Digg’s promotion algorithm revealed

In case you were wondering how it works, here's a handy flowchart explaining the process. Related posts:Total Eclipse of the Heart, flowchart styleIn Soviet social voting, Digg follows youDigg copies StumbleUpon, Reddit with the DiggBar continue

Digg’s new social advertising platform prices ads based on popularity

If you've got a Facebook account, you may have noticed the option to like/unlike ads on your profile. Digg unveiled a plan today to take this concept a step further- charging less for ads voted up by Digg ... continue

Why you shouldn’t be concerned about the DiggBar

A little over a week since launching, the DiggBar feature from Digg continues to be the focus of widespread condemnation. In case you've missed the noise, the DiggBar places a Digg specific frame around sites, and is bundled ... continue

Digg copies StumbleUpon, Reddit with the DiggBar

Proving once more that the best ideas are often stolen, Digg has launched the DiggBar, an iframed toolbar that offers a range of features. At its core, the DiggBar is naturally a voting platform for Digg. Users can ... continue

Reddit wins the April Fools Day pranks

Number two player in the social voting space Reddit has won by a clear mile in the April Fools Day prank competition by rebranding the site as Reddigg. The skin includes the choice to Digg an entry, or ... continue

Kevin Rose launches WeFollow: a Twitter user directory

Digg founder Kevin Rose has entered the Twitter services game with a new Twitter user directory WeFollow. WeFollow is remarkably simple, and that's where its strength lies. The site indexes users based on user submitted interests via hash ... continue

Digg Takes a Hit in Widget-Based Sharing

Note: Three days after the publication of this story, ShareThis informed us that its staff made an error in the data that it shared with us. While the January 2009 percentages were correct, ShareThis analysts seemingly misplaced ... continue

Why is MC Hammer Suddenly All Over Social Media?

Here I thought MC Hammer was limited to VH1 reality-style shows these days -- but apparently, the 90s rapper-turned-preacher is a rising star of social media. Am I the only one who's perplexed? First, Hammer popped up at ... continue

Catching Village Voice Media with its hands in the Digg cookie jar

Now I am pretty sure that we all know who Digg.com is; and if not that is one hellva rock you’ve been hiding under, but Village Voice Media is probably not quite as well known. Well ... continue

Twitter Overtakes Digg In Traffic

For the first time, Twitter has now overtaken Digg in U.S.-based traffic. Twitter climbed to the #84 spot in market share last week while Digg landed at #85, according to new data just released by Hitwise. The data ... continue

MixedInk: Wiki Meets Digg

MixedInk is a new collaborative wiki service with a strong dose of social voting, or as the company suggests: Wiki meets Digg. MixedInk aims to help users overcome the noise created by multiple contributions by adding a ... continue

Digg Will Address Duplicate Entries. Sadly Tools Not Included, But Top Submitters Are.

Digg has advised that their popular social voting site will be addressing duplicate entries and other issues. Anton Kast, head of R&D for Digg said in a post to the Digg blog: Duplicate submissions have been an ongoing issue, ... continue