Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'digg'

A Sphinn thread has discussion around the topic of how much Digg might not like SEO sites or blogs. Back when Digg was first getting started, SEOs flocked to it, as a way of driving traffic and ultimately links, to...

Posted on May 22, 2009 8:54 AM

CNET and a number of other blogs report that Google may buy social news site Digg for approximately $200 million. This has been something we've been eying for awhile, with Reuters photographing Digg CEO Jay Adelson with Larry Page of...

Posted on July 23, 2008 9:14 AM

In a very interesting interview, Eric Enge spoke with Matt Cutts on link building. What's good link building? In many cases, Matt thinks that the best links are those that are original research and provide value to readers in the...

Posted on June 17, 2008 9:32 AM

Do you all remember Digg's algorithm change in January? Well, it looks like I was right when I claimed that Digg jumped the shark. Pierre at Social Alerter actually provided an in-depth analysis of how the algorithm impacted the popularity...

Posted on March 10, 2008 11:08 AM

Yesterday, Digg made an announcement that it dropped Google as its advertising partner and has chosen to sign a three-year exclusive advertising deal with Microsoft. Search Engine Land quotes Microsoft's Steve Berkowitz about the move: Our collaboration with Digg is...

Posted on July 26, 2007 9:02 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums has a thread asking if traffic from Digg can cause problems with your Google AdSense account. There are a few reasons for concerns when it comes to getting surges of traffic. Now this applies from Digg, StumbleUpon,...

Posted on March 28, 2007 7:01 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread discusses the "problems with social media traffic." The thread creator lists three problems with the traffic. Suggested Problems with Social Traffic: Click Through Rate May Drop: If you increase your traffic and the traffic referrer base...

Posted on March 6, 2007 7:11 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread asks "But Is The Traffic Any Good?" Meaning, is Digg or social media traffic, quality traffic? Administrator, projectphp, explains that it is a huge benefit for a site selling ads based on a CPM basis. I...

Posted on March 1, 2007 7:28 AM

WebmasterWorld has launched a new forum named Social Media Tagging and Bookmarking Optimization. The new forum comes to life with the recent buzz on SMO - Social Media Optimization. What is SMO? Tagging Web based bookmarking Digg.com StumbleUpon del.icio.us Link...

Posted on February 22, 2007 8:16 AM

As I reported yesterday at Search Engine Land, Yahoo Launches Suggestion Boards - Digg Community Upset. In reality, Yahoo! had these "suggestion boards" for a while, at least a few months. But Yahoo! officially announced them two days ago. As...

Posted on February 16, 2007 7:36 AM

Two days ago Loren Baker wrote Does Digg.com Belong in Google Results? He basically summarized two points of view, the first by Allen Stern who says that Digg adds no value to the story and should not be indexed (hence...

Posted on January 4, 2007 7:06 AM

A slow but very interesting WebmasterWorld thread asks, "Is Googe Devaluing "Social Content" Links?" Tedster, WebmasterWorld Admin, said; It's not a big secret. Webmasters looking for a ranking boost have been using "web 2.0" tactics for quick link building. Even...

Posted on December 20, 2006 8:04 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread discusses how "getting digged" will affect your AdSense click-through rate (CTR) and earnings for that time period. Digg.com often will send a user base that is anti-ads. Digg users are most likely the most blind to...

Posted on October 6, 2006 8:08 AM