Don’t worry, you’re not alone. I’m also getting DIGGsperate after numerous failed attempts but hey, try to look at the brighter side of not being dugg. Here are some interesting facts I managed to gather, which will help you overcome your DIGGsperation!

Signs and Symptoms of DIGGsperation

If you manifest any of the following symptoms, you might be at high risk of DIGGsperation. To overcome DIGGsperation, make sure to read this post and count how many times DIGG was mentioned.

• Easily DIGGsgusted by mediocre posts that reach Digg’s frontpage.
• DIGGligently reads blogging tips on how to make it to Digg’s frontpage.
• DIGGdreaming that your latest post has reached Digg’s frontpage.
• Asking all your Digg friends to Digg your post… with a threat that they’re not your TRUE friend if they don’t.
• Your daily post is all about Digg.
• Digging your own post.

If you don’t manifest any of the signs and symptoms of DIGGsperation, good for you. If, however, you manifest all or any of the signs and symptoms of DIGGsperation, don’t panic because getting dugg has a lot of DIGGsadvantages that you might not be willing to take.

DIGGsadvantages of Digg

Here are the DIGGsadvantages of Digg and why being DIGGsperate is not worth it.

Digg Can Crash Your Server

If your blog is hosted in a host with certain bandwidth limit, you should be very carefull with digg effect as it is very easy to overcome your allowed bandwidth. Making it to the front page of Digg has brought several websites to their knees. This DIGGsadvantage breeds another reason why making it to Digg’s front page is a DIGG-saster!

Income Losses and The Inconveniences

Once your blog crashes because it can’t handle the traffic from Digg, it stops running well. You then need to contact your host to fix the problem and need to pay for additional bandwidth. As your blog is being restored back, it will take a couple of days before it finally runs smoothly. While your blog undergoes “restoration” you are lossing the chance to earn from it. If you think that increasing your monthly bandwidth is the solution to this problem, you are wrong. Traffic from Digg occasionally happens so you’re just paying for extra bandwidth which you may not be using.

Traffic From Digg Doesn’t Last

Traffic from Digg is only good for the first few days after one of your posts made it to Digg’s front page. After that, it will drastically decline and go back to normal. It’s like nothing happened.

Digg Users Are Not Ad-Friendly

Even if you  amass tremendous traffic from Digg, you won’t earn from them because Digg users are just not ad-friendly. Your goal is to make more money from your blog not to get more traffic who won’t really read your post or even leave a comment to it, which leads me to my next point.

Digg Users Are Lazy To Read Your Post or Leave a Comment

Don’t expect that getting at the front page of Digg will increase your readership. Digg users are DIGGaddict, meaning they only know how to press the Digg button and move to the next post to Digg. Don’t be surprised to find out an increase in your bounce rate after getting traffic from Digg.

Digg is Not DIGGmocratic

Digg is ruled by a few hands of powerful DIGGaddicts. Once these DIGGtators Digg your post, their DIGGsciples follow. Who would want to live in a DIGGsastrous community run by a few? No one, I’m sure.

There you have it. I hope that by this time, your DIGGsperation is gone or at least has diminished. You should be lucky you haven’t been visited by the DIGGvil and that your blog is still up and running.

Alternatively, try using StumbleUpon.com. It has a better traffic quality than Digg and it’s not DIGGvastating. Why StumbleUpon traffic is better than Digg traffic will be discussed in the succeeding post here at Blogging Mix.

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