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Facebook Unveils Facebook Connect Data Portability Feature

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2008 - 12:51pm.

San Francisco - Online social network Facebook has introduced Facebook Connect, which allows outside websites and applications to share data back and forth. The company launched the new feature with 24 partners, including Digg, Movable Type creators Six Apart and Citysearch. The feature allows, for instance, Facebook users to sign in to Digg with their Facebook account authentication, and to have news stories they select via Digg, or comments they leave on Movable Type blogs to show up in their Facebook news feeds.

Analysis: Mixx Traffic Sources Explain Traffic Levels

Authored by Heather Hopkins on June 5, 2008 - 6:32am.

Mixx.com, the social news website supported by many big mainstream media brands, is in the news for releasing results that show its traffic has more than doubled in May. I was following the thread on this story this morning on Techmeme and thought I'd share some Hitwise data that may answer some of the questions being raised. Marshall Kilpatrick at Red Write Web suggests that while the growth is impressive he is surprised the site receives less than 5% of the traffic that goes to Digg. Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch points out that the growth in May came as a result of links from the bottom of all CNN.com stories.

Weekend Fun: Don't Miss The Battle of the Lip Dub Videos

Authored by Jay Baage on April 25, 2008 - 7:21am.


Digg Dubb: Groove Is In The Heart from Trammell on Vimeo.
A new viral lip dub video has appeared (embedded above). This time courtesy of the staff at Digg. I would say it's a worthy follow-up to the video done at the offices at College Humor and Connected Ventures (see below). Revision3 has also joined the party with a lip bud video of their own (embedded at the bottom, gotta love INXS). Think about it, these videos are not just viral branding for the companies but also smart recruitment tools...

Analysis: Yahoo! Buzz Catching up to Digg.com

Authored by Heather Hopkins on March 17, 2008 - 5:22am.

This morning I was interested to see the thread on Techmeme's homepage about the success so far of Yahoo! Buzz. The RedWriteWeb story provides statistics on traffic from Yahoo! Buzz to some of the publishers involved in the Beta. ReadWriteWeb claims that Yahoo! Buzz "spells trouble for Digg". What do the figures show?

Report: Google, Microsoft May Make Offers for Digg

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 7, 2008 - 9:06am.

Los Angeles - Digg, the social news aggregation site where users vote on what they think are the most important news stories, is working with investment bank Allen & Co. to set up a possible sale, with Google and Microsoft among likely suitors, TechCrunch reported, citing a source very close to the deal.

Analysis: Digg Demonstrates The Failure Of Open Collaborative Networks

Authored by Scott Karp on January 24, 2008 - 9:19am.

Digg is a great experiment in web “democracy” — a site where ANYONE can submit links to content and vote on links to their favorite content. The positive outcome of the Digg experiment has been demonstrating the power of “networked human intelligence” to filter the vast sea of content on the web and allocate attention to content on a scale only rivaled by search. But Digg has also demonstrated that a completely open network will be subject to so much gaming and manipulating that it’s not possible to maintain that openness.

Revision3 Web TV Show to Highlight Highest-Rated Digg Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 17, 2008 - 1:17pm.

San Francisco - Internet TV network Revision3 on Thursday launched The Digg Reel, a weekly program that will showcase the highest-rated user-submitted videos on aggregation site Digg.com. Hosted by Jessica Corbin, the show will collect the videos as well as take viewers behind the scenes to meet their creators.

CBS Interactive, Digg Partner for 2008 Election Coverage

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 9, 2008 - 1:33pm.

New York - CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) said on Wednesday that it has partnered with news aggregation site Digg to provide reciprocal links and content during the 2008 election. Digg's election headlines will receive placement on CBSNews.com, while buttons that add a story to Digg's service will be placed alongside CBSNews.com content.

Analysis: Digg and Reddit Are Highly Niche Sites

Authored by Scott Karp on September 14, 2007 - 12:16am.

The Project For Excellence in Journalism compared the news coverage of social news sites Digg, Reddit, and Delicious to that of mainstream media and found, not surprisingly, not a lot of overlap. What I found most notable is the report mistakenly assumes that the news on Digg and Reddit reflect the interests of their entire user base:

Google to Let "Newsmakers" Comment on Google News Stories

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 8, 2007 - 4:17pm.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google has added the ability for certain users to add comments to the stories from 4,500 sources it aggregates on its Google News service -- namely, those individuals or groups who are mentioned in the stories. Unlike Digg, another news aggregation site where users can comment on and rank stories, prospective commenters on Google News stories must e-mail their comments to Google, along with proof of identity. The company will then try to independently assess the identity of the individual.

