Posted 5/13/08 - Kellex


Seriously though, what the hell happened to Digg? Remember the days when 70 diggs got you on the front page? And remember when it wasn't complete spam, duplicate stories, and betting site morons?

Digg used to be one of the greatest traffic or link builders on the planet for bloggers, but has turned into a country club of egos and spam lately. We were a victim of its nastiness only weeks ago when we ran our "A Blogger is like..." post. That post hit 104 diggs but never got close to the main page because a couple of big dog Digg users buried it as "spam."

This big time "blog tool" has become a complete joke as of late because of Digg super-users and admins.

I read the "Breaking the Digg Code" ebook today and it just depressed the hell out of me. (It's free by the way.) It was filled with useful information but it was also a warning label to anyone attempting to use Digg as a "tool" for their blog. What used to be strategy to gain traffic and links has now turned into a black market liver deal. If you aren't careful, you could be banned or buried for life for pratically nothing. As much as Digg has fallen from its glory days of only months ago, you still need to have it as a resource because its benefits still reign supreme in the social networking world.

Maybe there will come a time when Digg becomes relevant in my link building efforts, but for now I'll just sizzle it on the back burner.

Any thoughts or stories of success lately?

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