Comments on: Digg CEO responds to Netscape challenge

By: Thilak

Thilak — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:31:03 +0000

Yes Darrren, I agreen with you. That frame on the side sucks.

By: razib

razib — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:01:36 +0000

Thanks for the link. I went to the website and I did not like the idea of staying in Netscape frame. However, Netscape has done a smart act by allowing links of many types- not just technology.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:14:22 +0000

In my opinion they should have launched this under a new domain name. The press would have picked it up just as much and they wouldn’t have the Netscape baggage.

By: Rian

Rian — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:41:23 +0000

You guys probably don’t care for reddit.com, then. Frankly, I don’t much like the frame either, but reddit is certainly useful. Even stories that don’t generate a lot of “points” still get visited by a fair number of people, and it is easy to click the “remove this frame” link.

I use reddit for my original submissions for other reasons as well. While reddit is fairly new, it does have a PageRank of 7, and links from sites with high PR certainly help, especially when you’re just starting out and would like the search engines to take you more seriously.

So, more traffic (not oceans’ worth, though) and a decent PR = better for newbie bloggers…

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:39:21 +0000

I totally agree about the frames and the internal links. I want to jump to the ssource directly!

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:26:58 +0000

… an annoying netscape frame on the side and still with a netscape URL. I’m not a fan of this type of strategy.

That’s what seems so odd to me. If the service is good, I’ll be back! You shouldn’t need to play tricks to keep me on your site.

By: Michael Moncur

Michael Moncur — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:57:52 +0000

With the hidden “visit the site” link and the Netscape frame, it really seems like they’re desperate to keep you on the site. It reminds me of about.com a bit too much.

Netscape: tone down the branding, and make it easy for users to find cool stuff using your site. Trust me, they’ll still remember where they linked from. It worked for Digg.

Also, the algorithm needs work. Looking at the homepage today, I see the same stories I saw 24 hours ago. That would never fly at Digg…

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:51:40 +0000

I think both sites need to do some personalization work so that I won’t be lost in the tons of information.