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Digg.com

by Kimmeh
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After submitting my article to lots of article directorys to only get 1 click on my affiliate link, I'm going to try my hand at promoting my product on Digg.

What would be the best way to go about this? I've never used Digg before.
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  • Profile picture of the author D_M_S
    IMO getting good results with Digg (ie getting on the front page) is one of the hardest things you can do on the web. I don't mean to be discouraging, but there's been many an article (and resulting flame war) about the different legitimate and not-so-legitimate waysto do it
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  • Profile picture of the author Kimmeh
    Almost everyone has been suggesting Digg.

    It's been almost 5 hours since I've submitted something, and I'm the only one that 'dugg' it.

    Kick in the balls.
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    • Profile picture of the author yesacpow
      Get used to that unless you are going to build a huge friends list on digg. I usually just submit my links to digg to get them indexed.
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    • Profile picture of the author D_M_S
      Originally Posted by Kimmeh View Post

      Almost everyone has been suggesting Digg.

      It's been almost 5 hours since I've submitted something, and I'm the only one that 'dugg' it.

      Kick in the balls.
      I think people just throw "Digg" out there to show that they're hip (its like talking about "the market" at cocktail parties) but don't really realize how hard it is (and all the politics involved) in getting on to the front page of Digg.
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      • Profile picture of the author JoshuaG
        Digg is even more difficult to get ranked on now that it has relaunched in its new format.

        It is much more "News" based now.

        If you could write a socially compeling news article and dugg that you would be better off.

        Also, there are ways to join groups of diggers who "digg" each others stuff.
        That might be helpful...of course what is more helpful is to promote some truly remarkable.
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  • Profile picture of the author bookmarkr
    Don't waste your time. Digg doesn't like affiliate marketing. Hasn't for the last 3 years or so.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kimmeh
    I'm getting told one thing, then the total opposite. I guess 'Social marker' isn't the way to go. I wont waste my time on it any more when I can focus on other methods instead.
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    • Profile picture of the author yesacpow
      Don't get discouraged. Social Marker has it's purpose.

      If you have articles, blogs etc, you can bookmark them to get them high pr backlink and help them rank better. You will not get immediate traffic from digg and other bookmarking sites unless you have something really really interesting. But their high pr bookmarks are what you need now to your sites, articles etc



      Originally Posted by Kimmeh View Post

      I'm getting told one thing, then the total opposite. I guess 'Social marker' isn't the way to go. I wont waste my time on it any more when I can focus on other methods instead.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Murdaugh
    Digg is also dying.

    Since the re-launch, they've lost huge amounts of traffic. Kevin Rose is supposedly stepping down.

    If you go to the site now there's noticeably less activity.

    That being said, even if it was the same as a year ago, submitting an affiliate link is pretty worthless. You really need something solid that has mass appeal so people will actually "digg" it, no one is going to digg a sales letter or whatever you're promoting.

    Unless you get front paged, which is nearly impossible without a front page worthy story, it's pretty useless for short term traffic.

    The links may have some longer term benefit, but I'd guess it's not worth a lot.

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    • Profile picture of the author jonathan8
      digg is really easy to use. But I don't like new digg, how about you?
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  • Profile picture of the author JenniferNavi
    I would not go the article directory route.. build out a website by blogging where you can sell affiliate products. That's your best bet!
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  • Profile picture of the author mousecalls
    Yes, I have to agree with what is being said regarding Digg now that they have relaunched.

    They really aren't liking affiliate marketing as much as they did in the past. Squidoo was another one that went this route.

    You are better off, using social bookmarking for your articles.
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