Comments on: Digg this: Google to gobble Digg? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/22/digg-this-google-to-gobble-digg/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:21:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Svetlana Gladkova http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/22/digg-this-google-to-gobble-digg/#comment-340203 Svetlana Gladkova Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:52:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2560#comment-340203 I also see that Google views Digg as a nice additional advertising property: it will place its ads on Digg and send extra traffic from Google News and Google Reader probably as well (using recommended subscriptions) so it will have a nice extra revenue source as well. And maybe it will finally make Digg itself more mainstream - something that Digg has been trying to achieve for some time. I also see that Google views Digg as a nice additional advertising property: it will place its ads on Digg and send extra traffic from Google News and Google Reader probably as well (using recommended subscriptions) so it will have a nice extra revenue source as well. And maybe it will finally make Digg itself more mainstream - something that Digg has been trying to achieve for some time.

]]> By: Tim A http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/22/digg-this-google-to-gobble-digg/#comment-340202 Tim A Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:34:49 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2560#comment-340202 Did they just give up building there own? - <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/14/google-bucket-testing-new-digg-like-search-interface/">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/14/google-buc...</a> Did they just give up building there own? - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/14/google-buc...

]]> By: calamityjake http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/22/digg-this-google-to-gobble-digg/#comment-340201 calamityjake Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:56:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2560#comment-340201 I think you're right--the combination of Google News and Digg might be a good one. The Google News algorithm works quite well, but adding a bit of humanity to the process might make the results more interesting/useful. Plus, without being integrated into something big (Google, NY Times, MSNBC, CNN, maybe Yahoo is still relevant enough), Digg has a pretty clear ceiling on its usefulness. Once anyone with a google login can play, the data will get a lot more interesting.<br><br>Google already does something Diggish on its search pages--results that get clicked on are valued higher than those that don't--but a more explicit voting system might be worth instituting there, too. I think you're right–the combination of Google News and Digg might be a good one. The Google News algorithm works quite well, but adding a bit of humanity to the process might make the results more interesting/useful. Plus, without being integrated into something big (Google, NY Times, MSNBC, CNN, maybe Yahoo is still relevant enough), Digg has a pretty clear ceiling on its usefulness. Once anyone with a google login can play, the data will get a lot more interesting.

Google already does something Diggish on its search pages–results that get clicked on are valued higher than those that don't–but a more explicit voting system might be worth instituting there, too.

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