Getting on Digg increases Google traffic in real time
BlogStorm hit the front page of Digg again yesterday, sending even more traffic than the last time.
This time the story got 2100 diggs in the first 2 hours after hitting the homepage before being buried (not quite sure why, maybe because people reported it as being not safe for work). In these 2 hours Digg sent just over 50,000 unique visitors! My hosting couldn’t handle most of the traffic so maybe more people tried to view the page but couldn’t.
The most interesting part of a week in which we have seen slightly under 150,000 visitors in 5 days is that Google traffic has shot up. Take a look at this report on the weeks search traffic (pdf) and you can see a big jump in traffic from Google.
Proof that linkbait works.
Categories: Google, Search Engine Optimisation, Social Media
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Amazing…
I wish I could make that
Anyway, I’m learning and trying to catch up
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This battle is yours but “the war” is not over
))))))
Just kidding: I love your blog
Regards from Spain,
Paquito.
http://paquito4ever.blogspot.com
Paquito August 17, 2007 3:09 pm | Reply
Are you doing anything to encourage/get these diggs? Or is it just an operation of quality posts x a large readership = lots of diggs?
Adam Thompson August 17, 2007 4:58 pm | Reply
I had a site where someone submitted something as NSFW
The domain was banned instantly…is yours OK?
Glen Allsopp August 18, 2007 1:00 am | Reply
I hate it when you never answer your comments
Glen Allsopp August 18, 2007 11:40 am | Reply
Glen, as far as I know the domain is still OK. Its hard to tell for sure though.
Patrick Altoft August 18, 2007 1:23 pm | Reply
At times like this i regret i’m banned from digg :<
Tibi Puiu August 18, 2007 2:53 pm | Reply
Elsewhere you have mentioned removing ads from heavily Dugg articles.
Is this a server load issue? Or do blog readers really turn up their noses?
(I ignore ads I have seen before, sometimes read ones I haven’t, especially AdWords.)
inform-o-scope-usa October 3, 2007 9:18 pm | Reply
Its not usually a matter of server load, most ad servers can handle the Digg effect fine.
Bloggers are simply less likely to link to a site full of ads.
Patrick Altoft October 3, 2007 9:21 pm | Reply