It’s another one of those sites you see all over the web, and you hear about it constantly, but what exactly is Digg?
Launched in December 2004, Digg was one of the first social bookmarking sites that encouraged people to get involved with helping to let other people know when you thought a site or article is important. A user first submits a blog article to the site by providing a link to the story, followed by a picture to symbolize the story (usually an image from what you are submitting), a description and a category.
Once it has been submitted, other people who like the story can “Digg” the story by clicking on a simple button on the actual Digg site, or by clicking on a button the blog owner has embedded in their actual site. If a story gets “dugg” enough times, it can make it to the front page of the Digg site which can mean a tremendous amount of traffic for the site that published the story.
The site has gone through many trials and tribulations with their original core users getting upset by the fact that technology related stories aren’t featured as prominently as they used to be, but with the popularity of the site growing into the mainstream, its CEO was named 1 of the Time 100 of 2008, it has begin to reflect society as a whole, and not just the early adopters.
So, next time you see that little badge, and you like the story, why not give it a click and do the suthor a favor of helping them get more readers?
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[...] Digg, people do not vote on the popularity of a link, they simply keep saving it, and the more saves it [...]