How to Stay off of Digg

February 9th, 2007

QuadsZilla

Sam at Sugarbank has takes some shots at digg in his 5 ways to keep your blog off Digg (NSFW):

Writing original copy will not get you noticed. Web users respond to words the same way online as they do off and, despite vocally decrying all forms of spam, spamy sounding copy of the “10 ways to…!”, “Secrets of successful…!” and “What they never told you about…!” ilk is precisely what most people notice and share.

A fantastic article capped by a title better suited to The New Yorker than Skymall won’t get seen. A generic list of truisms headed “10 Hidden Daily Show Futurama References” will earn you the cock-snot crown in fanboy heaven.

Too True.