Comments on: Wired: Buying votes on Digg is a waste of money http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/ Sharing my 'Net life bits Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: rogerd http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/#comment-2 rogerd Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:36:18 +0000 http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/#comment-2 I drew a slightly different conclusion from the article - the fact that he was able to drive a junk site to the front page, even for a little while, shows that almost anything can be pushed there. Had he instead submitted a site that contained good content that matched the interests of Digg members, it probably wouldn't have been buried, but might have stayed up there for a while. It would have drawn more traffic, more links, etc. If that $120 had generated a few dozen links, for example, it would have been a reasonable investment (not considering any ethical issues). I drew a slightly different conclusion from the article - the fact that he was able to drive a junk site to the front page, even for a little while, shows that almost anything can be pushed there. Had he instead submitted a site that contained good content that matched the interests of Digg members, it probably wouldn’t have been buried, but might have stayed up there for a while. It would have drawn more traffic, more links, etc.

If that $120 had generated a few dozen links, for example, it would have been a reasonable investment (not considering any ethical issues).

]]> By: stace http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/#comment-3 stace Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:31:06 +0000 http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/#comment-3 Fully agree with here. I am talking about crappy/spammy content as in Wired article and the way they went about it. If you have something good/useful/interesting for Digg community, paying for a few links might be a great investment to get your content noticed. Fully agree with here.

I am talking about crappy/spammy content as in Wired article and the way they went about it.

If you have something good/useful/interesting for Digg community, paying for a few links might be a great investment to get your content noticed.

]]> By: Restarting Staska.Net « Staska.Net http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/#comment-4 Restarting Staska.Net « Staska.Net Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:40:57 +0000 http://www.staska.net/2007/03/02/wired-buying-votes-on-digg-is-a-waste-of-money/#comment-4 [...] My blatant diggbaiting attempt fizzled. I wonder why? [...] […] My blatant diggbaiting attempt fizzled. I wonder why? […]

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