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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That』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.4 _% f1 K) K: l$ M; h7 }1 K
( }. B, e! `1 O/ s0 h8 U" WYou 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.; C; Z8 z$ Q' f' Y3 U6 j
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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 #17 X# h6 n9 K- J# E; Z" r; `
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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.- O6 g7 F! y+ A) b7 J
7 c! E! f9 t Y, i' S( D0 X7 sThere 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.7 g! I4 U' G/ D. s: Q+ T9 b
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There 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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