DIGG is excellent when used right. Although you have to keep in mind that the benefits aren』t always direct. Meaning. Don』t just expect that once you post something to have a million diggs and huge flood of traffic come in.
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! F4 G: a$ d0 R5 xThat』s not how it works. Using dig for various keyword niches can give you better rankings in google fairly quickly because most digg pages get a much better PR than other sites., s3 @' j, {! t! p& j* ~- _, `/ b( d7 M
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You main goal with using digg is to have people blogging about your digg and getting inbound links. Not so much in having digg just send you a whole pile of diggers.
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IMO digg is a great site that can definitely contribute to your SEO but just don』t think it』s going to be the be-all/end-all SEO tactic that is all you have to do to get to #1
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If you』re looking to have a lot of diggs, or intend to have a lot of diggs, make sure your hosting can handle the load. If your submission makes it as a top story on digg, your hosting will take a huge hit as far as CPU on your shared server. Most shared server companies will have something in their terms about using up 20% of the CPU resources…this will result in your account being suspended.
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There are lot of little etiquette things to know when submitting to digg, so as to not tick off the members. Ticking off the members might result in a big hit of diggs with the members burying your submission.0 Z; p3 a5 Y: N) ?: K- e
& o' \- [/ T2 U/ Z7 w" e# y% R6 GThere are other user-submitted news sites like digg, and might be better for your site. Digg is great for a huge one-time short-term amount of traffic. This tends to trail off pretty quick, once it is off the front page. Other sites are better giving a good amount of traffic over a longer time period. |
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