Can you Digg it?
PR6, tons of webmaster traffic, craze that is sweeping the internet—all phrases that describe Digg.com—yet somehow they fail to properly sum it all up. Digg has quickly become one of the fastest growing websites on the net and has developed a cult-like following. It is not uncommon for sites that have news stories featured on Digg’s homepage to receive massive boosts in traffic. Many sites report 5000+ uniques from Digg within hours of making the homepage. Fabio, owner of TotalWebTalk, confesses that he is “amazed at the traffic” that he has recieved to his forum after a valued member ranted about the possibility of a registrar taking a great domain name that he had searched for and found to be avalaible but later appeared to be registered to the registrar. It was set to be one of the normal community discussions that TotalWebTalk is becoming well known for when an unknown visitor or member posted it to Digg. (Digg It). Five hours later Fabio says that he, “had to upgrade [his] hosting package to deal with the traffic” because “we’ve gotten 6000 visitors since the link has been up”
You might be asking yourself, “What is digg and can I get that kind of traffic too?” The answer to both questions is simple, but hardly easy. Digg is a revolutionary community news site where the users provide the news and decide which news articles are worth the time fo other users to read. (Digg FAQ here) So first of all, to get traffic, you need a news story that others will find interesting. Then you or someone else needs to submit it to Digg; you have to be registered to both post and digg stories, but like the best things in life, registration is free. The way you get the most exposure is of course making it to the homepage. To make it to the homepage readers have to dig your story. Rankings are based on the number of diggs in a period of time.
So if you have something interesting to share, then digg it. Its free advertising with the potential to generate huge amounts of traffic. Just don’t become a diggspammer!
