Comments on: Digg, Stumble and the madness of crowds http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: john http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-215924 john Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:32:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-215924 I agree that not all traffic is considered equal but the main purpose of Digg is not to be a PR or lead generation site. It's a news site. Just because a blogger has one interesting article that has been deemed newsworthy doesn't mean their site is worthy of another visit. Like they say, you only have one chance to make a good first impression. I'm sure there will be a 5 step article/blog post written about getting the most from being dugg. Heck, an article like that seems like digg/link bait to me :) I agree that not all traffic is considered equal but the main purpose of Digg is not to be a PR or lead generation site. It’s a news site. Just because a blogger has one interesting article that has been deemed newsworthy doesn’t mean their site is worthy of another visit. Like they say, you only have one chance to make a good first impression.

I’m sure there will be a 5 step article/blog post written about getting the most from being dugg. Heck, an article like that seems like digg/link bait to me :)

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-215494 Eric Berlin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:44:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-215494 I agree that Digg-driven traffic isn't all it's cracked up to be. However, while all traffic isn't equal, *most* publishers would agree that all traffic is better than no traffic! In any event, I think the interesting thing here is that the focus is on the Digg community i.e. the people visiting and perhaps dropping negative comments on digg-linked sites. What if there was a nicer, friendlier, more stick-around kind of community driven by a social news site? While this sort of thing would be no easy feat to conjure, I believe that popular social news verticals will emerge that may create an environment that is more conducive to people sticking around links they visit, clicking on things (perhaps even ads!), etc. I'd love to see a StumbleUpon what's-the-deal-with-it post, Mathew! I agree that Digg-driven traffic isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. However, while all traffic isn’t equal, *most* publishers would agree that all traffic is better than no traffic!

In any event, I think the interesting thing here is that the focus is on the Digg community i.e. the people visiting and perhaps dropping negative comments on digg-linked sites. What if there was a nicer, friendlier, more stick-around kind of community driven by a social news site? While this sort of thing would be no easy feat to conjure, I believe that popular social news verticals will emerge that may create an environment that is more conducive to people sticking around links they visit, clicking on things (perhaps even ads!), etc.

I’d love to see a StumbleUpon what’s-the-deal-with-it post, Mathew!

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-214612 Mathew Ingram Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:56:26 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-214612 Thanks, Tony :-) And Engtech, it's interesting that even Violent Acres seems to be tiring of Digg -- she wrote a post recently about how "not everything I write needs to be Dugg." Thanks, Tony :-)

And Engtech, it’s interesting that even Violent Acres seems to be tiring of Digg — she wrote a post recently about how “not everything I write needs to be Dugg.”

]]> By: engtech http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-214582 engtech Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:09:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-214582 I do like me some StumbleUpon. Digg can really establish a blog though. pronetadvertising and violentacres come to mind as two sites I saw go from zero to an audience by writing content that got Dugg. I do like me some StumbleUpon.

Digg can really establish a blog though. pronetadvertising and violentacres come to mind as two sites I saw go from zero to an audience by writing content that got Dugg.

]]> By: Tony http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-214527 Tony Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:55:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/01/25/digg-stumble-and-the-madness-of-crowds/#comment-214527 Mat -- you can call me "just" Tony. Everyone else needs written permission though. ;) t Mat — you can call me “just” Tony. Everyone else needs written permission though. ;)

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