Comments on: Which Social Bookmarking Site Would You Prefer to Hit the Front Page Of?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:14:29 +0000

I like semantic web, so I like Twine that is powered by semantic understanding. It automatically learns about your interests and makes connections and recommendations tailored to you. You can use Twine alone, with friends, groups and communities, or even in your company.

By: timmy

timmy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:52:27 +0000

I am new to social bookmarking sites but I am in the process of trying a lot of them out.

So far I enjoy using delicious the most. I haven’t yet harnested the traffic possiblilities, but because I like the concept behind it and I, myself, enjoy using it, I think I will give it my best effort. I figure that I might as well work with something I enjoy and reap some benefit rather than use my energy on something frustrating or that I don’t believe in.

My mind may change later, I AM new, ya know!

By: Lipton

Lipton — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:49:19 +0000

I personally like stumbleupon the most because of the constantly traffic that it sends every day…

I had my first blog post dugged to the front page last week and got over 27,000 unique visitors from that the first day, around 5000 the 2nd day. Now digg barely sends a couple of visits to that post…

I remember that one article you wrote Darran comparing stumble and digg.

By: Cindy Sue Causey

Cindy Sue Causey — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:00:05 +0000

Haven’t tried all of them yet.. But.. Would want it to be whichever one had a more serious audience.. They’d be more likely to “get” what I type of.. :)

By: Russell Fair

Russell Fair — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:34:19 +0000

I would love to get on Digg's Front page. Simply because I think that would get me the most recognition among my peers etc. For traffic and profit sake, Yahoo would also be a nice place to wind up for a day. How much would you pay for a Digg?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:35:08 +0000

StumbleUpon has generally proven to send me more high quality traffic than say Digg, so that would be my pick.

By: Özkan Şahin

Özkan Şahin — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:45:57 +0000

Well, I used to have an English blog but due to lack of time I suspended it. I generally write articles on personal development, marketing etc. Since the context I write is not diggy enough (I mean it is not consume and throw away stuff like pictures or current news that will not worth a dime after a week); I think I had better prefer hitting del.icio.us frontpage. On the other hand, since I blog in my native language (Turkish) and the big guys (digg, del.icio.us etc) are not quite recognized in my niche; I think for the time being I'd prefer a local counterpart. I'd like to hit linkibol's popular (del.icio.us clone) or oyyla's front page I believe. Cheers from Turkey.

By: Ashley W

Ashley W — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:16:10 +0000

Probably not Digg, its been proven a lot in the past that even if your server (or hosting) doesn’t die within minutes of the front page, you will unlikely get that many new readers, I would estimate at least 30% of Digg users barely read the article if they visit. Don’t get me wrong, get me on the home page any day of the week and I would be happy, but I would love to get on something better. Maybe like Yahoo! Buzz from what I’ve read about it…..RW/W I think said how many comments and returning visits it got after hitting Buzz.

But I still think the best method, which is kind of off topic (its not a “social bookmarking” site), is simply getting on simple blogs.

My blog got a full article dedicated to one of my posts a while back on dev.zend.com, and I got TONS of traffic that week, lots of subscribers, and lots of mentions on other blogs. Not quite as many visits as I would have got on Digg, but it meant more to me, plus 90% of the visitors were generally interested in the post.

By: PC

PC — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:29:57 +0000

Getting on Yahoo! Buzz for highest traffic, though our servers might not survive it.

By: Suzie Cheel

Suzie Cheel — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:40:54 +0000

This depends on your niche I think
With my new blog, I think Digg as there an ART section, with Law of Attraction blogs SU maybe delicious, an area I need 24 more hours in the day for

By: Collin LaHay

Collin LaHay — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:29:11 +0000

Sphinn.com, because it would be very targetted traffic.

I hit the frontpage of Digg with an article getting 5000+ diggs, but out of the 100,000+ visits I only received 100 or so RSS readers. I would rather get 1000 visits but 200 RSS readers.

Would be an interesting case study to say the least.

By: CAL

CAL — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:46:35 +0000

Im finding SU to be my best option for traffic. Im finding more and more pages are being stumbled now than ever before. I have had one page do very well on SU and it has lead to more subscribers, backlinks (people are adding it to their SU faves) and comments.
Digg hasnt really worked for me, Reddit has done OK. But SU all the way.

By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind)

Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:23:50 +0000

StumbleUpon for me too. I like that it send me traffic over a longer period of time after the initial spike and that a lot of that traffic is already predisposed to being interested in my site’s topic. So even with a small conversion rate it is still a steady organic growth.

The only frustration I have is when Stumblers choose inappropriate tags for their reviews. That just generates a spike but not any conversions.

By: Noobpreneur

Noobpreneur — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:51:17 +0000

Hi Darren,

I’d say Yahoo Buzz – given the fact that they have enrollment-base system to be included as their publisher – this create the sense of scarcity… and scarcity drives, well, buzz (hence the name :D)

Cheers!

By: Alex D

Alex D — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:55:47 +0000

Digg for sure! Why that? You can monetize the digg’s traffic very good, with adsense and a CPM and there you’ll get many subscribers too.

By: brian

brian — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:01:49 +0000

StumbleUpon. It’s the one I use the most. Also, my blog is for my daily comic strip and I gain a lot more regular users from StumbleUpon.

For me Digg is the same as my strip getting some PR in a newspaper. I get a jump in traffic for awhile but it dies down. Maybe a few new daily readers, but I focus my time on laces that bring in people on a regular basis.

By: Popular Wealth

Popular Wealth — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:02:15 +0000

Yahoo Buzz.

Just ask Huffington Post Alumni what happens when Yahoo places a top buzzed article on their front page.

Mayhem on the servers I tell ya.

By: david cheong

david cheong — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:38:43 +0000

Stumbleupon, for once awhile, it really give an awesome hits to my website while on the other end, news available from stumbleupon, really did a stumble. :)

http://davidcheong.stumbleupon.com

By: Ginkgo100

Ginkgo100 — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:12:46 +0000

StumbleUpon. Because of all the awesome buttons in the toolbar, it’s the one I use the most to browse for neat new content. I think (hope) my blog appeals most to the type of reader who would like StumbleUpon like I do, so that would be the best fit.

By: team ray

team ray — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:12:43 +0000

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