All Posts Tagged With: "Digg"
Pimp My Blog Week 14: Lets Mint WordPress Theme
Apologies to all those waiting patiently in the Pimp My Blog queue, but I’ve promoted this request as it’s a bit different and because it should be quite interesting. Brajeshwar (who just happens to be a top 100 digger) is on the verge of releasing a new WordPress theme Lets Mint and would like [...]
9Apr2007 | Everton | 2 comments | ContinuedHow To Get On The Reddit Homepage
I discovered today why Maki hasn’t added to his debut post on Connected Internet. Maki’s been ‘moonlighting’ over at Search Engine Journal and 10e20.
One of his posts on 10e20 caught my eye which provides an in-depth review of Reddit.com, which includes some good tips on how to get onto the Reddit homepage.
Famesource.com - When Will I Be Famous?
I just got contacted by Allen Vartazarian the CEO of Famesource.com, a new website which is still in beta which provides a platform for talented individuals to showcase their talent. Categories include Music, Acting, Sports, Comedy, Modeling, Dance, and Other.
3Apr2007 | Everton | 3 comments | ContinuedShare Your Tips With Tipstrs
One of my colleagues pointed out a new site to me yesterday called Tipstrs. The idea behind the site that it allows readers to pool their knowledge by sharing tips. Tips are submitted into categories and readers can, you guessed it, rate and comment the tips.
10Mar2007 | Everton | 3 comments | ContinuedComplete Guide To StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon just doesn’t get enough attention from bloggers in my view, as traffic from StumbleUpon is of much better quality than from Digg, and it also comes in a nice steady stream if you can get a few of your pages or even better your domain added.
Maki who has just joined Connected Internet as a [...]
WordPress Plugins I’m Currently Using
It’s been a while since I posted the plugins that I use on this site. I’ve added a few more this week including the dofollow plugin and the top commentators plugin you can see in my sidebar. If you are using any plugins that you think I should give a try, or are good replacements [...]
6Mar2007 | Everton | 36 comments | ContinuedWhy Do Bloggers Think That ‘Old Media’ Rules Don’t Apply To Them?
Two stories have spread like wildfire around the blogosphere over the last couple of days. The first one was Sony’s decision to remove Kotaku from its favoured sources because Kotaku leaked a rumour after Sony asked them not to, and the second accusing Wired of deliberately trying to make Digg look bad, because it [...]
2Mar2007 | Everton | 5 comments | ContinuedHow Will SpotPlex Drive Traffic To Small Bloggers?
I’ve just read about Spotplex a new news aggregator that TechCrunch seem to think has the potential to be better than Digg, as it can’t be abused by users.
Spotplex decides which stories to put on its homepage based on which stories are read the most. It tracks reads by getting sites to add [...]
Finally Proof That The Digg Bury Brigade (aka Digg Mafia) Does Exist
For a long time there has been indirect evidence that there is a group of Digg users who deliberately bury posts from sites that they don’t like or doesn’t match their ideology, and particularly posts from blogs. Well, finally there is proof thanks to Pronet advertising, who used Digg’s own Diggspy tool to track [...]
28Feb2007 | Everton | 14 comments | ContinuedHow To Create RSS Alerts For When Your Site Gets Dugg
Although many of us dream of getting on the homepage of Digg.com, unfortunately the deluge of traffic can be enough to cripple most servers. Luckily The How To Geek blog has come up with a very simple way to setup RSS alerts for when your site has been dugg, so at least you can [...]
27Feb2007 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued

