Digging made easy - making the most of Digg to drive traffic to your site
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What can I teach you about Digg that you don't already know?
You've seen the little boxes on websites, you've heard of www.digg.com, perhaps you've even already signed up for a free account. Some of you may have already dug your lens from the little Digg It! link squidoo provided on your lens. If you aren't sure what Digg is then you should start by going to the How to Digg tutorial lens by bigebiz. He does a pretty good job of going over the basics, so there's no need for me to redo what he has already done.
Once you've signed up with Digg and have a basic understanding about what it is, come back here to find out a couple of techniques to help you maximize the potential value it can provide.
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I have a Digg account, now what?
The concept and indeed the use of Digg is really easy.
It is intended to be an easy way for people to share the interesting things they find on the web and it provides an opportunity for users to comment about what has been submitted, to "digg" it up or down.
The best sites make the cut, garner interest and get more and more diggs as they move up in "rank".It is very similiar to how your lens move up in rank here on squidoo, but instead of having many variables there is only one variable - how many people digg your site!
What follows are three easy steps to help boost your diggs and generate more traffic to your site
Step One - Make Lots of Friends
Adding friends on Digg is really, really easy. On everyone's profile is a little Friend button. Just go to a profile and hit the button - wasn't that easy?
Now to speed things up a bit, look at that persons friends list and what do you see? Yup, more of the little Friend buttons - click on some of them, too!
You really can't have enough friends! It is after all, what makes Digg, Digg!
You will occasionally find that you can't add friends too fast, Digg might think you are a "bot" and tell you to take a break for a little while. What I do to pace myself is I add 10 or 20 friends then I work on something else for a little while, then when I have a few minutes I might add a few more, or Digg one of my friends submissions. Not everyone of your new friends will hang around for the long run, so it is important to add friends whenever you get a few minutes. Some Diggers have 2,000 or more friends - that's a lot of eyes you could potentially get to your site!
Step Two - Digg something
Have a lens with great content, ready for the world to see?
Digg it by clicking on the Digg It! icon on your lens. A new window will open and you can give your site a title, description, and add it to a category - then just click "submit".
It really is that easy!
What's making the Front Page on Digg?
Here are the headlining stories on Digg. These are just a few examples of the kinds of content that "rise to the top" of Digg. Even if you don't make the frontpage, having your site dug deeper gets it in front of more eyes, potentially driving traffic to your site (lens)!
- Study Shows Female Breadwinners Feel Guilt
- According to a new study, women who bring home the bacon feel a complicated mix of emotions, the res...
- Syfy Orders Stephen King Drama Series
- Syfy has ordered a drama series based on the dreadful Stephen King novella "The Colorado Kid."
- FAA releases Northwest Flight 188 audio and transcripts
- When air traffic controllers were finally able to establish contact with a Northwest Airlines flight...
- The Shrinking Post Office: Is There a Future for Snail Mail?
- Post Office losses this year alone totaled $3.8 billion, and by the end of next year, total agency d...
- The 15 Hottest Political Sex Scandals This Decade
- Nothing can top a classic sex scandal. It's the kind of thing that interests everyone, whether they...
Step Three - Shout it out!
This is the most important step. You now have friends and something to share, so ....
Share it by shouting it out!
Just click on the link and a comment window will come up. Just click on the little share icon and follow the directions to send it to your new friends list!
A word of caution - Don't do too many shouts or you will find yourself losing friends and with friends that aren't responsive to your shouts! Digg all you want, some of your friends will Digg your submissions anyway, but save your shouts for the things that you really feel have a chance to be dug deep!
Helpful Links (really)
- My profile on Digg
- Feel free to add me as a friend on Digg, this link will take you right to my profile!
- Autopinger is a handy little tool I use
- Autopinger allows you to submit your site to several different sites. Every time I create a new lens or update an old one I use autopinger to get the word out and the traffic flowing back. It feeds your link to many popular blog directories and if your content catches someones eye could lead to unsolicited links back to your lens! This link wasn't working for a little while, but is finally back up - and better than before!
- Ping-O-Matic
- A similiar service to Autopinger - another option to "get the word out" about your lens!
- Give your readers options to share your site!
- Did you notice the little button up near my introduction? That little button helps me generate traffic by encouraging my readers to share my site with their friends. If you want to see how it works, just click on the one up there - I appreciate that! This link will take you to the website if you like this neat little tool and would like to add one to your site.
- Follow this link if you would like to make your own lens!
- Squidoo is a really easy tool that helps you spread the word about whatever it is that interests you. If you enjoyed this lens and would like to try your hand at making your own, this link is a great place to start!
- Linkshare affiliate program
- Linkshare is an affiliate program that helps you generate revenue from advertisers for links in your website. It is free to join this program and you will find many opportunities through this program. This link will take you directly to the publisher sign-up page.
- Click here for free advertising with hits2u
- Another tool I'm trying out right now is called hits2u - they claim that thier free service will result in hits - watch this page's lensrank to see if it works because this is the page I'm advertising through them - but it is free, so at least worth checking out, right?
- Free Web Submission to LOTS of Search Engines and Directories
- Freewebsubmission is a great tool to get the word out fast - without having to go through the tedious process of submitting your URL one-by-one. It automaticaly submits to many different search engines and directories, including Abacho, Acoon, Alexa, Amfibi, Burf, Cipinet, EntireWeb, Exactseek, Google, Homerweb, Info Tiger, JDGO, Myahint, ScrubTheWeb, SearchSight, SonicRun, Towersearch, Walhello, WhatUSeek, and 0PN. It also has direct links to the submission pages of many, many more. It does require your e-mail and you will get e-mails from some that you have to manually verify after the submission process.
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- jennysue19 jennysue19 Oct 14, 2009 @ 4:58 am
- The guy who you mention and his lens about Digg don't exist any more!
Great lens - very helpful for new Squid folk
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 1, 2009 @ 7:29 am
- I just started Digging, thanks for the help? 5*
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- coolmanas coolmanas Jul 29, 2009 @ 9:24 am
- Thanks for the valuable tips...
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- AJ2000 AJ2000 Jul 2, 2009 @ 2:52 am
- Nice intro to Digg! Digg got rid of shouts recently though. I'm still trying to figure out how to communicate with other members. I've been able to contact many through Twitter. If a Digg member is on Twitter they usually have link to their Twitter profile page on their Digg profile. And if you use other social media sites like facebook, myspace, linkedin etc. They may list those and you could contact them through there. I find Twitter to be the fastest and easiest though.
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- norbridgeantiques norbridgeantiques Jun 3, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
- Thanks for the tips
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- Cumberland Cumberland May 19, 2009 @ 9:13 am
- Thanks for your lens. I was not familiar with how Digg works and this helps. I will be using some of your information and links. If I set up a Digg account, I will definitely add you as a friend. 5 Stars for introducing me to something new.
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- Quirina Quirina Apr 28, 2009 @ 3:44 am
- Thank you for this very helpful lens! I made use of your offer, you are now my first friend on Digg. Am curious to find out how Digg will work for me.
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- The-Kelster The-Kelster Apr 18, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
- Thank you. Great advice. I am pretty new here and this was very helpful
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- Website Traffic Guide Website Traffic Guide Feb 24, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
- Greatest tips to grow more traffic. Please share your experienced about website traffuic on our Site Traffic Blog Directory too.
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- praise praise Jan 14, 2009 @ 10:13 am
- Happy New Year!
Great lens, I added you to my Digg page and will lensroll and favorite this also. Visit my lens here on Squidoo and thanks.
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