Comments on: Spike the Vote – A bulletproof way to cheat Digg

By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:55:39 +0000

I have been on the digg homepage twice and I really love the amount of traffic you get. But thats of no use coz they just read and go..

By: Darin

Darin — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:28:45 +0000

With the site going to a Parked page … i’m guessing this one didn’t make it … LOL

Darin

By: Spike The Vote Now Owned by Digg, 700 Accounts Banned

Spike The Vote Now Owned by Digg, 700 Accounts Banned — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:10:40 +0000

[...] Do you remember Spike The Vote ?, a network which aimed at gaming Digg, Del.icio.us and Netscape by getting 1000 diggers together to cross digg each others posts and promote your stories. The site gained quick popularity by featuring on TechCrunch and CNet. [...]

By: Ajay D'Souza

Ajay D'Souza — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:54:33 +0000

@Vyoma, There is no issue if you put ads on the pages that are dugg, as long as those pages fit into the terms of adsense.

@karthik, I guess you hit it well on the head. There is a major jump in traffic, however I’m sure that only a small percent of this will ever be return visitors.

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:14:04 +0000

I have had experience with Digg lately with respect to my site. I never got more than 3 or 4 votes, but the amount of traffic it drives is insane.

I am really worried now if Google would mind me putting Adsense on these target pages. Has anyone had any warnings of any kind in this respect?

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:04:17 +0000

The front page of digg is definitely a strange mixture. It does make you wonder.

By: Successful Blog - SOB Business Cafe 10-20-06

Successful Blog - SOB Business Cafe 10-20-06 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:12:55 +0000

[...] Tech Buzz reports on a clever scheme that mashes a click exchange with the 80/20 rule to game the traffic at Digg. [...]

By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:57:17 +0000

I have been on the digg homepage twice and I really love the amount of traffic you get. But thats of no use coz they just read and go..

By: Thilak

Thilak — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:36:53 +0000

Ajay: Yeah, folks who bring stories to the frontpage get a priority, so it gets tough for us.

By: fuad

fuad — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:24:47 +0000

I thought “artificial+smart” spammers will do that. We still got other social-bookmarking sites and i don’t see the method that they are using right now will lasts long.

By: Ajay D'Souza

Ajay D'Souza — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:31:39 +0000

That is a problem with Digg. Problems of Digg being “controlled” by a handful of users has been discussed for a good amount of time now.

When Digg released their latest update, there was a revolt of many top submitters because the algorithm didn’t support them.

Well, in all Digg should be used only as a method to get traffic.