Digg Traffic

Have you ever thought one of your blog posts should receive more attention than it has so far?

As most of us know, Digg is a great way to spread content and really popular content can get to the front page of the site and drive a lot of traffic to your site. I have heard of Digg driving about 40,000-50,000 visits to a site if it is on the front page. Most of the traffic is in the first hour or so then it gradually decreases as it has been on the front page for a longer time. The whole point of getting on the front page is to get more attention to a particular post, you shouldn't assume that it will drive a steady amount of traffic to your website for a long time to come. In this case, for the most part, it is quantity traffic and not quality. However, any main-stream attention is usually good for the upbringing of a site as a whole.

Now that I have established the goods of getting on the front page and what not to expect, I want to tell you how exactly you should play out your Digg game. If you are running an A-list site, chances are you will have enough attention to drive Digg's out of the roof just by placing a button saying "Digg this" within your blog post. If not, then you will have to be proactive and think 10 steps ahead.

If you truly believe that one of your posts will be among the more interesting or worth-spreading posts on your blog, then you should place a "Digg this" on your post. There is a simple piece of code provided by Digg tools that helps you give the ability for readers to Digg right from the post. The code is:

and will look like:

By putting the button on your post, potentially every reader that uses Digg, will think about Digging the post if it is awesome. Often times readers don't think of Digging a post if they don't see a button, but if they do, they might as well Digg something since it is convenient for them in just a click. Also, any new attention that comes to your site by your readers spreading your content, will also know that the post is on Digg and might give it a Digg also if they see the button.

Next, you should personally drive more attention to the post. Make sure you tweet the post on Twitter, tell anyone that reads your blog regularly to read and ask if they will Digg the post. Driving traffic manually is one of the most effective ways to get a post Dugg more often than not.

After you have done those two simple tasks, you just sit back and wait. If the post is really great, you will see the Digg's increase. If it gets enough Diggs, your site just may be featured on the front page of Digg!

What influenced me to write this post?

I recently wrote a really interesting piece of information on my blog at Venture Level. The post was about Slumdog Millionaire's Business Model. Alone, the post page generated about 3,000 views and aside from that people that read the posts on the front page of my blog without click through to the post page is probably higher.

What I didn't do was- place a Digg button within the blog post from the start. -I did this, I believe it was the next day, when the traffic to the particular post page was substantially less. I think my biggest mistake was not placing the "Digg this" button on the post from the start or I really believe it would have received enough Digg's to be on the front page of Digg. The article was quite interesting as I got numerous emails complimenting my on the post, so I have no doubt that each person that was on Digg, would have Dugg my post.

A last note:

There is no secret to getting featured on Digg, anyone who says that is just messing with your mind. A rule of thumb to go buy is: if a particular post is stellar, it will show itself, by receiving enough Digg's. And a last thing to remember is, if nobody reads your site, even if you have the greatest content on the earth, it won't get Dugg, so you have to tell people about it!