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Digg Experiments with Embedded Image Posts
May 3, 2011 by 1 Comment
In an effort to improve “shareability” and make the site more sticky, Digg is experimenting with embedded images on the Digg submission permalinks.
For months, Digg has had (off and on at times) inline videos that could be played directly from the Digg post page for certain video sites like YouTube and Break. Last night, Digg started rolling out embedded images as well.
Three Things Digg Needs to Survive: Buzz, Buzz, and Buzz
March 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
No, Digg is not dead. Not yet. Recent lack of certain actions have prevented the site from growing at the brisk pace it needs to regain relevance, but it’s not too late. Not yet.
Kevin Rose Leaves Digg (but he really left long ago)
March 18, 2011 by 7 Comments
Kevin Rose has resigned from Digg. The founder and former CEO who helped put in place the debacle of Digg V4 is founding a new startup with a $1mil+ round of funding according to Techcrunch.
The Future of Digg
March 14, 2011 by 18 Comments
If you’d come up to me just a couple days ago and asked if Digg were going to survive for the long haul, I’d have sadly opined, “No.”
After lobbing a few hand grenades in the form of questions at (relatively) new CEO Matt Williams the other day, I’m happy to report I can upgrade that to a Magic 8 Ball-like response of “Cannot Predict Now.”
At Digg, There is Hope (and rightfully so)
February 19, 2011 by 35 Comments
Did you notice? There seems to be a paradigm shift going on over at Digg that hearkens to the cries of users and publishers alike longing for the glory of old. It would appear that for the first time in over a year, Digg senior management is not only listening to the users, they’re acting upon what they’re hearing.
Where Digg Continues To Lose Its Way: Trying to Impress Mainstream Media That Doesn’t Give a $h17
January 23, 2011 by 4 Comments
When Digg first rolled out “Staff Picks” late last year, I was extremely excited. Here was an opportunity for Digg to use their front page real estate to highlight stories that were not getting the traction that they would be able to get on other social news sites like Reddit or StumbleUpon where quality matters more than promotion. I thought, “Now, let’s get some unique, viral material on the front page.”
I was wrong. It has proven to be a wasted ploy to try to get the attention of sites that not only don’t need the traffic but who consider Digg a minor blip on their radar (if they even consider them that anymore).
Reddit vs Digg: A Case Study
January 11, 2011 by 41 Comments
We’ve been planning on this story for a while but it’s been challenging finding a piece of content that fit the criteria. It needed to be very close to being equally popular on both Digg and Reddit, plus we needed the site owner to be willing to share their analytics data with us. Thanks to our friends at Techi, we found a case study story.
Digg Starts The New Year Stagnant [Updated]
January 2, 2011 by 3 Comments
Update: Not only is Digg back, it’s back with a vengeance. Stories are flying on at ludicrous speed. It was likely a bottleneck of promoted stories that weren’t appearing on the Top News section due to some coding change. Things look like they’re about back to normal now.
There has been hope building up surrounding Digg.com for a few weeks now. Changes are rolling in nicely. Traffic seems to be steady and on the verge of climbing. Spam is all but gone.
Today, a good chunk of that progress is overshadowed by the most stagnant homepage in, well, forever.
19 stories have been promoted to the top new section in the last 24 hours. Compared to the glory days of V3 when 90-140 would be promoted on a slow day, this doesn’t speak well for the struggling social news site.
Digg Experiments With Trending To Make “MyNews” More Relevant
December 29, 2010 by 5 Comments
Update: Digg confirmed that it is an experimental feature they’ve been “playing around with for weeks” that is not available yet to the public.
A new button appeared tonight when I visited MyNews on Digg. “Trending” is now the default sorting option for some users who visit their personalized Digg page.
