{"id":2275,"date":"2012-08-03T13:44:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:33:48","slug":"digg-is-back-choking-on-the-foul-stench-that-is-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/digg-is-back-choking-on-the-foul-stench-that-is-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Digg is Back, Choking on the Foul Stench that is Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remove or keep digg in your FB timeline?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-08-03_13h52_22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-08-03_13h52_22.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-08-03_13h52_22\" width=\"476\" height=\"131\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Digg.com has been rebooted, as they say.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve done a few odd things, like deleting 14 million indexed links which have caused sharp intakes of breathes <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/100296234920140190649\/albums\/5771477970888584049\">from seo people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You have to understand that whilst it seems that some actually care about digg as a website and business, what they are really objecting to is that digg may not worth bothering about when it comes to <del datetime=\"2012-08-03T12:55:03+00:00\">manipulating<\/del> helping stories that benefit themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Gaming digg became a rather profitable cottage industry in its day. And we are looking to see if it&#8217;s going to be worth investing resources to start gaming it again. I&#8217;m thinking no, but that could change.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst I think the site as a business is going to achieve a decent ROI for its owners, I don&#8217;t think it has that radical edge that uber social media geeks need to get passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>Sites like this need passion, as the reality is without it they are just lumps of crafted digital data with an advertising banner on top. It needs rabid fans.<\/p>\n<p>Right now it feels a little plastic and has certainly not get the crowd raving on their swivel chairs.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Facebook curse has fallen upon it, causing you to only be able log in whilst letting your mates know exactly what you are up to.<\/p>\n<p>Makes you thankful for fake Facebook accounts, of which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-19093078\">Facebook has plenty of<\/a>. This may end when Facebook insists on entering our genetic code to open an account.<\/p>\n<p>As a place to find interesting stuff, it&#8217;s mildly interesting. Led me to a story about illegal Olympic WiFi detection, which is useful as there is a potential to create linkbait for a client out of that story.<\/p>\n<p>I say, don&#8217;t ditch digg just yet. Keep one eye on it, but with a fake FB account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remove or keep digg in your FB timeline? Digg.com has been rebooted, as they say. They&#8217;ve done a few odd things, like deleting 14 million indexed links which have caused sharp intakes of breathes from seo people. You have to understand that whilst it seems that some actually care about digg as a website and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-social-media-marketing","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Digg is Back, Choking on the Foul Stench that is Facebook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/digg-is-back-choking-on-the-foul-stench-that-is-facebook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digg is Back, Choking on the Foul Stench that is Facebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Remove or keep digg in your FB timeline? 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