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CypherBox.net – Great Pligg-based PR4 Social Bookmarking Site

February 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
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I just want to say, I absolutely love Pligg. It's an amazing PHP script, free to download which allows you to set up your own social news site similar to Digg. Many micro-niche sites have popped up running on Pligg's backend, and CypherBox is my latest find. CypherBox is a Google PageRank 4, which is huge for social bookmarking sites. Not only that, but every link on the page is DoFollow - this means Google passes on PR4 juice to each link you submit! This can greatly impact a new website or … [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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Configuring TortoiseSVN to Manage Updates on Pligg Sites

November 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
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I am extremely fond of the new social news script Pligg CMS. I have been following it since early release, and updating Pligg sites used to be very difficult. However from instructions from this wiki, you can use TortoiseSVN to control the version and upgrades of your Pligg site with ease. Below I've also added a small video. This was created by Pligg user Yankidank to help out those who are unfamiliar with TortoiseSVN. It's a quick and easy tutorial to follow, and it's really useful for … [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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Founder of Omegle.com Answers Questions From Redditors

October 20, 2009 By 12 Comments
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Omegle.com has spread across many social networking hubs, forums, and internet chatrooms rapidly over the past few months. It's a new site with a very simple concept: you log in anonymously and talk to someone else. Someone random, someone you've *probably* never even met before, just talking about whatever. It seems like a breeding ground for spam and pranks, but it ultimately seen very positive results in traffic and user response. After logging into Reddit the other day, I was surprised to … [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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