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Went Hot: December 14, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Posted By: Kimota 259 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jonathancrossfield.com)
Category: Bookmarking
Getting onto the front page of Digg has always been notoriously difficult, so I realized a while ago that chasing the Digg vote for an online marketing blog wasn’t a good strategy.
But with Sphinn, it is a different matter. Here is a social bookmarking site that should respond very well to the types of posts I want to submit - particularly SEO and online marketing. These people read the same blogs as I do, so it was a no-brainer to throw myself into Sphinn, especially as a post can go hot at one tenth of the numbers required at Digg.
Yet, try as I might, I can't seem to break through the wall. Posts that feel to me as if they should definitely punch through languish with single-figure Sphinns. All the time I wait monitoring RSS feeds to leap on the latest post by a hot blogger seems to do me no good, but the guy who submits a different post of theirs reaps front page gold.
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SPHUNN!!
Woohoo!!
7 sphinns, still a way to go...
I applaud your honesty, Kimota.
Less about honesty, more with it being Christmas drinks day in the office and going 'what the hell!' ;-)
I shouldn't. But since it's a a first time make me hot, I'll live with the noise :)
geez....should I sphinn or should I go now?
i can definitely identify with the "just for the sake of cracking it" sentiment...
Ooh, we're up to 18, a record for me, but it's still not enough...
One last push guys.
yeah, and add bruceclay.com, seobook.com, and of course seomoz.org. Actually, just mention Rand Fishkin and you're golden.
Brilliant perspective
Thanks Maki, you put me in a very nice neighborhood. :)
Gosh, underdog territory! Sure I'll Sphinn ya!....
Sphinn AND Stumble! WooHoo!
Kimota - congrat'!! Whoo Hooo
Ask and you shall recieve. :)
I think you identified with alot of the frustration that other people are going through.
Thanks for speaking up!
Now we need to get you Stumbled and on Digg somehow. Don't stop here.
Kimota, we just talked about new bloggers stickin' together, so here ya go. S-P-P-P-PHUNN!!!!
w00t!!!
I'm late to the party but why stop at 21? May as well set the benchmark for your next attempt.
Congrats on your first time! I can relate - stuff that I think is important doesn't get much attention but other (often controversial) stuff does. Too bad that the important but apparently less attention-grabbing stuff doesn't float to the top... but (now) I understand that's the nature of the game here in social media. Welcome, Jonathon.
Woohoo! Well, thanks to everyone's fine efforts, this post went hot at 3.59pm, probably about 2am for me. And the Sphinns are still coming in.
As an experiment in generating my own membership if the front-page illuminati it certainly worked, with some fine comments, supportive emails and great feedback.
Mixx was the only site that seemed to have a problem with this post by voting it down. It even generated a few Diggs. S0 which site should be my next target? Hmmm.
In a few days when things have settled, I'll write up tthe experience in it's own post as there are many observations to be had here. But as I am extremely hungover from the work Christmas party, I'm thinking there won't be any meaningful posts today...
Thanks again one and all and may the big fat man in the red coat bring you all your own Matt Cutt's action figure.
Links are nice but I Sphunn you for Christmas Spirit purposes! Santa's watching! *videoipodvideoipodvideoipod*
ooooh... free links, I like. :)
If you want to get to the frontpage by submitting a popular blog, you should go with:
http://www.wolf-howl.com/ (Michael's blog)
http://sebastians-pamphlets.com (Sebastian's blog)
http://techipedia.com (Tamar's blog)
http://www.aimclearblog.com/ (Marty's blog)
I would say its a 90%+ chance of hitting the frontpage if you submit anything from these sites :)
Glad to have helped, hope your suprised in the morning.
Okay, I choose to ignore the terrible typos and inexcusable use of the apostrophe in 'its' in my last comment, blaming it on the hangover.
Thanks for the blog advice DoshDosh. As the reigning front page queen around here, I prostrate myself at your alter. Your cute anime face is always a sign of worthwhile reading.
And Tinu, as someone who is currently fighting with their video ipod ever since the last firmware upgrade stuffed it, go for the latest version - the touch.
Thanks to all you wonderful Sphinners, my post is now only one Sphinn behind the hottest post of the day! If it wasn't for someone having a baby...
Jeez... make it easy.. Learn how to Dominate Sphinn; http://www.huomah.com/internet-marketing/social-media-marketing/how-to-dominate-sphinn-in-4-easy-steps.html
@Gypsy
Thanks for putting that link in your comment. I am a numbers guy myself and I jump at the chance to look at trends.
Good work. Front page man!
Boom!
For those of you waiting for the follow-up link post, with over 50 Sphinners now deserving a link, the post will take a few days to do it justice. Plenty of blogs for me to check out... Well, I asked for it!