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Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO of Digg.com

April 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
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In a recent blog post entitled simply "Update from Jay", it has been officially announced that Jay Adelson will be stepping down as Digg's CEO after 5 prosperous and amazing years. Jay has done an amazing job as CEO, and I firmly believe Digg wouldn't hold it's current success status today if it wasn't for his ideas and inspiration. Although Jay doesn't state any specific reasons for this choice, he does have virtue and motive to do so. As quoted FTA, "With the new Digg getting ready to … [Read more...]

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Why Digg’s New Ad System is Gaining Popularity

March 3, 2010 By 5 Comments
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Digg has always been an extremely innovative company. Launching into the social news bit in 2004, the site has grown immensely popular with monthly pageviews in the tens of millions. Digg's popularity has allowed for a counter-culture of internet users to become Diggers, voting on the best stories to hit the front page and sent traffic spikes to interesting and useful blogs. Recently Digg has launched a new ad system that is surely turning heads. The ads are inline with both stories and page … [Read more...]

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New Digg-Clone Thuhm Updates Design and Added Features

February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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I had written a Review for Thuhm a while back, and have to say I still love the app. It's a brand new social news website for sharing all kinds of news, and it combines the best features of Reddit and Digg together. Although still just breaking off the ground, Thuhm has a lot to offer it's readers. Recently there had been a post mentioning new updates on the site, including a new front page design and the addition of categories. … [Read more...]

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Why Digg.com is heading for a Major Pitfall

February 8, 2010 By 27 Comments
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I remember a time when Digg used to roam wild in the Social News kingdom. It was the force to be reckoned with when it came to internet marketing - everybody needed to hit the front page to gain some traffic to their site. I'm sure tons of blogs have built their popularity off of Digg's massive traffic influx, but there are many signs pointing towards this site closing the lid. Digg used to be a very popular website - I would frequent the site constantly to check out the greatest news, what … [Read more...]

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New Digg-Themed Social News and Media Website Thuhm

January 8, 2010 By 12 Comments
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Digg has become the popular site for internet marketers and bloggers to aspire to. Digg used to be a popular tech website, where tech enthusiasts and internet lovers could gather to share links. Whichever links got the most "diggs" would hit the front page, generally to recieve a surge of traffic. Now Digg has been limited recently on what it can do, and it's popularity has started to drop as community members are finding better places to hang out such as Reddit. Unlike any other social … [Read more...]

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Interview with a Digg.com Software Engineer Kurt Wilms

November 2, 2009 By 28 Comments
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As a web designer myself, I have found that other web designers I talk to always have favorite websites they go to for inspiration. Not saying they want to copy a specific website, but there are just some site's that "stick" and really inspire you to create web designs. For me, this was Digg.com when I first found the site in 2007. It has gone through many design changes since then, but it's still one of the most successful startups for websites in the CA area, and it's fame is very … [Read more...]

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Collection of Photos from Digg’s Office in San Francisco

July 28, 2009 By 18 Comments
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Digg is undoubtedly the most popular social news website on the internet. Hell, it sort of invented the social news genre itself! Digg has been a huge inspiration to me as a designer and developer, and I have learned so much through Digg's progression over the years. So I took it upon myself to find a bit more about the site: by digging around Flickr! I found a great collection of office photos inside Digg's main headquarters in San Francisco, CA, and I've posted it up here to share with all my … [Read more...]

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