Common problems with Digg for newbies

When using Digg, many newcomers run into the following common issues:

1) Your article is no longer showing up on Digg,

2) Your page lowered in placement under Google, or

3) Your site shut down because it’s getting too much Digg traffic

Here are some explanations for these three scenarios:

1) If you don’t get enough diggs (or if you get buried too much in the first 24 hours, you won’t make the favorites list.  Go to http://digg.com/faq  and read “Digging, Burying, & Promotion” for more details.

2) Pages go up and down in Google listings all the time, based on what other pages are up and how content, links, and marketing tactics, etc. have changed.

3)  This happens if your site does not have enough band width or space to support the traffic you’re getting.  Often free blogs or affiliate sites cannot support the amount of traffic that comes from a great Digg article.

Keep working on finding good keywords/phrases over 10 on freekeywords.wordtracker.com and under 30,000 in a Google allintitle search, and keep plugging away submitting posts on those topics to Digg.  If you’re brand new, it’s a great idea to read through other people’s posts for awhile.  Make sure to click on links to their sites and make comments.  The big dogs of Diggers pay attention who has Dugg them, and will often look into what work you’ve done.