Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later" - Valleywag Comments

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

CGrant — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:33:38 PDT

The only thing that would anger me about Digg being bought by Google is if things like Arc or Digg Labs are gone. I would be in a fit of rage if the interface becomes as dull as Google's.

CGrant

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

Rick — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:10:32 PDT

I don't care how many users digg ever has, the fact that they're digg users makes them worthless as users.

Rick

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

vulturesquadron — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:00:11 PDT

I can't wait to see how much worse Digg can be.

vulturesquadron

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

planet_of_the_snapes — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:11:04 PDT

Nicholas Carlson: Will Google fix Digg's pathetic search the way they fixed Blogger's pathetic search?

planet_of_the_snapes

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

WagCurious — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:51:02 PDT

That would explain why Digg posts are valued so highly by the Google Site Index. I added something to Digg and literally an hour later it was in Google's Site Index (a site they had refused to add earlier). You can literally be backlinked all over the place, but a single Digg entry is considered more relevant by Google. Even if it only has 1 Digg. So basically Google is saying if you want to be in the Site Index, use Digg. That's a little bit evil, don't you think?

WagCurious

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

Blackjack — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:58:14 PDT

@Doug: You're really overestimating Google's userbase, methinks.

Blackjack

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

Ted Dziuba — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:56:02 PDT

That's right Google. Keep the bubble alive. Your perceived importance depends on it.

Ted Dziuba

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

Doug — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:44:35 PDT

I think Google could fix a much larger problem- the typical story type that ends up popular on Digg. The sheer volume of Google-visitor traffic could bring Digg out of internet memes, YouTube clips, and "Top X ways to Y your Z [MUST READ!!!]" blog regurgitation items. Maybe.

I know that Digg has many categories and ways to filter out those items, I'm just saying that overall it could be pushed into much broader territory.

Doug

Report: Google looking to buy Digg "much sooner than later"

matto — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:26:02 PDT

Did you really have to sap my will to live so early this morning?

matto