Comments on: Digg Destroys Webomatica

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:24:37 +0000

I had the same thing with Digg some months ago.

By: My Digg Link-Bait History » Webomatica

My Digg Link-Bait History » Webomatica — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:42:07 +0000

[...] post about my site getting taken down became my second front page digg: Digg Destroys Webomatica (839 diggs). The second time was not as fun as it was completely unexpected, and it also ground my [...]

By: Webomatica Dugg: The Aftermath (Die Another Day) » Webomatica

Webomatica Dugg: The Aftermath (Die Another Day) » Webomatica — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:38:04 +0000

[...] This is the third time Webomatica has dealt with the Digg effect. Here’s my obligatory “dugg” post, with some info-porn graphics like last time. [...]

By: voip calling

voip calling — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:51:17 +0000

thank you!

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:14:07 +0000

Heh, yeah I’ve cooled down on submitting my own stuff to digg. It’s fun every once in a while but the traffic doesn’t seem that sticky… it’s more like a supernova than a steady warmth of a fire.

I’ll definitely check out your link though!

By: engtech

engtech — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:17:48 +0000

Same thing happened to me last December. Those diggers sure do love their movies:
http://engtech.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/81-movies-for-geeks-that-do-not-suck-ggg7/

I find you get better results if you don’t submit your own content to digg. People are really anti-blog (understandably).

By: ARTbird309’s Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-04

ARTbird309’s Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-04 — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:26:34 +0000

[...] Digg Destroys Webomatica Â» Webomatica (tags: blogging digg) [...]

By: webomatica

webomatica — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:37:43 +0000

Thanks tunequestor… everyone has their reasons for doing things and lines to cross. At this point I’m refraining from submitting my own stuff to digg so I don’t bring my site down yet again, annoying my hosting company further. But yeah I won’t rule it out in the future.

By: tunequestor

tunequestor — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:23:10 +0000

Bah, don’t listen to Name. If you’ve got quality content that you think the Digg audience would find useful or enjoy reading, I say submit it. What else are you supposed to do, cross your fingers and hope that a passerby happens to be a Digg user, then happens to think of sharing, then happens to actually divert from whatever brought them to the site in the first place in order to submit it??

Hogwash. As long as a person doesn’t cross that line into spam country, I see absolutely know problem with the practice. It’s certainly more honest than having a friend or other third-party coordinate to do it.

By: Double Digg Destruction Aftermath » Webomatica

Double Digg Destruction Aftermath » Webomatica — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:20:55 +0000

[...] Webomatica is still recovering from the wave of double digg destruction that swept in last weekend. It started with my first ever digg front page story, Seemingly Stupid Apple Moves That Were Actually Brilliant. The resulting “digg effect” took my site down. I then wrote another blog post Digg Destroys Webomatica, which also hit the digg front page, ironically destroying my site once again. This all happened over three days. [...]

By: Writing Home » Blog Archive » links for 2006-10-30

Writing Home » Blog Archive » links for 2006-10-30 — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:18:32 +0000

[...] Digg Destroys Webomatica Â» Webomatica (tags: blogging digg effect) [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:35:47 +0000

I’ve start submitting even, news of entertainment, news of the world …etc, but I’ve never get more 38 diggs. Who knows when is going to be your history in the main page? today, tomorrow or never… but I think digg could be a little adictive…

By: EveryDigg » Blog Archive » A story of how the "Digg Effect" destroys a blog

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:50:43 +0000

[...] I liken the experience to lighting a firecracker, realizing it has a short fuse, and quickly throwing it away. Then you realize it landed in your house, exploded, and lit everything on fire. As you watch your house burn down, everyone stands around staring and wondering “What were you thinking?”. Still, it sure is exciting watching the flames.read more | digg story Links [...]

By: jamesr

jamesr — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:44:08 +0000

or you could just use movable type instead of a toy like wordpress and your blog wouldnt die when people want to read it the most.

By: KtecK Blog - Syndicated » Blog Archive » Digg Destroys Webomatica

KtecK Blog - Syndicated » Blog Archive » Digg Destroys Webomatica — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:41:33 +0000

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By: Ong Teng Siong

Ong Teng Siong — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:10:06 +0000

I wonder when only can digg effect destroys my blog… Hehe… Anyway, this post went to digg front page again…

Congratulations.

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By: JiggedyJoo » The digg Effect

JiggedyJoo » The digg Effect — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:15:04 +0000

[...] Webomatica has a post on how the digg effect can blitz your bandwidth allowance in a heartbeat and provides a good insight into the correlation between ‘diggs’ and traffic stats. [...]

By: Digg Strikes Back: Webomatica Destroyed (Again) » Webomatica

Digg Strikes Back: Webomatica Destroyed (Again) » Webomatica — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:05:28 +0000

[...] I finally got access to my blog again on Saturday, and described the experience in a post titled Digg Destroys Webomatica. Some kind soul submitted that post to Digg on Saturday night. By the time I realized this on Sunday morning, the story had 30 diggs. [...]

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:52:42 +0000

Lee, that may be true. One comment on digg suggested looking into \”VPS\” hosting.

But my first step is to tweak some stuff on this wordpress installation… namely the cache plug in and using less images… any other suggestions I\’m all ears at this point.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:44:04 +0000

That’s pretty tacky that your host cut you off. They are supposed to support your growing business/web site. Not drop you when you have success.

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:29:15 +0000

Crash… you happened to visit it after it was on the front, died, and is now back. But thanks for visiting…

Name, I hear you, I think I’m going to lay low for a while and refrain from posting my own blog stuff to digg. However, obviously I can’t stop other people from posting links … as happened this time around…. argh.

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:23:54 +0000

Okay… site back. I really need to make some changes to this blog. This article reached 627 diggs.

By: nightfox

nightfox — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:21:46 +0000

it’s the recursive effect..

By: Crash

Crash — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:21:14 +0000

Well it’s on page 5 of Digg now, and took a little while to load, but is online. (633 diggs).

By: Poor guy

Poor guy — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:34:39 +0000

It’s happening all over again I think, its at 215 now.

By: Name

Name — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:34:05 +0000

“All things to consider.
Or maybe, not submitting my blog posts to digg?”

That sounds like a great idea! Stop submitting your own blog posts to Digg. If its not interesting enough for someone else to submit then don’t submit it yourself. I bury every story I find that is submitted by the blog owner. Blogs are the worst digg submissions there are. Don’t worry. In no time your blog will go back to not being read and spam referral traffic will be your best customer.

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:24:18 +0000

Well… the writing is better on this one since I had some “downtime” to work on it. Looks like I may be having some more downtime.

Duggmirror…. cache this thing baby…

By: Eugenia’s rants and thoughts :: Slashdotted/Digged :: October :: 2006

Eugenia’s rants and thoughts :: Slashdotted/Digged :: October :: 2006 — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:23:53 +0000

[...] This guy is describing how his blog got “destroyed” by Digg because it had about 10,000 hits in a few hours. I don’t get this. We used to run OSNews (version 2) on a dual Celeron 466 Mhz (we now run on Xeons) and when we were getting Slashdotted back in the day, the server would work fine for up to 45,000 pages per hour served! It worked fine. Today, Adam’s rewrite of OSNews (version 3) continues to work fine when Digged or Slashdotted. [...]

By: Mr. Finance Blog

Mr. Finance Blog — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:15:07 +0000

Who ever thought that a story detailing one’s 15 minutes of fame would result in….another 15 minutes. Lucky you! Nice writing, by the way.