How to Use Digg to Promote Your Blog or Website
Join the Community!
If you want to use Digg to promote your online endeavor then you better be ready to become a part of the Digg community. There is no, “Get Pageviews Quick Scheme” to use Digg without paying for people to digg your content- Now THAT would be desperation!
Don’t worry though! Digg can be a great tool for driving traffic to your site if you participate in the community by not only sharing your own content but the content of others that you find valuable.
Digg is also a great source of information. It has quickly become one of my favorite tools to read the news, get inspiration and even get a good laugh!
How can you become a valued member of the Digg community?
Starting digging!
When you’re the first person to “digg” an article, your profile name is displayed below the link to that article. If people enjoy the article and notice that you’re name has appeared under multiple valuable articles, they may start “following” you.
When someone follows you, your dugg articles will show up in their customized news feed. As more users start to follow you, the exposure of your dugg articles will continue to rise.
A good tip is to digg articles from popular websites. If a particular website’s articles tend to get a lot of diggs, then their articles will move up to the top news section faster. When an article that you’ve submitted reaches the top news section, the amount of people who choose to follow you will also rise. Digg will also send you a free t-shirt. No joke, mine is in the mail.
Remember to digg articles that are not your own. If people see that you’re only digging content from one source then they’re going to question your credibility.
Also, before you start building a Digg following, don’t digg your own articles. If you have 3 followers and you digg your own article, it is only displayed in 3 peoples’ news feeds. If you are patient and someone with 2,000 followers diggs your article, then it is exposed to a lot more people. Be patient!
The best way to use Digg as an SEO tool is to become a valuable member of the community by sharing unique and interesting content.
Just try to remember: If you find an article interesting, DIGG IT!
About Anson Alexander
Anson Alexander is a graduate from the University of Tampa with a degree in International Business and Information Systems.A previous IT Administrator for a medium size publication company, Anson has recently decided to work full time on his own business by publishing on AnsonAlex.com, publishing technology tutorials on YouTube and offering SEO, IT training and digital marketing services.His main interests include technology, social media, infographics, economics, marketing and web design.Connect with Anson on Google+.
Thank you very much for the post! I just started using digg to promote my new website… and to have fun with it
Good to hear Josh! Send AnsonA4 a message and I’ll follow you.
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Thanks for the information. I am new to Digg and this has answered a few questions. I have been wondering how to use this social media for SEO advantage for a while now. I am off to create an account. Cheers.
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Nice article
I am Integrating digg button with my blog
Thanks
I have just started using Digg. So we should not submit our own articles to Digg? We should Digg other articles, then our followers will go to our blog/website and digg our articles eventually? Boy, I thought we were supposed to submit our own articles so people on Digg could see them and Digg them from there. Learning curve.
Technically, digging your own articles is against Digg's policies. That doesn't mean you can't do it but it also won't have the effect that you think it might.
When you first start using Digg, you're not going to have any followers. That means, when you Digg an article, it isn't really being pushed to anyone.
If someone with a lot of Digg followers diggs your article however, it will get a lot more exposure.
Therefore, the best strategy is to digg others' articles within your niche to gain a following and then once you have a good amount of followers you can try digging a few of your own articles at your own expense!
Good stuff, digg is a great way to gain some traffic to your blog, specially if its new and doesn't get much organic traffic.
thank you very much for this post. i was very much confused in social bookmarking this post clear my concept. good work man. carry on please. thanks
Let's face it , reddit its still better , you just have to watch out for the silent ban , digg is hard to get on first page and even harder to stay there for 5 minutes.
Hi Anson,
I have some 105 followers on Digg yet I haven't got a single pageview from Digg. May be because I am digging only my own content.
Useful information, i had no idea before seeing this page. gonna to start following few folks