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Buzzkill

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:50am — senh

I knew Yahoo Buzz was one of the “sunset” sites - properties that would be shutdown by Yahoo. I still kept it on the site, but moved it to the bottom of the homepage. The quality of the articles being voted up have been on the low-end months before its eventual demise was announced; sometimes, you even get spam. The site had also been redesigned to its bare essentials.

The “Bury” Button Returns to Digg

Another much-requested feature has returned to Digg, as the social news site looks to recover from the version 4 fiasco: the bury button. The button — which is essentially the opposite of the “Digg” button and helps push a story out of the system — appears to be live on all stories.

Newsweek: Digg a cautionary tale for Web 2.0

Digg’s backers would likely be willing to sell the company now for as little “as $20 million to $30 million,” Arrington says. That’s a bummer, since investors have pumped $40 million into this outfit since it was founded in 2004, and Rose and his backers are rumored to have had chances to sell the company for $130 million.

Is Digg About to Unbury the Bury Button?

If a recent poll from Digg founder Kevin Rose is any indication, Digg is considering bringing back the Bury button.

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AOL To Shutdown Social Bookmarking Site Propeller.com

AOL's Propeller Team has announced on their website that Propeller.com will be no longer active from October 1 2010.

Senh: A digg clone bites the dust.

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Digg’s Decline by the Numbers: Plummeting Traffic, Waning Power

When it comes to releasing a new product, users and pundits’ opinions only count for so much, but numbers — including revenue and traffic– don’t lie... This week, the web analysts at Hitwise gathered data showing a 34% decline in visitors in the U.K. and a 24% decline in the U.S. in the past 11 weeks.

Senh: There's something wrong with these charts. Shouldn't the week of the relaunch of Digg v4 show at least a slight increase in traffic? During the launch date, the news media and bloggers were writing about it, which should result in a traffic spike.

Can Digg Find Its Way in the Crowd?

A redesign is part of the Web site’s plan to regain momentum as it has lost ground in a crowded field that includes Facebook and Twitter.

Senh: In terms of analysis, the article is similar to what I wrote. Mainly, Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo Buzz got into link sharing and pretty much pushed Digg aside. Digg execs attributed the lost in traffic to Google's new algorithm which resulted in less referral traffic to Digg. The article also has an in-depth write-up of its history.

4 Ways I Compose Posts to Drive Millions of Pageviews to Blogs Through Digg

With the release of the new Digg on August 25th, anybody with the ability to understand how a story, which is promoted to the popular section, is composed, has an edge in attaining viral exposure ranging from tens of thousands to millions of pageviews. Diggs users constitute a large proportion of bloggers. Thus stories promoted to their popular section, which was previously their homepage and now the Top News page, can attain anywhere from less than 10 to hundreds of links pointing to their websites.

Reddit, Digg Rivalry Heats Up With #DiggRevolt

The brand new Digg is under fire on its first ever Monday from both its most loyal users and the competition at Reddit. Launched last Wednesday, Digg power users have launched a Digg Revolt today, some calling it "Quit Digg Day," and the Reddit community has embraced the feud.

Senh: This is pretty interesting. Digg's frontpage is still filled with Reddit links. It'll be interesting to see where this goes. Digg's redesign was aimed directly at lessening the powers of their hardcore users. Pissing off your most loyal users is never a good idea, but we'll see where this goes.

Testing the Digg RSS Feed Importer

Sat, 08/28/2010 - 2:35pm — senh

So Digg has released a new version, and one of its new features is that it allows you to submit your RSS feeds and have your articles automatically dugg. It's a controversial feature because it has the potential to open up a can of spam. Anyway, I'm testing it out with this article. So far, it hasn't work, but I'll give it several hours.

EDIT: It worked. You just have to follow their instructions and wait several hours before pressing the verify button.

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