Comments on: I can’t dig DIGG. http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/ SEO for All Sat, 17 May 2008 02:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: 25% of Google Searches are Fresh | SoloSEO Blog http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-3314 25% of Google Searches are Fresh | SoloSEO Blog Wed, 23 May 2007 07:06:10 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-3314 [...] Now to Google’s Hot Trends functionality, I believe this will be less important to most business focused sites concerned with SEO, but still will be a socially popular feature. I personally don’t understand the Digg mentality of what’s hot/what’s not in the social media scene, it doesn’t resonate. Unfortunately Digg has proven time and time again to not deliver really good quality content frequently enough to warrant any consideration from knowledge seeking individuals. Along this vein, I don’t think tracking the Hot Trends in Google search will be overly helpful in most online marketing campaigns either (unless you are looking to attract the non-purchasing Diggers). It will be more of a interesting online distraction for those with a little more time to waste than most small business owners typically enjoy. It might generate a business idea or two for some, but for the most part I see little benefit to eventual betterment of anyone’s SEO efforts. [...] […] Now to Google’s Hot Trends functionality, I believe this will be less important to most business focused sites concerned with SEO, but still will be a socially popular feature. I personally don’t understand the Digg mentality of what’s hot/what’s not in the social media scene, it doesn’t resonate. Unfortunately Digg has proven time and time again to not deliver really good quality content frequently enough to warrant any consideration from knowledge seeking individuals. Along this vein, I don’t think tracking the Hot Trends in Google search will be overly helpful in most online marketing campaigns either (unless you are looking to attract the non-purchasing Diggers). It will be more of a interesting online distraction for those with a little more time to waste than most small business owners typically enjoy. It might generate a business idea or two for some, but for the most part I see little benefit to eventual betterment of anyone’s SEO efforts. […]

]]> By: Making Money Online » Ding Dong Digg is Dead http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-3149 Making Money Online » Ding Dong Digg is Dead Wed, 16 May 2007 07:56:42 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-3149 [...] There have been many discussions over the recent problems at Digg, Andy of Marketing Pilgrim, Muhammad of Pronet, and Michael of Wolf-Holf have all commented. I have made my less than glowing opinion of Digg known in a previous post. In general, I don’t find the articles typically found on the front page of Digg to be of any particular use to anyone over the age of 20, or with interests outside video games and the latest hack. There are some which claim the traffic Diggers can drive to your site is worth pandering to the Digg clique, but I have never agreed. The traffice is short-lived, and Diggers don’t buy. [...] […] There have been many discussions over the recent problems at Digg, Andy of Marketing Pilgrim, Muhammad of Pronet, and Michael of Wolf-Holf have all commented. I have made my less than glowing opinion of Digg known in a previous post. In general, I don’t find the articles typically found on the front page of Digg to be of any particular use to anyone over the age of 20, or with interests outside video games and the latest hack. There are some which claim the traffic Diggers can drive to your site is worth pandering to the Digg clique, but I have never agreed. The traffice is short-lived, and Diggers don’t buy. […]

]]> By: Ding Dong Digg is Dead | SoloSEO Blog http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-2887 Ding Dong Digg is Dead | SoloSEO Blog Wed, 02 May 2007 15:48:50 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-2887 [...] There have been many discussions over the recent problems at Digg, Andy of Marketing Pilgrim, Muhammad of Pronet, and Michael of Wolf-Holf have all commented. I have made my less than glowing opinion of Digg known in a previous post. In gerneral, I don’t find the articles typically found on the front page of Digg to be of any particular use to anyone over the age of 20, or with interests outside video games and the latest hack. There are some which claim the traffic Diggers can drive to your site is worth pandering to the Digg clique, but I have never agreed. The traffice is short-lived, and Diggers don’t buy. [...] […] There have been many discussions over the recent problems at Digg, Andy of Marketing Pilgrim, Muhammad of Pronet, and Michael of Wolf-Holf have all commented. I have made my less than glowing opinion of Digg known in a previous post. In gerneral, I don’t find the articles typically found on the front page of Digg to be of any particular use to anyone over the age of 20, or with interests outside video games and the latest hack. There are some which claim the traffic Diggers can drive to your site is worth pandering to the Digg clique, but I have never agreed. The traffice is short-lived, and Diggers don’t buy. […]

]]> By: SoloSEO Blog » Fools Gold - The Risk of Buying Links http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-490 SoloSEO Blog » Fools Gold - The Risk of Buying Links Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:19:52 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-490 [...] In short, the hocus pocus needs to be out of your SEO strategy; there isn’t an easy way to do it fast and big. Good SEO is something we need to think about, we work at, we improve, then when the higher ranking comes, it is legit. When the SEO industry finally quits attempting to buck the system, the cries of SEOs everywhere to be taken seriously by the mainstream tech world might be heard. Until then SEO will continue to be the target of Diggish disdain. [...] […] In short, the hocus pocus needs to be out of your SEO strategy; there isn’t an easy way to do it fast and big. Good SEO is something we need to think about, we work at, we improve, then when the higher ranking comes, it is legit. When the SEO industry finally quits attempting to buck the system, the cries of SEOs everywhere to be taken seriously by the mainstream tech world might be heard. Until then SEO will continue to be the target of Diggish disdain. […]

