Comments on: Gaming Digg http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: PlagiarismToday » Social News: Another Plagiarism Concern http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-1337835 PlagiarismToday » Social News: Another Plagiarism Concern Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:59:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-1337835 [...] desire for placement on Digg has even generated a few start ups, including the most recent Subvert and Profit. These companies, reviled by most Digg users, let [...] [...] desire for placement on Digg has even generated a few start ups, including the most recent Subvert and Profit. These companies, reviled by most Digg users, let [...]

]]> By: CapeCodSEO http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-863130 CapeCodSEO Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:51:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-863130 <strong>Thoughts on Wikipedia and Bad Link Building Practices...</strong> The news that Wikipedia will be tagging all hyperlinks to external sites with “no follow” attributes is disappointing but not shocking. Because of Wikipedia’s high rankings in search engines like Google and Yahoo, as well as the abil... Thoughts on Wikipedia and Bad Link Building Practices…

The news that Wikipedia will be tagging all hyperlinks to external sites with “no follow” attributes is disappointing but not shocking. Because of Wikipedia’s high rankings in search engines like Google and Yahoo, as well as the abil…

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » La puissance de Digg http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-21074 TechCrunch en français » La puissance de Digg Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:08:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-21074 [...] Mais ce succès possède également sa contrepartie négative: en effet beaucoup de personnes jouent avec Digg pour leurs propres intérêts. Il suffit simplement de créer un faux compte et de soumettre de nouvelles histoires afin de les voir apparaître sur la page d’accueil (cela vaut également pour tous les concurrents de Digg). Comme le site est devenu désormais très populaire c’est une chose plus difficile à faire mais le jeu peut en valoir la chandelle pour celui qui maîtrise Digg. [...] [...] Mais ce succès possède également sa contrepartie négative: en effet beaucoup de personnes jouent avec Digg pour leurs propres intérêts. Il suffit simplement de créer un faux compte et de soumettre de nouvelles histoires afin de les voir apparaître sur la page d’accueil (cela vaut également pour tous les concurrents de Digg). Comme le site est devenu désormais très populaire c’est une chose plus difficile à faire mais le jeu peut en valoir la chandelle pour celui qui maîtrise Digg. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch » The Power of Digg http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-21046 TechCrunch » The Power of Digg Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:21:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-21046 [...] Along with that power, of course, comes some negative attention as well - specifically people trying to game Digg for their own purposes. It can be as simple as using fake accounts to push a story up to the front page. As the site gets more popular, this becomes harder to do, but the reward (more traffic) also gets correspondingly larger. The increased costs are matched by increased incentives. [...] [...] Along with that power, of course, comes some negative attention as well - specifically people trying to game Digg for their own purposes. It can be as simple as using fake accounts to push a story up to the front page. As the site gets more popular, this becomes harder to do, but the reward (more traffic) also gets correspondingly larger. The increased costs are matched by increased incentives. [...]

]]> By: Eric Standlee http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6534 Eric Standlee Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:48:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6534 I stopped posting on DIGG because of all of this. Sure I wanted easy traffic, but I guess I am just to straight laced... I stopped posting on DIGG because of all of this. Sure I wanted easy traffic, but I guess I am just to straight laced…

]]> By: Ondas, cables, luces, cacharritos y cachivaches » Como engañar a Digg (y a Meneame?) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6445 Ondas, cables, luces, cacharritos y cachivaches » Como engañar a Digg (y a Meneame?) Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6445 [...] Lo que no se sabia es que fuese tan facil engañar al sistema. Richard MacManus ha investigado el asunto, tal y como reflejan en TechCrunch, y da todos los detalles de como lo hizo un usuario. [...] [...] Lo que no se sabia es que fuese tan facil engañar al sistema. Richard MacManus ha investigado el asunto, tal y como reflejan en TechCrunch, y da todos los detalles de como lo hizo un usuario. [...]

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6444 Mathew Ingram Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:36:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6444 I think this kind of thing -- everything from gaming Digg or memeorandum to SEO tactics with Google and others -- is going to become increasingly important in the "reputation economy." Hopefully some of it, maybe even the site-scrapers you and Om have been the victims of, will be self-regulating as people get wise to such behaviour. I think this kind of thing — everything from gaming Digg or memeorandum to SEO tactics with Google and others — is going to become increasingly important in the “reputation economy.” Hopefully some of it, maybe even the site-scrapers you and Om have been the victims of, will be self-regulating as people get wise to such behaviour.

]]> By: Ariston Collander http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6423 Ariston Collander Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:33:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6423 I agree. Diggers are click happy. If you put a link up on Digg, even in a signature, you are guaranteed to get a few hits. People like Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger pimps his own stories using a secondary account. He posts as Ozii, and then enters a comment as darrenrowse. It's only natural to try to use all angles to get traffic to your site. I post my own stories up on occasion even though many Diggers will post a comment flaming the fact that someone posted a link to a blog...especially their own blog. Digg is a treasure trove of traffic if you only get the right story. I agree. Diggers are click happy. If you put a link up on Digg, even in a signature, you are guaranteed to get a few hits. People like Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger pimps his own stories using a secondary account. He posts as Ozii, and then enters a comment as darrenrowse. It’s only natural to try to use all angles to get traffic to your site. I post my own stories up on occasion even though many Diggers will post a comment flaming the fact that someone posted a link to a blog…especially their own blog. Digg is a treasure trove of traffic if you only get the right story.

]]> By: Derek Gathright http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6414 Derek Gathright Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:44:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6414 Wow... 10 hours after that last post, every front page story on Digg has been uhhh.... Comment Bombed? Wow… 10 hours after that last post, every front page story on Digg has been uhhh…. Comment Bombed?

]]> By: Derek Gathright http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6366 Derek Gathright Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:43:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6366 I love Digg, but unless they stay ahead of the curve, the exploits are all over the place and we could see some nasty results. The democratic ranking of stories is nice, but it can easily be abused, and we already see this with the "report" feature as it can sometimes put legitimate stories in purgatory by 13 year olds with nothing better to do. Adaptation is Digg's best friend throughout its existence. I love Digg, but unless they stay ahead of the curve, the exploits are all over the place and we could see some nasty results. The democratic ranking of stories is nice, but it can easily be abused, and we already see this with the “report” feature as it can sometimes put legitimate stories in purgatory by 13 year olds with nothing better to do.

Adaptation is Digg’s best friend throughout its existence.

]]> By: Mario http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6365 Mario Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:28:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/27/gaming-digg/#comment-6365 Strangely, it doesn't seem to do even some basic ip checking. Strangely, it doesn’t seem to do even some basic ip checking.

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