What is Digg?37 Comments
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29How to promote your niche site? Write an article about niche sites and digg away.
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I can
1. Write Content
2. Promote
3. Profit
- Ben - tzmguitarist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Can anyone think of a better business model than:
1. Promote
2. Write content
3. Profit
I'm totally serious. This is way too pervasive. - EpicSA, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9This article boils down to: Post a link back to your site whenever and wherever you can.
WOW! EARTH SHATTERING REVELATIONS! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5how does an article this basic and obvious make it to the front page of digg?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Get on a TV Show, for example, Tech TV, and then plug your show any chance you get on someone else's dime. Then, get a friend and act like 2 retarded frat boys getting their first beer, and read the news that everyone else puts on your site.
GENIUS! - noodlez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5content is king.
do a good job, do a little promoting, and you'll get traffic. the good kind of traffic, the returning readers. fleeting, look and leave traffic is bad and misleading. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anybody with an eye on their server logs knows this is best. Write about the hot topics like Nintendo Wii or Windows Vista - and unless you're the king of SEO the traffic will go to the big boys. Write about a niche topic you could *swear* that there's NO MARKET for at all: bam, the hits roll in.
It's nice if you're an ecclectic egghead who blogs about out-of-the-way stuff! - jaxomlotus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i think the fact this made the front page is the real value in the article. Obviously the author knows how to game digg.
- h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Step 1. Steal underpants
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit
Seriously though, blogs = spam, quit posting your blogspam on Digg. - techdandy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Write a good story and post it to these sites:
1) http://www.digg.com
2) http://www.techtagg.com
3) http://www.reddit.com
4) http://www.shoutwire.com
5) http://www.netscape.com
etc...
Then sit and wait for someone to dig out your story and if you make it to the front page then just sit back and profit. - tgone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's hard to believe people found this article informative....
- eidolontubes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2your name makes me cringe
- afx1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@techdandy: Digg users rarely click on ads. So no.
- danp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's so true I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.
- videoCT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Obviously some mass of people are clicking on Google ads - or ads in general. I have found that traditional banner ads link to sites you are likely to find yourself, and Google ads often link to nonsense. Then there are context ads like you search for Connecticut boating license and get an ad saying "buy Connecticut boating license on Amazon.com" Ridiculous. Obviously people are making money so who am I to judge.
- YellowBook, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Buried as lame. How the ***** did this article get so many Diggs and make it to the Digg front page?
- afx1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@h0dg3s: "Ever hear of pay per impression advertising or pop-ups?"
You'd need a lot more than a day or two or heavy traffic for PPM to pay off. PPM pays off with long term heavy traffic. That's how it works. - h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"@techdandy: Digg users rarely click on ads. So no."
@afx1
Ever hear of pay per impression advertising or pop-ups? - chasetec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Niche doesn't equal profit all the time, no matter how much traffic you drive to your site. I run http://www.osdev.org a site about writing your own OS. For most search engines I'm in the top 5 results for this subject. I've looked at the samples ads that programs like adsense will show on my site. My site is truly what I consider "niche" and the ads don't even come close to being on topic so I just don't show any.
There is a big difference between niche and a website with a targeted audience. I think most niche websites can't turn a real profit but I'd like to see examples if anyone has them. - HaltingPoint, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Indeed. For example, when I saw the recent stories about Oprah and Bono making the front page, I posted a link to my story in the comments http://haltingpoint.blogspot.com/2006/10/bono-and-oprah-and-gap-make-fans-wait.html of those stories since my article was 100% relevant, on-topic and added something to the discussion.
What is interesting is that not only did I get modded up, but I got WAY more traffic from putting a link in the comments of a front page Digg story than I did by submitting my own story which didn't make the front page.
It was quite an interesting experiment in the clicking dynamics of the Digg community. - csandb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I read an interesting blog post by an experienced SEO in reply to this article.
http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1470
Digg it if you think it's lame that this article made it to Digg's front page. - h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Yeah and it wasn't even about Macintrash.
(let's see how quickly I get dugg down for that by some fanboy living with his parents) - etechsupport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Remember the content is most important part of your site as the whole search engine evolve around it, the main objective of any search engine is to provide useful and relevant informatio to their users. Any way I have found this blog very useful for SEO related information and tips; http://blog.webhosting.uk.com/category/seo-articles/page/2/
- superdjc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> ....and convert search engine traffic into $.
where $ = $3 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1intelligent content always draws readers.
http://www.theflowingofthedao.com
I make a clean $3,000 a month off targets alone.
easy clean. Just keep it witty.
Worldpeace,
Benjamin - KenEvoy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Sure, we've got tons of examples. We've been helping small businesses succeed with niche sites since well before AdSense existed...
http://case-studies.sitesell.com/
Ken Evoy
President, SiteSell.com
P.S. We did a related interview with Chris Anderson on the long tail and niche sites a while back that you might find interesting...
http://digg.com/business_finance/Interview_With_Chris_Anderson_What_The_Long_Tail_Means_For_Small_Business - Electrox3d, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0even better...
1. Profit - theredbicycle, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2content isn't king, more like a misinformed president of a democracy. You can have the best content in the world, but if no one knows about your content, it doesn't matter. It's much more of a democracy than a monarchy. Don't believe me? I'm sure you won't have to look to hard for some spam sites that are doing quite well.
Shameless plug for my article about this: http://theredbicycle.com/seo/seo-is-a-democracy-not-a-monarchy/ - alecks, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1Or respond to posts on digg and have a signature which promotes your site
_____________________________________________
Worlds Largest Collaborative Design: http://www.cre18.com *
*Digg is f*ing up the link. Copy paste - croni, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2Have a close look at what search terms work for those sites and focus ont those. You can use http://103bees.com for spotting such search terms.
- jav1231, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2Exactly! DuH!
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http://mtbcast.com :) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1Well I would like to take this moment to promote a niche site that I submitted earlier as the youtube of music:
http://www.radioblogclub.com
I am in no way affiliated with this site, but it's still pretty cool and useful (until the RIAA gets their hands on it anyway).
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