From the course: Bookmarking Sites for Musicians and Bands
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Using Digg
From the course: Bookmarking Sites for Musicians and Bands
Using Digg
For the average user, Digg is a place where you can find the most interesting news and online content on just about any given topic. Its users help find the content by digging or voting on interesting articles that are then featured on the site's main page. For artists, bands, and musicians with websites or blogs however, Digg provides a possibility of gaining a huge audience in a flash. Stories are submitted to Digg that make it to the front page can cause what's known as the Digg effect, which is a huge influx of traffic as a result. Digg's main page consists of three parts, top stories, popular and upcoming. By default, you'll see the top stories first when you visit Digg, because it's at the top of the page. These are stories that have been ranked high because of the nature of their importance. The popular section shows the most shared stories on Digg in the last 18 hours while Upcoming covers the most recently shared stories. A Digg is a thumbs up or a positive vote for a story…
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