Comments on: Why Reddit & StumbleUpon Are Better Than Digg

By: Shishir

Shishir — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:13:28 +0000

This post is a good indicator of something better than digg. However, stumbleupon does not accept my pages, I don’t know why?

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By: Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:45:17 +0000

Thanks for this excellent post. I’ve heard a lot recently about Reddit and I wanted to do some investigating. I’m an avid stumbler and can’t wait to add Reddit to my arsenal of Web 2.0 sites I use (Twitter is my recent addiction .

If Reddit is so much better than Digg, why doesn’t Reddit have a bigger base of users?

Thanks again and I’m subscribing to your RSS feed!

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By: Mr. Gunn

Mr. Gunn — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:35:53 +0000

You’re exactly right that spending your time trying to manipulate Digg is wasted effort, but if you’re also correct that the problem is because too many people are trying to get onto the front page, what makes you think that this wouldn’t hold true for Reddit and StumbleUpon as well? If everyone starts submitting to Reddit, it’ll start to suck just as hard.

The best way to generate quality traffic is still to put your effort into creating content that adds something to the visitor’s understanding. Spending too much time on SEO and marketing takes away from doing this, and it’s just not needed. If your content is useful and novel, it will be picked up and spread by your readers more effectively than you can achieve by any amount of self-promotion.

By: devjargon

devjargon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:15:15 +0000

Baha, Nathan you’re totally wrong.

That being said. 91% of 233,594 is 210,234 meaning that approximately 21,000 people stay on your site for longer.

For reddit, 83% of 45,715 is 37,943 meaning that approximately 7770 people stay on your site.

Digg traffic is vastly superior to reddit traffic but still doesn’t compare to the great traffic from stumbleupon.

By: Patrick Altoft

Patrick Altoft — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:57:15 +0000

A 91% bounce rate means 91% of people left the site without visiting any other page. IMO that’s pretty poor.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:44:36 +0000

IMO your logic is completely backwards. A 91% bounce rate means that 91% of the people who visit Digg are clicking a link. Which means a 91% __SUCCESS__ rate. It means 91% of viewers found what they were looking for on the first try.

By: Adam Pieniazek

Adam Pieniazek — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:36:37 +0000

100% in agreement with you Patrick. I think the vastly superior comment system and community at reddit is a big reason for the “better” visitors. Stumbleupon is the internet’s version of a billboard.