DISQUS

lnahinu · 2 years ago

Nice Post. I still can't drive much traffic to some of my sites that I post on Digg but I'm still learning the tricks and I know this will help. I just need a group of friends on there that will digg my article that I put up there. That's my problem right there.

Sean M. · 2 years ago

Hey Chris. Thanks for the endorsement of KnowNow eLerts, but I notice the link refers to "KnowHow" not KnowNow.
I am glad to see you are finding the tool is useful.

Maarten · 2 years ago

Hi Chris,
Good to know Rasasa helps you to be in the light without being shady!
Cheers,
Maarten

Chris Winfield · 2 years ago

Thanks lnahinu - Digg is a terrific site and resource but you definitely have to understand it first..

Sean M. - thanks for the heads-up about the link, I fixed it.

Maarten - you know it!

Tanner Godarzi · 2 years ago

Ahoy Chris! Excellent article you did and thanks for choosing my icon, the Sunflower (I can thank the default pictures Apple includes with every Mac for that). I did a similar article a while back, http://tech-blot.com/2007/01/35-tips-to-promote...

Chris Hooley · 2 years ago

Dude, #1 on Digg. Great post!

SuperGreg · 2 years ago

Anything in favor of Atheisism and against religion (Extra points if against Islam) will get your story to the top within minutes.

Josh Achstein · 2 years ago

The Firefox KnowNow toolbar doesn't seem to want to work with Firefox v 2.0.0.2

Any updates or fixes?

Thanks.

Mihai · 2 years ago

Very good article.

Indian boy. · 2 years ago

Thanx , actually you gave nice information, I first need to change my Avatar / display pcture at dig :)

Jeremiah · 2 years ago

I have to say, good tips for the new users. The only thing that I did really different from what you described was insteading of submitting what I knew Digg users liked, I was trying to submit what they would find "interesting".

At first I started with Linux-related news, because at the time no one was really active in that portion of the site. Later, I moved on to other topics, but I really made it with Linux-related news.

Dean · 2 years ago

Nice article, Digg has so much influence now that getting on the front page can really boost traffic levels along with a crap load of links.

I like what you have to say about adding friends, those people that have a lot of friends really have a lot of control on the site.

Rehuel · 2 years ago

Great post! I am new to blogging, so all this kind of information is very helpful.

Thanks a lot.

Sean M. · 2 years ago

Josh:
We have a new eLerts version in the wings which includes Firefox 2.0 support, plus personal channel filters and other features. If you would like to be a beta participant send an email to beta@knownow.com.

Smaran · 2 years ago

I disagree with your last point. I'm on a 256k connection, and I've managed to get over 500 stories promoted to the front page. No high speed connection needed, trust me.

April · 2 years ago

Seems ridiculous what you have to do to get noticed on digg. Thanks anyway for the tips, they are exactly what I was looking for.

April

rince · 2 years ago

it is good

Zaibatsu · 2 years ago

The biggest hint I can give is friends. Digg your friend's stories is great, but check your friends list for activity. Are accounts dead, inactive or do they just Digg stuff you're not into. So kill them from your friends list and get new ones that you like and see over time if they like your content. I'll never post this on Digg as a tip, but if you guys see it here, then enjoy. I have lots of friends from the early days of Digg like: aaaz, but they're gone now so instead of having 1000+ friends I try and float at around 400 (active Diggers).

aryan · 2 years ago

thanks a nice tutorial i banned on digg 11 times but i am on a new way i am using www.laadi.com now and its giving me very good traffic you know what difference i saw in laadi.com and digg.com... when i post my stories on digg my google ctr is always very low : below than 1% but here in laadi.com my traffic is also gaining and ctr are also good thanks to this new site.

Craig Dewe · 1 year ago

Good tips, but I think most people miss the number one rule of doing well on digg:

Be the best digg user you can be!

Be an active participant and contribute value and you'll do just fine. Try to game the system and you won't. If you look at these tips, that's what they're encouraging...just speeding up the process a little.

erichansa · 1 year ago

it is so hard and harder to become a top user now.

raheel · 1 year ago

yea it is really hard to be a top user now :( i wish i could be aware of it ....... months ago

Ari Lestariono · 1 year ago

Thanks for the post Chris, I enjoy and learn many things, you are right we must understand how it works first then we can leverage it!!great work man

Manuel · 10 months ago

Great article... but it seems that the Top user list does not work anymore (the one you linked to)

Mark Johnson · 8 months ago

Thanks for this share. This will surely make a part of my knowledge that will make me the next top digger :P Thanks mate