I admit that the title is pretty corny. In fact it sounds pretty familiar especially to Wrestling fans out there. Well the title might be familiar, but the content isn't about guys in tights pummelling each other week in, week out.
Humour aside, lets get started. I'm sure many of you have heard of Digg.com, some might not. Thats fine with me. Now, the big question is, How Does Digg.com benefit my blog? Lets start with what Digg.com defines itself as (I got it straight from the About Us Section):
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 our users. You won’t find editors at Digg — we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online.
Clearly what Digg.com does is to provide a platform for bloggers, article writers, wrestlers who blog, Tom, Dick and Harry to submit their articles/posts to them. In fact, readers that like what you write in your blog can also submit your article to Digg.com. Your article is then displayed to the relevant category determined by the person that submits it. In this case it could be you or a fan from your blog.
How do I submit an article?
Like many other famous sites, there will be bots who intend to submit spams. Therefore like many other famous sites that you join, you are required to register yourself at Digg.com, get verified via email and you are all set.
I'm such a newbie, I need help on how to submit my blog post to Digg!
Ok if you insist, here's a step by step guide on how to submit an article to Digg.com.
1. Get registered and verify yourself as a human with Digg.com.
2. Login
3. Clik on the "Submit New" button at the top of the page.
4. Enter the URL of your article.
5. Select the Media for your article. By right it should be "New Article" if you are submitting a post from your blog. (You can also submit a video or pictures to Digg.com)
6. Click Continue.
7. You will be brought to Page 2 of your submission.
8. Here you're required to describe your post/article and select a category that you intend your post/article to be seen. Once you are done, verify yourself again as a human and click on the Submit Story Button.
9. There you have it, your post/article have been submitted to the category of your choosing in the Upcoming section.
10. I've just submitted two articles as you can see in the picture below:
Surprise, surpise, I've been dugged by 3 readers in half an hour. Great job Digg.com.
What are services that Digg.com apart from bringing traffic to your blog?
I'll just skip to the relevant services that they offer for bloggers. Like any other sites that cater to blog owners, Digg.com offers Digg Tools. Simply choose from a variety of tools and widgets that you think will compliment your blog.
I would personally recommend the "Digg This" Button for bloggers. This button allows readers to submit an article you wrote to Digg.com. (if they love it of course). The downside of it is that your die hard fan reader is required to register first before given the permission to submit your article/post. Oh by the way, all that is required is for you to paste the javascript into your article/post.
To sum it up, here are the pros and cons of Digg.com:
Pros:
1. You get instant traffic if your article/post is attractive enough to attract Diggers. So make sure you have an interesting title and description for your post/article before submitting it to Digg.com.
2. Cool widgets to play around with. Let your readers know you're contributing to Digg.com.
3. You need Digg.com more then they need you. That explains why they are not even bothered to have a Join Digg.com Now button.
Cons:
1. Your readers have to be registered first in order to submit your post/article. I guess it must be to prevent spamming or is it an evil scheme by Digg.com to get more members?
Recommend by Bloggerfocus.com?
A definite YES!
Can You Digg it?
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Can You Digg It?
Posted by sksee82 | 9:22 PM | bloggers, digg, traffic |Can You Digg It?
2008-03-21T21:22:00+08:00
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