Using Digg as a linkbait tool
Digg, the news site, is very popular amongst website owners for lucrative Web traffic. Bloggers have posted tons of articles about advantages of getting your site on Digg and the kind of long term impact it can have once your site is there.
A recent article on Forbes.com re-highlights the fact that Digg can be an effective linkbait tool. On an average, an article that reaches Digg’s home page, receives 129 links and some can get you hundreds of back links from websites and forums. This can dramatically increase your rankings in Google and other search engines that consider the number of backlinks to your website as an important factor while determining your search engine ranking for a particular word.
What should you do to get your page on Digg?
- Write articles that has a list of things. Such as a list of things to do before you design your website. Any kind of list will not do, you have make the list worthwhile and include information that is not so common.
- Write articles on topics such as iPhone, Apple, latest technology. These topics are very popular amongst Digg users.
» Via [Forbes.com]
One Response to “Using Digg as a linkbait tool”
Try to get a top digger to digg your page. Digging it yourself may do more harm than good.