Digg Ya! – Test Your Writing With Instant Traffic
Digg 3.0 is now in full swing and your humble narrator is using it everyday. You can too, and the benefits should speak for themselves. If you’ve never heard of Digg, or don’t know what it is, it’s a web service that allows you to freely submit links and references to your blog or web site articles. You can instantly see if other Digg members “Digg ya” or “Bury ya”.
Digg users can then give your story a thumbs up or thumbs down vote, which directly affects the readership your piece will receive. You can select which category your article will be viewed in, and once you click the submit button, your article starts at the top of your chosen category list. It won’t usually stay at the top for long, as new articles are added by other users frequently. If you have a piece that is of great interest to readers, you can see a massive boost in traffic to your blog or web site.
To get started and test Digg for yourself go and register at Digg.com. Once you have logged into your Digg account, click the submit a story link at the top/left of the page. Then enter the URL of web page where your article, video, picture, etc. lives. You want this to be the address of the article, or item, you have on your site.
Click continue and then enter the title and description of the piece. Then you will be asked to select an appropriate category for your piece. The Digg categories are as follows:
- Technology
- Science
- World & Business
- Videos
- Entertainment
- Gaming
Then click the final button (I think it’s submit). That’s it. Now click the Digg category you chose on the left/hand side of the screen. You’ll see your article at the top of the page. If your article or piece is something Digg users really take to, they will click the Digg button and prop your article up another notch. If they think your article is a waste of time, they click the thumbs down button, entitled “Bury Story”. With Digg 3.0, when you click the Bury Story button you are given a drop-down menu consisting of 5 choices.
- Duplicate Story
- Spam
- Wrong Topic
- Innacurate
- OK, This is Lame
Make sure you have a way to track your visitors coming to the page you submitted (Statcounter.com is free), because this is alot of fun. You can see visitors coming to your site via Digg immediately. One thing you’ll notice — it’s difficult to retain the interest of Digg users. For instance, my articles are concerned with online income, and the subject matter would only interest those who want to information on doing so.
Often, I notice that popular Digg submissions are videos and pictures. I saw an extremely popular Digg submission that featured the microscopic picture of Velcro pulling apart. It was indeed interesting to see that. Depending on your blog topic or subject matter, you could really swamp some traffic to your pages. For instance, if you have a photography web site, you could submit some interesting pics for Digg users. You could instantly see thousands of visitors hit your site in only a matter of a few hours.
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