Is DIGG helpful for SEO?

[Ozzman]

I have seen some blog sites that includes a bar of such sites icons like: Digg, Del.icio.us, Fark, Blinkbits and Fark etc.

Is this really good to place these website icons to promote your content?

Does it really help SEO to increase traffic and to make your link popular?


Secondly, If someone has already Digg the blog_post and if again someone other tries to Digg the same blog_post. Will the same blog_post be added for twice or it will just make the existing link popular?

[weslinda]

Only if you actually get dugg...the links on your site don't matter, people pushing your page onto those sites...does matter. Links are gold.

[mit]

digg like website are useful, if you post some good information pages there....

[mtb167]

Sites like digg are incredibly popular, but only if you are dugg to the front page.

I read somewhere once that a front page article will receive 300-800 links, almost all from bloggers.

Is there anyone here that wouldn't like 300-800 blog links?

[freetraff]

I think in the worst case scenario you will get at least one backlink from Digg.

And this is also not so bad for SEO, and any backlink from authority site (and Digg is an authority) is at least some extra boost to the value of your site in the eyes of search engines.

But, of course, one backlink is not enough to hit the top chart in search engine results.

[mtb167]

If you digg your site in the top 30 social bookmarking sites - it will get you indexed pretty fast.

[daniboy]

I've experimented with digg etc.... If you start to get a fair few diggs you'll be indexed pretty damn quick, but in my experience these have got to happen when you're on the first few pages of upcoming.

I had an article submission (with anchor text links) that got dugg a week or so ago. Within 48 hours of the submission and the start of the diggs it was indexed and the 3 targetted phrases all put my site on the 1st page of google.

There were only just over 1,000,000 competing pages, so fairly niche subject, but it shows the weight digg carries, better than any other backlink I've had to date.

[dvduval]

Ok, so you can get a backlink that is indexed by google even if you don't make it to the front page?

I wonder about people searching digg also.

[incrediblehelp]

Spreading the word about any of your pages or posts is always good for SEO, because it can lead to links and sometimes qualified traffic. The problem with Digg is the visitors are usually "curious" ones that are not apt to convert. Lots of eyeballs and no buys, but like I said before this traffic can lead to some nice backlinks in other peoples blogs/websites.

[bhartzer]

is this really a good place...to promote your site

A while back I wrote a post here about my experiences with social bookmarking communities like Digg, Delicious, Netscape, etc.

If you look at the "big picture", then these sites can be very helpful and an essential part of the "big picture" when it comes to promoting a site.

First, you need to create the site and have good content--especially content that others want to see. Once you've created that content, you need to do your part to help others find it. If you are "networked" properly (and have built up a good profile and "network" of friends) on these sites (digg, delicious, Netscape, reddit, etc.), then it's very possible to tell your friends about the content--which will hopefully lead to them "digging" or "bookmarking" or "voting" for your content. If your site's content is good enough and enough people like it then it might become popular. And if enough people like it and those people are bloggers or own sites then they might link to you.

Keep in mind that the social bookmarking communities are really only one part of the whole "big picture". Everything else needs to come together as part of the whole entire equation.

[sub_kovert]

If you do get 'dugg' and suffer the 'digg effect' it will most likely bring your server down anyway.

But yeah, it is all good

[anandseo]

hello,


could guide me please how would i put link or code in our webpage of digg or other bookmarks.

Thx & Rgds,
anand

Originally Posted by sub_kovert

If you do get 'dugg' and suffer the 'digg effect' it will most likely bring your server down anyway.

But yeah, it is all good

[mpilatow]

Like Jaan said, the link and visitors from Digg and other social network sites is more or less inconsequential. The real juice from those sites comes from the links you will get from blogs and other sites that picked up your story on Digg. mtb167 said that you can get 300-800 links from a front page Digg story and according to Neil Patel this is a low estimate. At SES NY this year he said he averages thousands of links from front page Digg stories.
Getting content on sites like Digg can provide a huge boost on link popularity and that is the real SEO benefit from social network sites. Just be careful to avoid too much self promotion because the users there can spot it pretty well and they will bury you as fast as they can if they catch you doing it.

[Ne0]

Digg is awesome for traffic if you can get about 50 or so diggs in the first hour... (usually that will put you on the front page) then you will get Tons of traffic... not necessarily 'targeted traffic' But the nice thing is you'll generally speaking have a few others blog about your article... and or link to it from one of their pages...

So yeah it's good for SEO but it's not nearly as game-able as it once was....

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[Fort Worth Realtor]

So if my agents write articles is it not smart to digg it, I dont want to get in trouble for digg articles from my site

[incrediblehelp]

Originally Posted by Fort Worth Realtor

So if my agents write articles is it not smart to digg it, I dont want to get in trouble for digg articles from my site

or YPC...Yahoo Published Crap.

[DaveHoffmann]

digg is perfect for instant attention and instant traffic.
You have to provide something that many people think is cool.
So the best thing to digg is a funny video.
But you have to really come up with a good title, becasue you have to get peopel to click on it. If the title is boring even though the target link might be cool, it will go unnoticed.

[Chris]

digg = good for backlinks, bad for conversions... so yes, it's good for SEO because of the potential for backlinks (from the blogosphere, something Google LOVES). HOWEVER, these visitors usually don't return and/or turn into a conversion, which is the primary reason most of you have a site in the first place.

[khurramali]

I use dig and other social bookmarking website submit links / buttons on all my blogs.

I use world press on all my blogs, dig can also help with your press releases and general news and events information, articles which you can post on your blogs and then submit at all the social bookmarking websites.

[vinay11111]

Digg is goon one of my articel published in digg appeared in top 20 yahoo serps also that got Google page rank of 4.

But it never happened again I published more articles but they were nor so sucessfull.

[coolguy27]

Originally Posted by Ozzman

I have seen some blog sites that includes a bar of such sites icons like: Digg, Del.icio.us, Fark, Blinkbits and Fark etc.

Is this really good to place these website icons to promote your content?

Does it really help SEO to increase traffic and to make your link popular?


Secondly, If someone has already Digg the blog_post and if again someone other tries to Digg the same blog_post. Will the same blog_post be added for twice or it will just make the existing link popular?

These bookmarking sites actually boosts traffic for a site but not for long term.....

Unlike directories which are long term especially if it's a quality directories...

[erikko]

i think it can help to drive traffic into your site but im doubting if that can be a quality source

[Journey]

Digg is one of the most reliable social bookmarking sites that helps you to drive more traffic to your website..

[brian234]

It definately does..Front page of Digg is really a dream thought for any SEO..

[innominds]

Originally Posted by brian234

It definately does..Front page of Digg is really a dream thought for any SEO..

I don't think it as a dream of every SEO. It is just a part of SEO where one can get traffic and backlinks.

But some say that Digg provides only nofollow backlinks.

[tamecrow]

Originally Posted by brian234

It definately does..Front page of Digg is really a dream thought for any SEO..

Not this one