Published: Sep 28, 2011 - 06:54 am
Discussion Started By: MattMcGee 599 Days ago
Category: Social Media
13 Comments
13 Comments
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It's not a marketing channel I use. I experimented with it a few times years ago, but it seemed that unless you were or knew a power digger, there was no value.
Same as Jill...I've never gotten anything out of it.
Nope. I never had a client who met the Digg demographic back in the hey day and now I'd go elsewhere (a lot of elsewheres) before I dug into Digg.
Maybe back in 2008-2009, but not now. There are likely some tactical opportunities from a targeted advertising perspective, but that's about it.
Zip. Zilch. Nadda.
I had no idea that this weird thingy is still alive. I thought the last frustrated user has switched off the lights ages ago ...
I'm probably in the minority here, but that's because I focus on more social than SEO. Digg is alive and well (not that I agree with many of their new changes). There is definite value if you know what you're doing. Digg by and large hates SEOs and believes that everyone uses it to game the system, so one must be mindful to work in support of the community.
Sure...back in the day...but not now.
I'm not so sure digg has anywhere the influence it once had - especially outside of the USA
I continue to use it fairly regularly, but I've never found any real benefits from it. I tend to find I get far better responses and results from other similar sites, whether it's Reddit, Stumbleupon or others.
Though it drives attention and attraction, it's hard to get the targetted leads and conversions you are expecting and get the concreate benefits even from using/doing it on a regular basis.
I've used digg to get links indexed for [a site] and was surprised to see Diggs from others, as well as direct traffic.
But as a social media conversation starter? No. However, in terms of awareness building and traffic driving, definitely.
Yes, I still use Digg and it's still helping my site to get more exposure. It's definitely a great tool to drive traffic to your site.