Comments on: You blog the scoop, they get the DIGGs http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/ Fresh Thoughts, Insights & Analysis Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: aravind jose http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-3799 aravind jose Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:24:06 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-3799 Great to have you back, Sumesh :) I completely agree to what you've said. You've set out all the necessary points on this issue. Your comment has got the value of a post. Thanks a lot, Sumesh Great to have you back, Sumesh :)
I completely agree to what you’ve said.
You’ve set out all the necessary points on this issue.

Your comment has got the value of a post.
Thanks a lot, Sumesh

]]> By: Sumesh http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-3795 Sumesh Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:37:36 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-3795 It is sad that smaller blogs cannot get success with breaking news. On Digg, it happens because most users think that only larger sites like Arstechnica, Techcrunch etc in tech and Torrentfreak in torrents get the scoop. As for Nirmal and Aravind, both of your cases are pretty obvious - Dl squad and Torrentfreak have hundreds of thousands of RSS subscribers, atleast a small part of which are active digg users. For example, Torrentfreak has 100k readers, and most of it is from Digg successes. So, what happens is that at least some of those 100k readers would've voted by going to Digg, whereas most of the diggs for our smaller blogs will have to come from the very small number of digg users who come to the upcoming sections. That is why Smashingmagazine, Torrentfreak, Zenhabits etc. hit digg very often while others don't. There's only one better way to hit Digg - write timeless content that is partisan in nature, for example good tips on tweaking apps on Mac/Linux, or resource lists for those two OSes. That way, you can accuse other sites of plagiarism if they write similar content (unlike news, which could be from other sources). I've tried it thrice and it worked every time :) Wow! Sumesh have just written <a href="http://www.techzilo.com/weekend-reading-june-1-2008/" rel="nofollow">Weekend Reading: June 01 2008</a> It is sad that smaller blogs cannot get success with breaking news. On Digg, it happens because most users think that only larger sites like Arstechnica, Techcrunch etc in tech and Torrentfreak in torrents get the scoop.

As for Nirmal and Aravind, both of your cases are pretty obvious - Dl squad and Torrentfreak have hundreds of thousands of RSS subscribers, atleast a small part of which are active digg users. For example, Torrentfreak has 100k readers, and most of it is from Digg successes. So, what happens is that at least some of those 100k readers would’ve voted by going to Digg, whereas most of the diggs for our smaller blogs will have to come from the very small number of digg users who come to the upcoming sections. That is why Smashingmagazine, Torrentfreak, Zenhabits etc. hit digg very often while others don’t.

There’s only one better way to hit Digg - write timeless content that is partisan in nature, for example good tips on tweaking apps on Mac/Linux, or resource lists for those two OSes. That way, you can accuse other sites of plagiarism if they write similar content (unlike news, which could be from other sources). I’ve tried it thrice and it worked every time :)
Wow! Sumesh have just written Weekend Reading: June 01 2008

]]> By: aravind jose http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-2167 aravind jose Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:48:48 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-2167 Yups. This is because, people go for Corporate blogs always. Yups.
This is because, people go for Corporate blogs always.

]]> By: Nirmal http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-2165 Nirmal Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:49:43 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-2165 This is the reality, I too got frustrated many times. Last november, Shankar did a guest post on my blog which was submitted to Digg, but never s success, the same post written by Download squad (with a reference to my post) got over 900 Diggs. We cant do anything for this. :-( This is the reality, I too got frustrated many times. Last november, Shankar did a guest post on my blog which was submitted to Digg, but never s success, the same post written by Download squad (with a reference to my post) got over 900 Diggs.
We cant do anything for this. :-(

]]> By: aravind jose http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-2161 aravind jose Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:48:03 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-2161 Thanks Regan, for subscribing to my feed. You feed is already subscribed me. :) Great to know each other. Thanks Regan, for subscribing to my feed. You feed is already subscribed me. :)
Great to know each other.

]]> By: Regan Johnson http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-2147 Regan Johnson Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:11:42 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-2147 Hey Aravind, Firstly, thanks for nice post over at my blog. I appreciate your kind words. Great job on bringing the news so quickly. I look forward to new posts from you. I added your RSS to my reader. Good luck on the blog! Hey Aravind,

Firstly, thanks for nice post over at my blog. I appreciate your kind words.

Great job on bringing the news so quickly. I look forward to new posts from you. I added your RSS to my reader. Good luck on the blog!

]]> By: aravind jose http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-1883 aravind jose Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:39:00 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-1883 Thanks for taking your valuable time for replying. And i'm trying my very best to improve my blog. I was NOT complaining NOR I was speaking against anyone. I just wrote this to tell other bloggers and people, how important is building a reputation for their blogs. It's true that people read and promote posts from reputed blogs. I know. And there's nothing unusual in TorrentFreak getting 1000+ diggs. Thanks for taking your valuable time for replying. And i’m trying my very best to improve my blog.
I was NOT complaining NOR I was speaking against anyone.

I just wrote this to tell other bloggers and people, how important is building a reputation for their blogs.
It’s true that people read and promote posts from reputed blogs. I know.
And there’s nothing unusual in TorrentFreak getting 1000+ diggs.

]]> By: Aso http://aravindjose.com/blog/2008/04/07/case-study-of-the-latest-tech-scoop/#comment-1882 Aso Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:30:08 +0000 http://aravindjose.com/blog/?p=27#comment-1882 What are you complaining about? That no one reads you small and frankly *violation* blog? Stop whining and improve your blog. What are you complaining about? That no one reads you small and frankly *violation* blog? Stop whining and improve your blog.

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