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The New Digg: First Impressions

The New Digg: First Impressions

Ever since the new version of Digg was announced three months ago, it has undergone a lot of revisions and caused a lot of turmoil. In that time, Kevin Rose replaced Jay Adelson as CEO...

 

Digg’s Looking For A New CEO

Digg’s Looking For A New CEO

Rose went on to give a pretty detailed overview of his experiences so far . The role seems to be taking its toll, the words “nightmare” and “stressed” cropped up a couple of times but he does also say it “feels really good.”

 

Digg's New Read/Write API Launches Today: Will Make Content Sharing Easier

Later today, Digg will open up its rumored read/write API. Up until now, developers could only read data from Digg. With the new API, web and desktop apps will also be able to contribute data to Digg. This will allow developers to write desktop and web applications that enable users to interact with Digg without having to go to the site, for example.

 

Want Your Articles on Google Instantaneously? Digg it.

Want Your Articles on Google Instantaneously? Digg it.

I'm just starting to submit stories from my blog to Digg, hoping against hope that they'll get some Digg love and drive some traffic back here. So far, no luck. The only Digg love my blog entries get is from me - and ONLY me. But I noticed a nice side effect - articles submitted to Digg almost instantly appear in Google's search results. Nice! Sure, the link goes to Digg, but from there, potential users can get here. It's a good trade-off.

 

Digg's new ads put advertisers on the front page

On Wednesday Digg unveiled a new ad platform that will give companies an ad medium that looks and feels like user-submitted stories which have been promoted to Digg's front page.

 

As Growth Flattens, Digg Downsizes

On a day when Microsoft announced 5,000 layoffs, the 7 or so people losing their jobs at Digg may seem like a drop in the bucket. But that represents about about 10 percent of Digg's 75-person workforce, whereas the 5,000 at Microsoft represents 5 percent.

 

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