<![CDATA[Three reasons why Digg gets its numbers wrong - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Three reasons why Digg gets its numbers wrong - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Three reasons why Digg gets its numbers wrong]]> good stuff here

asolazzo

]]> <![CDATA[Three reasons why Digg gets its numbers wrong]]> it's rather like the claims various sites have regarding their registered users/visitors - i am registered on literally dozens of peer-group sites in a variety of niches and rarely visit any of them and only do so to keep abreast of their development, and to see if i have any messages, etc (i guess this is why many of them don't auto-notify you via email regarding any messages - to motivate you to log in every now and then and keep the numbers up).

so, how many are 'real' users/visitors that one could derive money from via visibility/ads, etc, is highly contentious - for example, when punk first erupted in the uk (i am that old, sorry - am i still permitted here?) i and my peers bought virtually every punk record released sure in the knowledge one of them would be great, a few ok, and many dross but worth a listen to ... so, to extend the analogy further .... which of these hot-to-trot sites are the next sex pistols? ie, they'll burn bright for a while and implode?

who is the clash? the one/s with longevity and depth?

what about identifying the enigmatic niche-market talking heads contenders? and most relevant to most of them - which ones are the boomtown rats?

qed.

;-)

egoboss

]]> <![CDATA[Three reasons why Digg gets its numbers wrong]]> I haven't been to Digg for a while, I went there just now, and found no links that interested me. I guess that's why I don't go there too often.

Perhaps it's a demographic issue - the links seem to be a collection of mildly amusing teen-tech stuff, catering to a much younger audience than myself. But perhaps the teenagers is the hot topic of the month for wall street (years back - dogfood/toys was the main event.. thankfully we've moved on).

I prefer /.

morten

]]> <![CDATA[Three reasons why Digg gets its numbers wrong]]> I sincerely doubt Digg can scale their audience. It's a great site for skimming the news and getting headlines, but try this experiment. Think of a friend who is not a web geek, but is interested in the news, etc. Someone who may read the NYTimes.com website or their local paper's website, etc. Someone who has a TiVo, likes sports, and spends an hour or so online per day. Someone average, the kind of person Digg needs to attract if they want to break out of the tech/nerd ghetto.

Now, spend 3 days in a row looking at Digg's front page and ask yourself how many of the stories would be interesting to that friend.

MATIC

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