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VentureBeat: News site Digg raises $8.5M more, rejects evidence it has been gamed

  • Ian Bell · 2 years ago
    I noticed in your October mention of Digg on Businessweek, that TechCrunch was supporting the Alexa/Digg numbers.

    One thing worth mentioning is that Tech Crunch has an Alexa rank of 505 (as of this writing): http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_detai...

    An Alexa ranking of 505 for a mere 2.4mm pageviews is pretty amazing: http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s26tech...

    I think it goes to show that anyone with ingenuity can game Alexa for a benefit.

    In the case of Digg, I think taking $8mm more in funding is a very rash decision. They are literally "Digging" themselves into a deeper hole here. Now they will need to sell the site for more than previously expected just in order to walk away with some cash in their pockets.
  • Jay Adelson · 2 years ago
    Regarding context, I was not responding to the specific question of whether or not JetNumbers did or did not accept money for a submission. I was responding to a question about "pay for digg sites" influencing Digg story promotions, which to date, I believe we have successfully prevented.

    I believe people try to game Digg often. Our community and systems, we believe, successfully thwart those efforts.

    So yes, I do think my comments were taken incorrectly out of context.
  • Marshall Kirkpatrick · 2 years ago
    Congrats to the Digg crew. I can't wait to see what they do with the dough - interesting things to come I'm sure.
  • cg · 2 years ago
    i find it funny that a company raises more money in this round than I'd even be willing to pay for the ENTIRE company.
  • Graywolf · 2 years ago
    It's quite funny how digg refuses to acknowledge it has problems. I recently published a detaled plan on how to abuse digg that they completely ignored

    http://www.wolf-howl.com/grayhat-seo/how-to-be-...
  • Bill · 2 years ago
    Digg get's gamed all the time. That's why you guys kicked out various users for digging their friends stories. That's why you banned people for sites like user/submitter.

    Don't be a morons like the guys at facebook and try demanding an insane amount of money. Take a decent ammount and invest it then.

    Or just keep being the tools you guys act like now. I can't wait to see the company sold and the VC's get all the money, and poor Kevin gets enough to buy a new look (and personality).
  • Del · 2 years ago
    Digg is a great idea, but is handled poorly. It seems like most of the "team" at Digg has a great understanding on how things need to change, but are covering up the truth. Adelson appears very withdrawn during this new wave of Web 2.0 and Digg. Perhaps that he's only in it for the "money" (once the team focuses more on spam, etc.) and will continue to box this idea up. I feel Kevin (Rose) places his idea into the wrong hands and is in need of a serious overhaul.
  • Chris · 2 years ago
    Congrats to Digg and company. Hopefully they'll invest the money well and not simply stuff their wallets with pay raises and unneeded body/staff. :)
  • Nickie · 2 years ago
    Digg is for geeks but geeks don’t click ads. Digg has to reach out to other audience to increase its cashflow.

    Digg may have to rethink its revenue generation model - ad-supported model and “build and flip model” don’t seem to cut it. Maybe their SEO forte will do some magic:)
  • Avi Muchnick · 2 years ago
    I just published a new way of evaluating Web 2.0 traffic called "orbital theory". Putting this kind of theory into place would show exactly why a site like Digg is worth only whatever it's *active* member base is currently up to.

    If you want to critique the theory, it's here:
    http://worth1000.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/an-in...
  • Leon · 2 years ago
    Unless they got some bright ideas on a new business model, raising that amount of funds is pretty much useless. The innovation I see in Digg throughout this year can be achieved by a handful of engineers.
  • Roman · 2 years ago
    I agree with DEL, DIGG is a great idea with poor implementation, however. The quality of diggs is not consistent and the turnover of stories on the site is too rapid. Unless DIGG is able to figure out a substantive way to capitalize on the DIGG concept and grow traffic, within a year or two they will fall by the internet wayside.
  • Mike Cleaver · 2 years ago
    Obviously we are talking about some pretty bright people. Rather than assuming they are making a stupid move I'd be starting to think about what kind of huge idea they've come up with. IMO the digg model has reached its limit and now they'll be working on something completely different.
  • Ferodynamics · 2 years ago
    Eventually Diggers will grow up and switch to TechMeme.
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