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Re: Site Traffic And The Steady Paycheck

DnDCorner — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:15:38 -0000

Interesting comparison. Seems like if you can manage it though you would want to go ahead and use Digg as well as Techmeme etc.

Re: Site Traffic And The Steady Paycheck

webomatica — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:08:09 -0000

Hey Dan (thanks for the France Gall recommendation by the way) anyhow, yeah I guess I forgot to mention the residual link creation effect. I actually didn't get too much back link action from my two stories (as far as I know). Maybe it's because my site went down?

Re: Site Traffic And The Steady Paycheck

Daniel Z — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:27:39 -0000

While I agree that the vast majority of people who visit a site via Digg will never visit again (unless it's dugg again), don't underestimate its longterm value. A popular Digg story can generate hundreds of back-links from other websites to yours, which, in turn, can significantly improve your ranking in the various search engines. And good search rankings are key to delivering a steady stream of new visitors to your site. Getting one or two stories on Digg's front page can pay dividends for months (if not years) to come.

I don't advocate writing specifically for the Digg crowd, but anyone serious about building their site's traffic shouldn't completely ignore them, either.