News Aggregation Site Digg Taps Microsoft for Online Ads

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 25, 2007 - 4:14pm.

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has signed a three-year deal to become the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising for Digg, the popular news aggregation site that attracts 17 million monthly unique users. Digg's current advertising partner, Federated Media, will still work with Microsoft on integrated programs. "Our collaboration with Digg is about bringing our advertising technology and sales force to one of the fastest-growing sites on the Web and a true innovator in user-generated content," said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of Microsoft's online services group.

Pownce Introduces Social Network and File-Sharing Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2007 - 11:04am.

San Francisco - Pownce, a social network and file-sharing application start-up created by Digg founder Kevin Rose, this week announced the launch of a private beta test of its service, Wired News reported. The service lets users send messages, links, files of various types, and events to one another for free; an ad-free version that increases file upload limits will also be available for $20 per year.

Digg Plans to Expand to Include Images, Product Reviews

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2007 - 3:05pm.

Amsterdam - News aggregation site Digg plans to expand its service to include images, product reviews and other topics of interest to a more general audience, according to comments made by Digg founder Kevin Rose at the TheNextWeb conference in Amsterdam, Wired News reported. Up to this point, Digg users -- who post links to stories from around the Web and rank their relative importance -- have primarily shown their interests to include stories related to technology, politics, business and video games.

tags: Blogs | News | Publishing | Images | Digg |

Analysis: Google News Falls Behind Digg in UK Visits, But That Is Not The Whole Story

Authored by Heather Hopkins on May 29, 2007 - 10:19am.

Two weeks ago, Google News fell behind Digg.com in share of UK visits to News and Media websites. Yahoo! News UK & Ireland ranks at #4, Digg.com at #6 and Google News UK at #7 among News and Media websites. However, looking at website visits alone tells only half the story.

Buzz Watch: Clever Parody of Lost Highlights Digg's UGC Dilemma

Authored by Jay Baage on May 10, 2007 - 10:28am.

The Digg controversy is an interesting test of the power of UGC? and the web 2.0 model of publishing. Should media companies and web publishing organizations try to edit in moderation when dealing with UGC or should they let users take control of the site? Is it possible to control a site like Digg without alienating its core userbase? The weekly comedy show GalactiCast takes a stab at the HDDVD code key debacle in the latest episode above.

Next-Gen DVD Security Developers Consider Action Against Blogs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2007 - 12:20pm.

London - The developers of anti-piracy technology used on next-generation DVDs plan to pursue the thousands of websites that have published a software key that can crack the security, the BBC reported.

tags: Blogs | Piracy | Movies | Blu-ray | DRM | HD DVD | DMCA | Copyright | AACS | Digg |

Buzz Watch: Digg Founder Kevin Rose Lets Users Win in UGC Test Case

Authored by Jay Baage on May 3, 2007 - 9:36am.
Digg, the popular site where users determine the placement of new stories by voting, was recently hit with a user revolt. On Wednesday Digg founder Kevin Rose found himself in the center of what some are calling a test case for the power of user-generated content on social networking sites.

Digg Users Revolt Over Deleted Posts of HD DVD Security Hack

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 2, 2007 - 3:53pm.

Los Angeles - The user-edited news aggregation site Digg.com has seen a revolt by its users over the past 24 hours, after administrators first tried to delete mentions of a key that can unlock the security on HD DVD discs, later capitulating to the community and in the process opening itself to potential litigation from owners of the technology.

Analysis: Fastest Growing News & Media Websites: Digg.com & Print

Authored by Hitwise on February 27, 2007 - 6:20am.
The Following is a blog entry from Heather Hopkins at Hitwise UK: In a series of three three posts, I will present some of the key findings from our forthcoming Hitwise UK Online News and Media report (request copy of report here). This first post will discuss the growth in visits to the category and list the fastest growing websites.

With a Nod to Social Networking, Dell Adds Feedback Feature

Authored by Scott Goldberg on February 16, 2007 - 3:45pm.
Dell IdeaStorm logo Anyone who has owned a Dell product over the last several years would applaud the company’s announcement today.  A new customer relations site called IdeaStorm is now operating, allowing customers to submit requests, criticisms, and commentary with the Dell community.