Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

The Power of the Digg Effect

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Everyone talks about how the Digg Effect brings servers to their knees and causes accounts to be disabled. Let's take a journey around the web and see what this "Digg Effect" is all about. Following are accounts from web site owners about their experiences with the Digg Effect.

The Digg Shout Mafia

Friday, December 14th, 2007

There have been many who have condemned Digg's shout mechanism as a spam tool; however, I have found a way to live with this previous annoyance without offending my friends.

The Value of Social Media Traffic

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Specifically I am talking about the burst of traffic when your website gets to the front page of Digg, Reddit or Slashdot. Initially you receive a powerful burst of traffic, which in some cases brings your server to its knees, followed by residual traffic lasting for a few days. Some have ...