There are so many lists with tips advising on how to get on the Digg Front Page that even Cracked.com (known to post funny articles that frequently become popular in this community) published this hilarious list with suggestions: Digg This!: 7 Cheats for Hitting The Front Page of Digg while Maki from Dosh Dosh instead of giving “general tips” published an interesting article named “How to Create Digg-Friendly Content: Cracked.com’s Template” pointing Cracked.com’s articles style and characteristics.

But, is it possible to get on Digg’s Front Page following specific writing and interaction guidelines?

Some of these lists just give general “common-sense” suggestions like: interact with power users, write an attractive title for your article, make your article controversial, etc. but there are also lists with more specific tips that suggest the best day and time to submit an article to have the possibility to hit the Front Page. Here are some of these lists:

Do you think these “Digg’s specific” tips are accurate? Have you had any luck with them?

If you haven’t maybe  it is time to start also trying with StumbleUpon -that it is said to send better traffic than Digg-.

Share This