I’m surprised all the pundits and “social media consultants” out there haven’t discovered this one, or maybe they want to keep it to themselves, or maybe there’s just no money in it, but there seems to be a very clear way to increase your odds of appearing on the digg front page.
The stats below are based on a randomish sample collected via the digg api over the last month. Removed stories are stories that were submitted but were not present for whatever reason when I checked to see if they had been promoted 48 hours later. I’d be more rigorous but my impression is that the blogosphere likes their statistics half-assed.
The key point for the aforementioned “consultants” is in bold.
| Container | Total Stories | Removed Stories | Promoted Stories |
|---|---|---|---|
| World & Business | 44,064 | 2,066 (4.68%) | 283 (0.64%) |
| Lifestyle | 31,166 | 835 (2.6%) | 125 (0.40%) |
| Technology | 28,074 | 943 (3.35%) | 226 (0.81%) |
| Entertainment | 27,595 | 1,129 (4.09%) | 85 (0.31%) |
| Offbeat | 21,583 | 454 (2.1%) | 182 (0.84%) |
| Gaming | 10,193 | 433 (4.24%) | 75 (0.74%) |
| Sports | 9,092 | 392 (4.31%) | 51 (0.56 %) |
| Science | 6,423 | 119 (1.85%) | 190 (2.96%) |
Let’s hope I don’t cause the ruination of that interesting part of digg.
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1 Change in Direction // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:08 am
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