Comments on: What it Means to “get dugg” from a Business Standpoint

By: carotids

carotids — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Many authors have previously reported what you are saying. I believe the first was here: Digg Effect

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing - great link. I have never seen this site before but that post is excellent and it is interesting that a year later I say basically the same thing. I have bookmarked that site to check back later.

I also disagree with that article about Alexa bumps. For us, we saw a dramatic bump in Alexa ranking and it could be because we are a year later and more Digg'ers are using it but whatever the reason, we got a bump.

By: till

till — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have yet to see the real value of Alexa. I mean, a bunch of people using a toolbar and that shows popularity for a website?

Where is the Yahoo!-Toolbar ranker or the Google Toolbar ranker? Wait, there is, isn’t it used along with the PageRank?

Anyway – I’d just like to know what Alexa really means for a website in terms of popularity and revenue. Can you argue higher advertisement rates with a higher ranking on Alexa?

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

… when’s the last time your marketing department understood something technical?

It’s a third party, it’s a graph, ergo your marketing department believes it.

Me? I just like comparing my site to my competitors. It gives me something to aim for.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ted - we were dugg 2x after the first one. The 2nd and 3rd were not even close to the first in terms of traffic. First brought in about 20,000 unique visitors in 24 hours. Second/Third brought in maybe 2,000.

I think your short-term comments are right on. I would say that I got about 20 blog links from the first digg and about 20 rss subs so from that perspective it was a good thing. I am not sure if my placement for the RSS up there in the header is good or bad.

By: Ted Rheingold

Ted Rheingold — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve found the times I’ve been dugg have been rather unrewarding. Neither time did was I the one to post it to digg, so it’s not like I created my own monster.

It’s like a flood of highly judgemental people come pouring into your living room, spray paint a bunch of rashly worded graffiti spray paint on your walls and then leave without a word of thanks.

There are long-term benefits which are that the people that did find something of value will perhaps recall your site the next time they return and realize it’s one to remeber.

Speaking of, did you see an increase in feed subscriptions?