A discussion going on on several blogs about whether Digg should be included in Google’s search results has got me thinking about the value that Digg provides to internet users outside of the Digg community. To my understanding the basic argument against Digg being listed in Google’s search results is that Digg provides no new [...]
What lies ahead in the Internet World in 2007? Below are my three predictions of Headlines we will see during the coming year along with my justification for such predictions. Google Buys Digg for $200 Million Despite much criticism recently, Digg continues to grow. Google does not currently own a site like Digg, so Digg would fit [...]
While keeping informed and up to date about what is being written about Digg over the past several months I have come across a lot of information that really isn’t that insightful or in some cases is even just plain wrong. So to help anyone interested in learning more about Digg sort through the jungle [...]
I just wrote an article at my marketing blog, about the gaming element of Digg, and my take on the fact that a select group of top Digg users have a disproportionate amount of power on the site. In brief I believe that the fact that Digg provides a ranked public record of user’s contributions [...]
I recently read an article on CNet about Rigging Digg. The article was an interesting read but contained many inaccuracies. I was going to blog about it in detail today but this morning I read these three posts that already explain what is wrong with the article and mirror my sentiments Elinor Mills Embarasses Self, C|Net with [...]
I am a Digg Spammer, at least according to Digg users HaltingPoint, dnight, and hobbsy, who left the following comments on the Digg Story of my last post about the $100 dollar business.
The story was buried soon after it made it to the home page, which is too bad because in my opinion it was [...]
I recently wrote about the Digg Elite and the 80-19-1 rule. In that post I mentioned that I had made it into Digg’s top 1 percent but didn’t mention specifics about where the 1 percent cutoff is. So out of curiosity I have calculated what it takes to barely move into the top 1 percent [...]
It has been said that on social media sites such as Digg the rule of 80-19-1 describes what percentage of users consume, participate, and contribute actively to the community. Eighty percent of the users are just passive consumers, they just visit the site to get the latest news or links. Nineteen percent of users actually [...]