Comments on: Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Digg’s Front Page http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/ Social Media Marketing Explained Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: I Survived the Digg Effect (And So Can You!) at Ray Fowler .org http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-41231 I Survived the Digg Effect (And So Can You!) at Ray Fowler .org Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:08:59 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-41231 [...] Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Digg’s Front Page [...] [...] Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Digg’s Front Page [...]

]]> By: I Survived the Digg Effect! (Barely) at Ray Fowler .org http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-40742 I Survived the Digg Effect! (Barely) at Ray Fowler .org Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:06:04 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-40742 [...] Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Digg’s Front Page [...] [...] Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Digg’s Front Page [...]

]]> By: 75 Suggestions, Best Practices & Resources for Digg - KoMarketing Associates http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-4636 75 Suggestions, Best Practices & Resources for Digg - KoMarketing Associates Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:11:13 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-4636 [...] should be prepared for the massive amount of requests your web server will have to handle in a very short period of [...] [...] should be prepared for the massive amount of requests your web server will have to handle in a very short period of [...]

]]> By: markus941 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-2128 markus941 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:52:39 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-2128 Congrats on another successful Digg from your flock post. Good to see your site up ;) Congrats on another successful Digg from your flock post. Good to see your site up ;)

]]> By: Flocking Behavior and the Digg Effect in Social Media http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-2110 Flocking Behavior and the Digg Effect in Social Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:34:42 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-2110 [...] a post so far - if you ever hope to reach the front page (which may lead to the Digg Effect, if you aren’t careful). Once reaching the front page, you will see a notable flocking effect. It’s pretty cool to [...] [...] a post so far - if you ever hope to reach the front page (which may lead to the Digg Effect, if you aren’t careful). Once reaching the front page, you will see a notable flocking effect. It’s pretty cool to [...]

]]> By: Flocking Behavior and the Digg Effecti in Social Media http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-2109 Flocking Behavior and the Digg Effecti in Social Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:32:47 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-2109 [...] a post so far - if you ever hope to reach the front page (which may lead to the Digg Effect, if you aren’t careful).  Once reaching the front page, you will see a notable flocking effect.  It’s pretty cool [...] [...] a post so far - if you ever hope to reach the front page (which may lead to the Digg Effect, if you aren’t careful).  Once reaching the front page, you will see a notable flocking effect.  It’s pretty cool [...]

]]> By: brian http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1872 brian Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:51:06 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1872 @alan: thanks for sharing. Also a very good way to get things done. WP_cache will handle of a lot of the requests as static as well, but just remember to turn off any plugins that could slow down the load as well. @alan: thanks for sharing. Also a very good way to get things done. WP_cache will handle of a lot of the requests as static as well, but just remember to turn off any plugins that could slow down the load as well.

]]> By: Alan Rimm-Kaufman http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1870 Alan Rimm-Kaufman Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:06:40 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1870 Another approach, if you have a story you know will get traffic, is put it on a lean fast server (all static) for the burst, then when things quiet down, move content back to real site and 301 the inbound links correctly. That's the approach we used on <a href="http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/06/25/water-balloon/" rel="nofollow">Water Balloon Stunt + Digg Homepage = 33,000 visits in 24 hours</a> Cheers -- Alan Another approach, if you have a story you know will get traffic, is put it on a lean fast server (all static) for the burst, then when things quiet down, move content back to real site and 301 the inbound links correctly.

That’s the approach we used on

Water Balloon Stunt + Digg Homepage = 33,000 visits in 24 hours

Cheers –

Alan

]]> By: brian http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1775 brian Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:14:20 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1775 @ethan: thanks. Remember that most stories don't make it anywhere on Digg. There are a number of other stories on here as to how to promote your blog - have a look around. Hope this helps you. @ethan: thanks. Remember that most stories don’t make it anywhere on Digg. There are a number of other stories on here as to how to promote your blog - have a look around. Hope this helps you.

]]> By: Ethan Christ http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1774 Ethan Christ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:10:00 +0000 http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2007/10/11/beginners-guide-to-surviving-diggs-front-page/#comment-1774 Interesting post, my problem though, is that I can't ever get people do dig my stories. If anybody has any suggestions to increase traffic to my blog, let me know at http://poeticmoney.blogspot.com Interesting post, my problem though, is that I can’t ever get people do dig my stories. If anybody has any suggestions to increase traffic to my blog, let me know at http://poeticmoney.blogspot.com

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