Google is without doubt the most useful of websites for those of us who know what we are looking for. Type a simple query and a list of accurate results are displayed in a fraction of a second.

Unfortunately most people don't quite know that they are looking for online. Some are in search of fun sites to waste a few hours on while a large proportion want to read interesting news without the boring bits that only other people like.

This is why sites like Digg, StumbleUpon & Reddit have become the webs default resources for people who don't quite know what they are looking for until they find it.

One trend in the years since Digg became a mainstream tech site is that a lot of websites have ridden the wave of popularity that Digg has enjoyed and become major tech news sites as a result.

Despite the fact arstechnica.com has been around since 1997 it didn't really hit the mainstream until late 2005 as the Alexa chart above shows quite clearly. The traffic spike at the end of 2005 corresponds with the Digg activity below. Those of you familiar with the history of Digg will know that Ars had hit the homepage before on several occasions but this was the first time the site had a lot of 1000+ Diggs in quick succession.

Diggs Growth Rate
Checking the Alexa rankings of all the sites that we see on Digg every day reveals that most of them track the growth rate of Digg very accurately. Sites that we love to read were simply not being discovered until Digg became mainstream

Hi,

Nice post mate.

Digg is really very helpful in link building and online promotion.

Very informative post for newbie and experienced persons too.

Keep it up.

Thanks

Great post, and also Digg has become a very effective marketing tool for entrepreneurs.

Here is no doubt that Digg is the best social bookmarking sites and now convert into traffic generator tool. It is a great source for inviting visitors in bulk.

Thanks
Franky

Very nice and interesting post.Digg is the only social bookmarking site left that passes on link juice to the parent blog post as many used to. Mixx, the links point internally. Propeller, server side redirect. Sphinn, nofollowed unless you are front page and Sphinn is a good old boys club. Unless you are part of the SEO club, not much chance of building a big profile.Google definitely uses Digg performance as a very positive indicator to a blog post’s quality and there is ONLY Digg. The changes in other social bookmarking site’s link structure has left Digg the only man standing. FACT.