DIGG is excellent when used right. Although you have to keep in mind that the benefits aren』t always direct. Meaning. Don』t just expect that once you post something to have a million diggs and huge flood of traffic come in.2 { D5 ]9 Z* K) W& h G- q) z
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That』s not how it works. Using dig for various keyword niches can give you better rankings in google fairly quickly because most digg pages get a much better PR than other sites.
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You main goal with using digg is to have people blogging about your digg and getting inbound links. Not so much in having digg just send you a whole pile of diggers." | u, d1 U5 `/ g
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IMO digg is a great site that can definitely contribute to your SEO but just don』t think it』s going to be the be-all/end-all SEO tactic that is all you have to do to get to #16 }2 E1 r J$ M2 E* Y
9 D9 [. i1 N; @8 B- nIf you』re looking to have a lot of diggs, or intend to have a lot of diggs, make sure your hosting can handle the load. If your submission makes it as a top story on digg, your hosting will take a huge hit as far as CPU on your shared server. Most shared server companies will have something in their terms about using up 20% of the CPU resources…this will result in your account being suspended.1 o6 z* ^0 M+ k' O# |5 Z
+ _& ?7 L# X' L8 O# ^( vThere are lot of little etiquette things to know when submitting to digg, so as to not tick off the members. Ticking off the members might result in a big hit of diggs with the members burying your submission.7 a& T( s/ J. u' n3 i
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There are other user-submitted news sites like digg, and might be better for your site. Digg is great for a huge one-time short-term amount of traffic. This tends to trail off pretty quick, once it is off the front page. Other sites are better giving a good amount of traffic over a longer time period. |
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