There are numerous articles written by novices on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and getting to the Digg Frontpage. I have bid my time in order to get a full grasp of the Digg mechanics in order to give you an article on not how to get to the Digg Frontpage but on how I have used Digg in the right manner (within their rules) successfully as an SEO tool.
Without further babbling he is the proven and well tested step by step guide to using Digg as a Search Engine Optimization tool.
1. Do not set out to cheat or outsmart Digg. That would at its best only yield short term results if any unless you have a large budget in which case you should be reading an article on Google AdWords.
2. Forget about getting your article to the Digg frontpage for a bit, instead direct your energy at being an established member of the Digg Community:
a) Sign up, fill up your profile and upload an image of your choosing. The image makes your submissions stand out in the upcoming section and you will be astounded how big an impact such a small action has.
b) Digg and digg a lot
c) Comment, not just to comment, but be witty, informative insightful.
d) With (a) and (b) taken care of your stats will be good enough for other members to add you as a friend when you become their fan.
3. This is the most important stage. Digg is a community and no longer will get an article to the frontpage, even if you submit an article from CNN or Cracked.com. So how do you go about making friends and establishing a following:
a) Seek out those with similar tastes to you, this is not a daunting task, it’s large enough a community.
b) So their stats are good and they digg the kind of stuff you would like to see in your friends activity page. Go about and digg their recently dugg and importantly submitted articles. Remember though that what you digg constitutes your first digg impression, your hair cut as it were.
c)All set now, add them as a friend. Do not go for the Babymans and Digg royalty. You’ll simply languish on their fan list forever. Only add those with a reputation similar or slightly higher than yours. If you accidental add a big shot, do not despair, come back to them when you have a higher reputation, remove and add them back to your list after repeating step (b).
4) With a sizable mutual friend list, submit a couple of articles, not your own but sure sellers, lists, comedy, odd stories, captivating images and videos and if you are lucky enough to be the first to it at least one article from Cracked.com is sure to hit the frontpage on any given day. Luckier still a breaking Apple or Linux story.
Now that you’ve submitted an article lets get it some digs:
a)Your heading and article description are important as most Diggers will only skeem through this and digg on its value. Be sure they constitute a detailed well written summary.
b) Add your submitted article to your favorites.
c) Shout to your friends, be sure not to use this feature to often as you would piss some diggers off and earn yourself a quick de-friending.
d) I found this perfectly legit tactic to be quite useful. Soon after submitting your article, visit the upcoming section and do a couple of diggs on interesting articles that have a few diggs. This will get your profile and favorites some curious visitors, who are overzealous to pay you back.
e) Reply to comments on your article giving your article a bit more playtime on your friends friend’s activity list. I find being the first to comment on your submitted article rather tacky though.
5. Remember to keep digging and making those stats looking nice. Nothing says you are worthy to be added as a friend than 100s if not 1000s of diggs in the last 30 days.
If you stick to these rules in no time you will article on the Digg frontpage and with it tons of fans, it’s now your turn to vet those worthy of being included in your mutual friends list. Good feeling that.
6. At this stage you should have a sizable following, an article or a couple that have reached the frontpage. If it is so then it’s time to promote your own work. Write or submit one of you Digg frontpage worthy articles, and repeat the submission formula.
7. So after months of diligent work your article has reached the Digg frontpage, so what are the implications and rewards for your sweat.
a) Do not expect an immediate revenue spike. Your efforts on Digg are not to directly gain customers or Adsense clicks, but for SEO, as such you will get links, as bloggers feature or respond to your article. Links = Google Juice a step towards first place on SERPs (Search Engine Results Page).
b) The Digg frontpage also exposes your article and work to users of other social networking sites, you gain new users put in more work and the cycle continues.
