Monday, March 20, 2006

Mini-digg effect numbers

For anyone that doubts the power of digg.com. Here's a mini-case study on the traffic that flows through digg - for even the smallest of items. I submitted a blog post about making money with creativity to digg last week and measured the amount of traffic that came directly from it. The post didn't get any diggs. It didn't get anywhere near the front front page. But it did send a lot of traffic my way:

  time digg visitors
before 9:45am 0
after 10:02am 26
  10:15am 62
  6:10pm 122
  11:30pm 158


The traffic from digg went down to a trickle the next day, showing that it's a short term effect. Interesting, none the less.

If you've got a time sensitive story that needs a burst of eyeballs - digg.com is definitely a place that deserves a submission.

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Name: Travis Giggy
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, US

I am passionate about business on the Internet. This blog is my personal archive of lessons learned while conducting business on the Internet.

I started programming web sites 11 years ago.

In 1997, I started my first Internet business, called Carryout.com. It was an online food ordering service that allowed you to order food from a local restaurant right to your door. At the time, that was pretty cool!

The fire was stoked, and I started learning as much as I could about Internet marketing and copywriting. I became an expert at measuring and testing.

I've been a success and a failure many times over.

Now, a decade later, I still learn every day what it takes to be successful in online business. This blog is how I record those lessons. Since I started this blog, I've learned the value of keeping a written record of my Internet business experiences. As long as I keep learning and growing, I'll keep writing about it.

I doubt I'll ever quit learning.

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