Wanna Get DUGG?

27 Sep 2006

Posted by J. Angelo Racoma as Blogs and blogging, Geek, Web 2.0

My articles and blog posts here and on the other blogs I manage/contribute to have been DUGG several times now, and I’ve posted some of my observations on ForeverGeek:

I’ve a handful of articles and blog posts that have been DUGG to frontpage, and I can say that I’ve had different experiences from each of them. But the few times my stuff had been voted up to front page, one can draw conclusions about the way the DIGG crowd thinks.

Here’s a brief rundown of my DUGG postings:

On ForeverGeek, my beginner’s guide to podcasting (DIGG link here).
On the J Spot, my guide to getting free US and UK incoming telephone numbers from anywhere in the world (DIGG link here)—reached frontpage, but was buried and marked “inaccurate” because the server hiccupped due to the sheer rise in traffic during the time at front page.
My article on VPNs at bLaptops—nearly frontpaged (DIGG link here), but again it was buried and marked “inaccurate” because a glitch in the blog’s layout caused the content to be hidden in IE (stupid IE).
On ForeverGeek, my post about the Windows vs Mac OS X issue being about the “maximize” button (DIGG link here).
Several other places, I’d rather not disclose.

And what have I learned from this? Well, to get DUGG, you have to know what interests the DIGG crowd. Notable among these are:

People love to argue – e.g., Windows vs. OS X.
People love free stuff – e.g., free calls, free software, etc.
People love new stuff – e.g., new gadgets, new ways to do things.
People love how-to’s – e.g., hacks, tutorials.
It pays to have a lot of friends. Even better, it pays to have influential friends – Bring on the DIGG army!

Check it out at ForeverGeek. Please feel free to comment either here or there.

Work Smartr every day.

Tags: Blogs and blogging, DIGG, Geek, howto, Tips, tutorials, Web 2.0, web2.0 | Viewed 1808 times

9 Responses

Andrew

September 27th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
1

Excellent post. I’d love to be Dugg and see my webhost suffer for all the headaches it’s giving me. But honestly, I’d rather be boingboinged. What does that take?
Migs

September 27th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
2

Nice exposition on Diggbait!

A friend of mine got boingboinged. Your post has to be sufficiently cute and original.
J. Angelo Racoma

September 28th, 2006 at 2:08 am
3

Thanks, Migs and Andrew. You know what? The post was frontpaged! And it was buried a few minutes after!

Again? Sigh.
Major Tom

September 28th, 2006 at 10:10 am
4

This is a helpful tip I had recently een using the digg site and I hope I get dugg more often in the future.
Corsarius

September 29th, 2006 at 8:06 am
5

looks like you’re recent digg was another winner (and a li’l controversial too, based on the comments, but hey, controversy draws in the hits, i guess).

btw, it’s only now that i’ve noticed you’re already monetizing your blog, hehe.
Thilak

September 30th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
6

Yeah… Some of the tips mentioned in this post really work. Good post overall.
J. Angelo Racoma

October 1st, 2006 at 11:34 pm
7

@Andrew, My hosting provider (Abe) would probably kill me if I killed his servers all the time. Heheh. BoingBoing? Well, I guess it helps to know someone from the inside.

@Major Tom, hope to see your site get DUGG, too! It’s a great feeling, I tell you.

@Corsarius, I think so, too. But the one you guys did (on MySpace) was even more controversial. Yep. Am trying to monetize. Just an experiment for now.

@Thilak, thanks for the comment. I hope my tips are helpful, indeed.
SELaplana

October 4th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
8

i tried submitting my blog posts to the digg.com but i was discouraged because some diggers told me that the articles i submitted is not diggable.

i wish i can write a good article which will be sent to the frontpage of the digg.com too..
J. Angelo Racoma

October 4th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
9

@SELaplana, just keep on submitting. A lot of DIGGers are arses. So much for democracy on the web, eh?

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