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Topics related to social news sites, such as Digg, Reddit & Netscape. For more background, see the Let's Get Social column or news sites news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: September 23, 2008 - 2:36 pm
Posted By: LtDraper 19 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://humanorbot.com)
Category: News Sites
An interesting look at the rates of Digging of the Top Diggers. Given the hoopla about Diggers being banned lately, it would appear that Digg has only scratched the surface of their problems. read more »
28 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 19, 2008 - 3:50 pm
Posted By: clickfire 22 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nowsourcing.com)
Category: News Sites
Brian Wallace interviews Diggboss, the programmer who behind the script that got hundreds banned on Digg this week. read more »
9 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 2, 2008 - 5:18 pm
Posted By: onreact 40 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://royal.pingdom.com)
Category: News Sites
Social news traffic: Mixx is the fastest growing, Digg still the biggest, Sphinn is not bad at all for a niche community with targeted traffic. read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 17, 2008 - 7:00 am
Posted By: Guillaume 57 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.nvisolutions.com)
Category: News Sites
It just couldn't get worse. I mean, the top banner, all the wasted space (when I say wasted, it is really because it is, I do like clean and minimalist designs).

Well, what do you guys think about it, after having played with is a couple weeks? read more »
12 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 13, 2008 - 11:43 am
Posted By: jeffquipp 60 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomegacorp.com)
Category: News Sites
Want to be successful on Digg? Why not do exactly what the most successful Diggers are doing. Manish details 10 of the habits of successful Diggers.

Good read! read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: August 5, 2008 - 12:49 pm
Posted By: dsnyder 68 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: News Sites
"I have been using Propeller for quite some time now, and have always felt propeller to be a great source for quality traffic and weighted link from a search engine optimization stand point. I did however always feel there was a lot of functionality read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 4, 2008 - 6:53 pm
Posted By: NickWilsdon 68 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nickwilsdon.com)
Category: News Sites
My first impressions of SocialMedian.com, the news aggregation and voting site launched last week. I've also included a list of SEO/SEMs newsmakers who are already active in the system. Reserve your username, click the links and get set up. This one read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 31, 2008 - 7:07 am
Posted By: Ryan.F 72 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://altsearchengines.com)
Category: News Sites
With oriango.com , you can perform searches, add and share web links, news, videos, sites, profiles, music, blogs, anything you need. Oriango is easy to use. It does not require registration, so you can advertise, search and share your contents free read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 28, 2008 - 4:17 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 76 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.winningtheweb.com)
Category: News Sites
So the Google-Digg deal that I predicted last week has been broken up. I asked for opinions from some of the most active SEO’s and SMO’s on Sphinn, a perfect intersection between search and social media. Will Google acquire Digg? Do you think it wou read more »
5 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 25, 2008 - 5:52 pm
Posted By: socialpyramid 78 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.brentcsutoras.com)
Category: News Sites
As many top social news users spend more and more time on reddit, the traffic seems to be following them. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 23, 2008 - 7:23 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 80 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: News Sites
Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The read more »
8 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 23, 2008 - 1:21 am
Posted By: Gab 81 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: News Sites
Well, you might still get indexed, but spamming sphinn no longer gets you a dofollow link if you don't go hot. Will this affect the quality of submissions? Only time will tell. What do you guys think? read more »
13 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 9:01 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.10e20.com)
Category: News Sites
On Digg, having something to say is only half the battle, knowing how to say it is the other half. This guides you to dissect the jargon, people and memes used in comments on a daily basis. Each section is broken down in detail to help you boost you read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 6:35 pm
Posted By: TheNanny612 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.doshdosh.com)
Category: News Sites
Maki writes, "So what do you do? One method that works is just to use references to heighten content relevance and styling your articles in a catchy format that is easily accessible. What this template looks like will of course, depend on the specif read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 3:32 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 87 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: News Sites
Our findings show that, in general, lots of mainstream sites are very good at linking out and that there is a direct correlation between the number of links they give and the number of links they receive. read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 1:55 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 87 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cracked.com)
Category: News Sites
Digg, Reddit and all the other so-called “social media” sites can be a great way to get your message out to millions of people, but with so many voices out there screaming for attention it’s hard to be heard sometimes–even if that 400,000-word poem read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 26, 2008 - 3:05 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 138 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.manishpandey.com)
Category: News Sites
Manish Pandey talks about 5 crucial learnings he's had on the road to becoming a successful digger.

Good read! read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 19, 2008 - 9:56 pm
Posted By: steaprok 147 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: News Sites
A great write up on the controversy with Digg and Mr Babyman.
For months, a small but outspoken number of Digg's millions of other users have complained about seeing as many as three or four MrBabyMan submissions on the front page at one time. As w read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 8:30 pm
Posted By: netgeek06 151 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.directoryone.com)
Category: News Sites
Social networking marketers have long been vying for an answer to all of their wrong password woes. With social networks popping up everywhere you look, so has the need for easy accessibility amongst multiple platforms. All this is about to change, read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 9:18 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 151 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: News Sites
If you're using Digg as a linkbaiting tool then you're perceived as a villain. Everyone from Digg itself, to the community, to other self-proclaimed social media experts thinks you're the bad guy. Even though good linkbait provides value to the comm read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 9:13 am
Posted By: EricLander 155 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ericlander.com)
Category: News Sites
Investigating Sphinn proved to be a telling exercise for me. At least, I think so. This article shares some of the data I pulled and the concerns that emerged from having done that research. Hopefully worth a view for anyone caring about the long read more »
19 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 4, 2008 - 5:04 am
Posted By: isaSuperstar 162 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: News Sites
You are probably familiar with the rather rocky relationship that Digg has with its core community. Fueled partly by a need to counter false accusations from disgruntled community members who claim that Digg is rigged, partly by the desire to encour read more »
8 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: April 20, 2008 - 11:56 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 175 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cornwallseo.com)
Category: News Sites
As social marketers we are communicators, digg is simply the path of least resistance to communicate our message. Yes, our message may be one of persuasion, but it all comes down to communication. We must speak to those who have influence, and I got read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: April 7, 2008 - 11:47 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 187 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.aimclearblog.com)
Category: News Sites
In an environment where other users are literally competing to bookmark up-and-coming news, speed often matters or someone beats you to the punch. Composing compelling titles and descriptions takes a lot of concentration and skill. I’m sharing examp read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: April 4, 2008 - 2:41 pm
Posted By: mvandemar 190 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: News Sites
Having trouble making everything fit nicely on your page, while still maintaining usability? Here are 5 essential lessons garnered from observing industry giant Digg.com. read more »
4 Comments     


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