7 sure-fire ways to get traffic to your blog using Digg

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

So, you just made a blog and now you are looking for people to read it. Problem is — you’re fat, uneducated, poor and friendless. Who’s gonna’ read your blog?

Well, if you know how to use Digg correctly, one of your wee little blog posts just might end up on 10,000 computer screens all across America one day. With a little luck of course.

The first thing you need to know about Digg is that it was not designed for people to market their own websites with. Digg was designed to be a social news network which allows people to share or Digg pages they have an interest in on the web. The ideal Digg user is someone who uses Digg because it allows them a better web surfing experience.

Digg works like a voting system. Someone finds an article, blog post or picture they enjoy, so they submit it to Digg. At the submission screen they are asked for a title, URL (address), category (Digg has 8 main ones) and description. Sounds like a lot of fields to complete but many times the fields are filled in automatically if the Digger is using a Digg toolbar or browser add-on like this one.

After a content item is submitted to Digg, it gets passed off to other users. If those users Digg it, the item becomes more progressively exposed to other Digg users; then, if the Digg count reaches a certain threshold, the content item is featured on Digg’s frontpage. If you ever do make it to Digg’s G-L-O-R-I-O-U-S homepage, you really should throw yourself a party — as it is quite an accomplishment.

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Tags: digg, social networking, traffic
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