we can say that if you lived in a place that went by CST it would be smart to submit an article around 7PM-8PM so that it will be 6-7 in the west and 8-9 in the east. This way you will get more attention to your article even if you don't have many friends (on digg).
Get shirts and more with these logos
When the site just isn't enough
Hit me up on Digg
I'll be your friend if you're cool.
Hey, if you didn't know my account on digg is Sammy64. If you have just started or are a seasoned veteran, I will be happy to be your friend on digg.
But, just so I don't seem like I am giving away my friendship to just anyone here is a list of stuff you need to have.
Don't worry it's not to hard...
But, just so I don't seem like I am giving away my friendship to just anyone here is a list of stuff you need to have.
Don't worry it's not to hard...
- An account...
- Don't digg junk - Its just not cool.
- Must have an avatar - Not to hard, right?
- Should have a good record of digging stories. Stay active!
- Should have a few comments in their history - I like friends who like to talk.
DIGG
Improved Questions
Let me have em'
If you have any questions, just write them up here. I will get back to you quickly.
AJ2000 wrote...
Nice lens, the time of day to submit on Digg was a real gold nugget of information! I'm EnergyGeekCa on Digg if you care to befriend me. All the best to you and hope you'll check out my first lens on Twitter Marketing Tools.
Posted July 02, 2009
jjj1 wrote...
Many thanks for the info - I've just joined Digg and my one suggestion has received precisely 1 Digg - mine!!
Posted March 04, 2009
dc64 wrote...
I have a small presence on digg, I'm just really busy! I'll look you up and let you know that I totally digg you, dude!
Posted October 19, 2008
The Whole Day Digger - My Secret Revealed!
Oo!!!
The Whole Day digger is something that I become when I have some extra time to my self (or a lot of time). What I do is just Digg, comment, and add friends. With this method, you will quickly develop your popularity on the site.
What you do is go onto a topic that you are interested in. Then go to upcoming and Digg the articles that appeal to you most. Then if you want, comment on the article. If you like it a lot, then add the person who submitted it as a friend.
You do this for an hour, two hours, three hours, then you will get loads of friends. Period.
Then afterwards, you will start to get fans. All you have to do is stay active. Not for hours like you started, but for a few minutes a day. The fans will come to you by finding you on their friends, friends list. Then you can add those fans as your friends.
What you do is go onto a topic that you are interested in. Then go to upcoming and Digg the articles that appeal to you most. Then if you want, comment on the article. If you like it a lot, then add the person who submitted it as a friend.
You do this for an hour, two hours, three hours, then you will get loads of friends. Period.
Then afterwards, you will start to get fans. All you have to do is stay active. Not for hours like you started, but for a few minutes a day. The fans will come to you by finding you on their friends, friends list. Then you can add those fans as your friends.
Reader Feedback
johnrapp wrote...
Wicked ideas my main mang, Wicked man.
http://digg.com/users/johnrapp
Posted February 21, 2009
Dr-Cornelius wrote...
Thanks Megal,
I've been looking for a good introduction to Digg. This is it!
Cheers
Dr C
Posted November 12, 2008
TwinsMama wrote...
Thanks so much for this intro to Digg. I'm new to all of these social networking sites so this lens was very helpful.
Posted October 20, 2008
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