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How Engadget Made Digg Homepage Twice Within 3 Hours For The Same Story!

Went Hot: September 20, 2007 - 8:48 am
Posted By: kevgibbo 656 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.seoptimise.com)
Category: Bookmarking

Just checking through today's top stories on the Digg homepage and I noticed that Engadget's story from today's Apple event in London was followed 2 hours and 50 minutes later with a summary post focusing on the main news from the event; Apple iPhone hits O2 in the UK on November 9th.

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from Webclimb 656 days ago #

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Digg gives you a warning that your submission may be a duplicate but it is often ignored and posted anyway. The one with the best headline or the poster with the most Digg friends usually wins.

from ViperChill 654 days ago #

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They are 2nd in terms of sites that have hit the digg homepage the most times

Not surprised they've hit it twice in a row.

My profile best was having three submissions on the homepage in a row ;)

from tamar 654 days ago #

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Webclimb: not necessarily true. If two posts from the same source are submitted within seconds of each other, Digg keeps the submissions separate. They said that they were working on a merge feature when I complained about it, but they're not reliable with promises.

Another thing: duplicate submissions are permitted because Digg believes that the content of a duplicate submission may be superior to the original submission. It's in their FAQ.

As I pointed out to Kevin, however, this *always* happens when a big announcement comes from Apple. Those are two different stories from Engadget, not two submissions from the same URL. Apple fanboys run wild on Digg when Steve Jobs holds a keynote. You should've seen Digg on September 5th. It's listed on the Digg archive (http://digg.com/archive) for the rest of the month. And Engadget, Gizmodo, Tuaw, and other Apple blogs were ALL over Digg's front page multiple times that day.