The Digg Effect good and bad

Digg has grown large enough that submissions sometimes create a sudden increase of traffic to the “dugg” website. This is referred to by some Digg users as the “Digg effect” and by some others as the site being “dugg to death”. However, in many cases stories are linked simultaneously on several popular bookmarking sites. In such cases, the impact of the “digg effect” is difficult to isolate and assess. WordPress is especially hated among diggers for its frequency to crash under the increased traffic.

The good: lots of traffic

The bad: only for a short period of time

The good: net exposure

The bad: server overload/crash/bandwidth

The good: inflates your visitor volume and website value

The bad: digg users do not click ads, so no PPC campaigns

10 things you should know

crashing your site

surviving the effects

lasting effects

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