Comments on: Digg Traffic vs Referral Traffic – Which is Best?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:51:49 +0000

If I was looking for low quality traffic or for high volume, I guess Digg would be alright. But for a highly focused niche site, I prefer high-quality traffic first and foremost. Referral and direct traffic is by far the best way to build a niche site. Or any site really.

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By: William

William — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:16:34 +0000

Hi,
Digg.com netscape.com and http://www.npgb.org is best.
- William

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Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:46:13 +0000

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By: Tim L.

Tim L. — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:26:44 +0000

If this has been posted already I didn’t see it. This person crunched the numbers on time spent and page views and says traffic from Digg is like a “sugar high” that fades fast. Links from more targeted and related sources produce visitors that stick around and read more.
http://www.infocomgroup.net/falkow/?p=32

By: Dheer Gupta

Dheer Gupta — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:17:15 +0000

Hello Darren,

I have given my views on this topic in my blog, i personally believe there is no concrete statistical evidence to prove that digg traffic is completely useless (apart from individuals showing line graphs which hardly prove the point).
I have addressed to a few of the things I believe in the following post:
http://www.problogquest.com/2007/01/26/to-be-dugg-or-not-to-be-dugg-thats-hardly-a-question/

Hope to hear your feedback if possible.

Regards,
Dheer Gupta

By: Rene Kriest

Rene Kriest — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:32:23 +0000

Hello!

As far as I am concerned rougly 35% of my traffic comes from Google. Besides this source I have around 5 other main sources. One of it is a huge forum which is a perfect place for me to advertize my blog in a polite and helpful manner. Since I am a very trusted member with 2000+ postings I am allowed to highlight my blog.

To a certain extend my blog is a spin off from this forum because I think that there was something missing – my blog. The forum on the other hand also gains in readership due to my heavy linking to the forum on my blog.

It is somekind of an unofficial cooperation. :)

Those readers are indeed very loyal. I have a p/v rate von almost 4. I think that is awesome.

By: narrowband

narrowband — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:08:15 +0000

I’ve been Dugg once. They usually don’t hang around much.

I enjoy the hits nonetheless.

By: Lawsy

Lawsy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:43:32 +0000

Digg readers don’t tend to read content, they scan. They have ADD, luckily I found this in my feed reader and not in Digg so I have read the content.

As for adsense clicks, the majority of blog readers are technology orientated people and have learned to block out the little block of Google advertising space from their peripheral vision or via Adblock extensions on Firefox.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:12:48 +0000

They are different but both are good.

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Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:46:09 +0000

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By: Franco

Franco — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:36:11 +0000

Yes, traffic from referrals is more worth it than Digg.

By: Sammy Tater

Sammy Tater — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:18:31 +0000

As far as keeping readers, I would rather have blog traffic, specifically from higher rated blogs. The digg thing seems to just knock a server, and then you don’t really go to the site afterwards, unless its in your niche.

By: Fitness Guy

Fitness Guy — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:08:19 +0000

Hmmm… seems like everyone is having a wild party and Im not allowed in. I got reported by some pesky competitor I think. Is this common on Digg?

By: Development Crossing

Development Crossing — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:47:10 +0000

Agreed. The number of page views certainly explodes when one gets “popular” on Digg, but the glory is short-lived as only a small percentage of visitors actually remain loyal readers.