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I think you'll generally find that Digg is a big waste of time in terms of promoting a site. It takes a reasonable amount of effort to get anywhere near the fr
by brk 18y ago
I think you'll generally find that Digg is a big waste of time in terms of promoting a site. It takes a reasonable amount of effort to get anywhere near the front page, and then when you do you get a crush of mostly unqualified traffic from users who are not likely to ever visit your site again.
Self-submissions and "Digg groups" rarely ever work to elevate you above the bowels of the "Upcoming" pages. One of the things that Digg seems to be particularly good at is detecting this sort of activity.
Your time is better spent improving your app and promoting it where it is relevant. Wait for someone else to take an interest in it and let them submit to Digg/Mixx/etc.
- mstefff 18y agoI agree completely, but getting there is a decent start and does help circulate promotion. Why not help each other out?
- mstefff 18y agoOnce it's on Digg, it usually ends up syndicated on many other sites, and generally the word gets out. It helps a lot with inlinks, blog posts, etc. This just seems like something simple we could all provide for each other.
- brk 18y agoYes, it's helpful. Just like buying a lottery ticket theoretically means that you stand a chance to win $x^n. If you can get some interest, then by all means go for it. I just think that you will find that the "exposure" is worth less than the effort required to gain it (and I recognize that the effort is low).
- mstefff 18y agoWell I've gotten plenty of exposure, I just thought the small effort might go a long way. Plus like I said, it just seems like a good boost we could help each other with.