Comments on: Digg gets bags of cash, but for what? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/24/digg-gets-bags-of-cash-but-for-what/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: fast cash http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/24/digg-gets-bags-of-cash-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-344123 fast cash Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:07:57 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2700#comment-344123 in two previous rounds of financing. Why so much? That’s not really clear. Jay says the company wants to focus on growing internationally — but is it really going to cost that much to translate Digg into Spanish or French or Kazakh or whatever? (Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch says that Digg wants to focus on growing in two previous rounds of financing. Why so much? That’s not really clear. Jay says the company wants to focus on growing internationally — but is it really going to cost that much to translate Digg into Spanish or French or Kazakh or whatever? (Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch says that Digg wants to focus on growing

]]> By: Business for sale http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/24/digg-gets-bags-of-cash-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-343039 Business for sale Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:17:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2700#comment-343039 It might not make as much sense, or be as effective, but it still makes sense to try to get on Digg. It might not make as much sense, or be as effective, but it still makes sense to try to get on Digg.

]]> By: web design company australia http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/24/digg-gets-bags-of-cash-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-343038 web design company australia Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:14:55 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2700#comment-343038 Everyone wants to get on the first-page of the site and many are willing to pay for it or take extreme measures to do it. But the exposure you get from Digg is not for everyone. Everyone wants to get on the first-page of the site and many are willing to pay for it or take extreme measures to do it. But the exposure you get from Digg is not for everyone.

]]> By: rod / techfold.com http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/24/digg-gets-bags-of-cash-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-343037 rod / techfold.com Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:57:20 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2700#comment-343037 For What? is exactly what I thought when I read the press release/blog entry from Adelson too. Their answer to their inability to break out of their community imposed niche in the states is to.... try again in different countries. Huh.<br><br>I suppose its the founder's imperative to always imagine that their property has the potential to be something more than another iteration of its current state, but in the case of Digg, I can't help but think that it is already what it will ever be: a center for a small, passionate community that will sustain a nicely sized small business, possibly getting acquired as an quick ad inventory grab. For What? is exactly what I thought when I read the press release/blog entry from Adelson too. Their answer to their inability to break out of their community imposed niche in the states is to…. try again in different countries. Huh.

I suppose its the founder's imperative to always imagine that their property has the potential to be something more than another iteration of its current state, but in the case of Digg, I can't help but think that it is already what it will ever be: a center for a small, passionate community that will sustain a nicely sized small business, possibly getting acquired as an quick ad inventory grab.

]]> By: Thusenth http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/24/digg-gets-bags-of-cash-but-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-343032 Thusenth Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:56:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2700#comment-343032 The concept of Digg is a powerful one, much like Facebook - but both are hard to monetize and I treat both as a commodity personally. I jump on Digg to see the most dugg stories in the categories I care about sans the goofy photos which are always the most dugg, then I get out of there. Digg tries to be everything to everyone when it comes to news aggregation which is a long-term project, but I'd rather just hang out on TechMeme, Autoblog, and Gizmodo and get what I care about now rather than let Digg guess for me. To give them credit, the recommendation engine isn't half bad. The concept of Digg is a powerful one, much like Facebook – but both are hard to monetize and I treat both as a commodity personally. I jump on Digg to see the most dugg stories in the categories I care about sans the goofy photos which are always the most dugg, then I get out of there. Digg tries to be everything to everyone when it comes to news aggregation which is a long-term project, but I'd rather just hang out on TechMeme, Autoblog, and Gizmodo and get what I care about now rather than let Digg guess for me. To give them credit, the recommendation engine isn't half bad.

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