SoKy Local Business or "SoKybiz"

What is DIGG? Well, according to their Google coop profile, "Digg is a user driven news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With Digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do."

That sounds great, well if you knew what "social bookmarking", "blogging" and "non-hierarchical editorial control" means. Forget all those fancy words! Basically, you create a profile, add stories you like (yours or other peoples) and they are added to the Digg website.

I tried a while back and then even as recently as last month and was unimpressed. But like many things on the Internet, they get better or die. Digg recently released their 3rd version and it's made all the difference. Yup, I even added it to my beloved "visit often" favorites list.

A bunch of stories from all over the place neatly organized into categories and easily sorted by popularity, "Digg point" or a number of other parameters.

From a bloggers perspective, it can be a way to promote your own stories. I think I'll "Digg" this one and see what happens. What does that mean? Like I said, anyone can Digg a story, and then they are listed, sorted, read and if people like them, they Digg them. The "Ajax" button is really cool in that it records your Digg without even leaving the listing.

I can see some areas for improvement, but it looks like they are well on their way to fame and fortune. Congratulations guys!! Oh, I really liked your about us page. That picture of all of you is great!

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This was posted by SoKy : 6:50 AM