]]> By: SoloSEO Blog » How to Optimize your Search Engine Snippets http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-438 SoloSEO Blog » How to Optimize your Search Engine Snippets Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:05:13 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-438 [...] Do I walk the talk? Michael Jensen and Aaron Stewart, SoloSEO (Page, SERPS) Description Meta Tag? Yes! To be fair I thought I’d put the spotlight on myself and this blog. Luckily when we built the tool I’ll mention below, it brought to my attention the lack of a description meta tag in the default installation of WordPress. So after just a few minutes I was able to get in a description for each post in an automated way. [...] […] Do I walk the talk? Michael Jensen and Aaron Stewart, SoloSEO (Page, SERPS) Description Meta Tag? Yes! To be fair I thought I’d put the spotlight on myself and this blog. Luckily when we built the tool I’ll mention below, it brought to my attention the lack of a description meta tag in the default installation of WordPress. So after just a few minutes I was able to get in a description for each post in an automated way. […]

]]> By: Christoph C. Cemper http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-391 Christoph C. Cemper Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:00:32 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-391 Hey, thanks a lot for this post... with that article, especially the "from the perspective of a business owner, who is over the age of 35." and " My potential clients don’t hang out there." you put into words what my gut felt when I barked "Digg simply sucks, why do you care about it" to a couple of other marketers and SEOs last November in Las Vegas at the WMW Lunch table :-) hehe... Cheers - christoph " Hey,

thanks a lot for this post… with that article, especially the

“from the perspective of a business owner, who is over the age of 35.”

and ” My potential clients don’t hang out there.”

you put into words what my gut felt when I barked “Digg simply sucks, why do you care about it” to a couple of other marketers and SEOs last November in Las Vegas at the WMW Lunch table :-)

hehe…

Cheers - christoph

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]]> By: Aaron R. Stewart http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-340 Aaron R. Stewart Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:48:34 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-340 Thanks for your comments. I think DIGG did something great, but I am guessing they didn't see it going the way it has gone either. I know we have started companies that have grown in ways we could not predict, but it has been amazing to watch. Hopefully Kevin Rose and the DIGG folks can pull this thing back under control, and legitmize the service, but for now, it is tough to find much worth-while. Thanks for your comments. I think DIGG did something great, but I am guessing they didn’t see it going the way it has gone either. I know we have started companies that have grown in ways we could not predict, but it has been amazing to watch. Hopefully Kevin Rose and the DIGG folks can pull this thing back under control, and legitmize the service, but for now, it is tough to find much worth-while.

]]> By: MarkH http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-327 MarkH Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:46:32 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-327 I have never been able to understand what the attraction to digg was. Seldom was there anything of interest to me there. I use the Google reader to follow a dozen RSS feed and that's all the time I can afford. MarkH I have never been able to understand what the attraction to digg was. Seldom was there anything of interest to me there. I use the Google reader to follow a dozen RSS feed and that’s all the time I can afford. MarkH

]]> By: Michael D Jensen http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-319 Michael D Jensen Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:35:21 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-319 Aaron - Although honestly I have found some interesting articles from Digg, I cannot bring myself to spend any amount of time on it. Several others, like Neil Patel, have said that you can get into Digg and get to be a top user, but it sucks your whole life away. The majority of us with "lives" cannot afford that, nor do we even want to. A question I ask myself often is what I would do with 2 hours of free time, and that's what I really love to do. Digg would probably be about the 1290023923th item on that list. Aaron - Although honestly I have found some interesting articles from Digg, I cannot bring myself to spend any amount of time on it. Several others, like Neil Patel, have said that you can get into Digg and get to be a top user, but it sucks your whole life away. The majority of us with “lives” cannot afford that, nor do we even want to. A question I ask myself often is what I would do with 2 hours of free time, and that’s what I really love to do. Digg would probably be about the 1290023923th item on that list.

]]> By: Li Evans http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-313 Li Evans Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:45:53 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2006/12/30/i-cant-dig-digg/#comment-313 Great assessment Aaron. The mainstream users of the internet likely do not even know what Digg is. For example - if your parents are "technology adept" ask them what Digg is - likely they'll say "that video game you kids played in the 80's" or "what you do with a shovel". That's why it's not important to a lot of our "mainstream" clients. However, if your target market is that "tweenage zit popping, game playing, can't find a girlfriend because I think zelda's real" market (yeah sarcastic I know) then Digg is important. Personally - I agree with you, totally! But just because I don't "get it" - that I can't relate with 95% of that Digg population, and the fact that Kevin Rose continues to let this tweenagers decide what's spam and what isn't - doesn't mean it should be ignored. Especially if the rumors are true and they want to take it from being the "tweenage geek" hangout to the mainstream. Better to know all you can about it, now ... than to be scratching our heads when/if it does take off in the mainstream. Hope you have a great new year! Great assessment Aaron. The mainstream users of the internet likely do not even know what Digg is. For example - if your parents are “technology adept” ask them what Digg is - likely they’ll say “that video game you kids played in the 80’s” or “what you do with a shovel”. That’s why it’s not important to a lot of our “mainstream” clients. However, if your target market is that “tweenage zit popping, game playing, can’t find a girlfriend because I think zelda’s real” market (yeah sarcastic I know) then Digg is important.

Personally - I agree with you, totally! But just because I don’t “get it” - that I can’t relate with 95% of that Digg population, and the fact that Kevin Rose continues to let this tweenagers decide what’s spam and what isn’t - doesn’t mean it should be ignored. Especially if the rumors are true and they want to take it from being the “tweenage geek” hangout to the mainstream.

Better to know all you can about it, now … than to be scratching our heads when/if it does take off in the mainstream.

Hope you have a great new year!

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