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Is it appropriate for an article-based web site to have a 'digg' button on each article? Or do sites usually just put one on the home page and that's it? Maybe both?

Some site examples I can look at?

Obviously I'm not familiar with the process of being dugg ;) Is it for more than just technical articles?

What about otherones? Reddit? del.icio.us? Which ones do you typically put on web sites (if any) to help increase traffic?
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It's fairly common these days to put a huge set of links to every social Xing site in existence, and digg/reddit counters on every article page. Digg is mostly for LOLcats and Ron Paul fanatics, but occasionally they'll promote some quality articles.
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Wow. Way to over generalize.
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Hyperbole, my friend
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Kongregate.com (a flash game website) has digg/stumbleupon/etc. links on the page of each game.

Example: link
Ctrl+F to where it says "Share or send"

Also, articles on qj.net also have a link after an article that says "Digg it!".
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Every site like digg has it's glory days, before the general user base seems to drop in IQ and they all vote for garbage such as LOLcats.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

Who doesn't love LOLcats? I have it on good authority that they were the single biggest design goal for TBL @ CERN.

I'm shocked (and saddened) that the LOL request method didn't make it into the final HTTP spec *sniff*

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Post by s.dot »

Kieran Huggins wrote:Who doesn't love LOLcats? I have it on good authority that they were the single biggest design goal for TBL @ CERN.

I'm shocked (and saddened) that the LOL request method didn't make it into the final HTTP spec :cry:
We'll have to settle for emails like lol@yourdomain.com

Or in corps, lol.scott@example.com.

(weird parsing there) lol . scott @ example . com is what it should be ;)

EDIT| Grrr. just skip this post.
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I'm not big on popular culture, including anything on the Internet, so I have to ask...WTF is LOLcats??? Haha

p.s-I'll Google it right now :)
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You've never heard of I Can Has Cheezburger?

Wow. They're almost passé by now!
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Hockey, you need to get out less :wink:
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Charles256 wrote:Wow. Way to over generalize.
As sad as it may seem, but it's somewhat true. I was/am a Digg browser from way back in it's hay-day when Kevin was sneakily promoting it on The Screen Savers (back when TechTV was amazing, before Comcast decided to throw it down the toilet with G4). It was definitely a million times better then, stories were actually worth reading, and there were no "OMG LOOK AT THIS PICTURE" articles.
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TheMoose wrote:Kevin was sneakily promoting it on The Screen Savers (back when TechTV was amazing, before Comcast decided to throw it down the toilet with G4)
That show was awesome.. that whole channel was awesome with a few exceptions. Extended Play was really good too, back when Adam Sessler was just a correspondent or something rather than a host.. back before the show was renamed to X-Play and gained the maturity of a third-grader. :/
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

Anyone remember TSS with Kate and Leo? Now that was some hardcore geekness!
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Hmmmmmmmm...Morgan Webb...

I would commit any sin for one night of nakedness for that woman. :twisted:
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