To get on the front page of Digg is really difficult if you’re not a very popular blogger with a loyal tribe following. This is a popular story by Tim Ferriss.
Here’s a small trick you can use to ride on the coattails of popular Diggs.
Find a story on Digg on a topic that is related to your own blog. The story should already be popular or upcoming. Then write an interesting and intelligent comment on Digg and include a link to your site in the comment text. Getting your comment on the first page of comments is going to get you more traffic than if you are commenter number 295. To be able to comment early you will have to gamble on which stories will become popular.
The Digg link is a nofollow link so you won’t get any search engine benefit from it, but due to the massive amount of traffic Digg gets, you will see traffic coming from your Digg comment.
Your comment is your “sales letter” for your link so you need to make it good enough to entice people to click on your link. Don’t make it a five page sales letter. Comments on Digg are usually very brief and it’s not difficult to stand out from the crowd. Here’s a comment that worked well for me.
Don’t just link to your home page. Link directly to a blog post that is related to the Digg story. If your blog post is good, it will get Diggs too from the people clicking on your link.
How do you use Digg to drive traffic to your blog?
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