These are my 3 my Favourite messing with Digg tricks.. remember most diggers are stupid
1) The 301 redirect to another page.
Basically you 301 the page that’s been dugg to another page, with a Digg button, because most people Digg after they have left Digg and landed on your page
2) The wrong Digg button
basically you just replace the digg button on the landing page to another digg page. I have seen this method used very very well. you get your “5 cool things about firefox” on the front page of digg then on the landing page you put a digg button to you next upcoming article.
3) the on-exit
small bit of JS so when they leave the page it Digg’s it for you ![]()
DaveN
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28th March 2008 @ 18:52
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By the way, what do you think about those “Share and Enjoy” buttons. Do they really work?
I meant wouldn’t it be better to have 3-4 bigg ones with the most popular s.bookmarking sites instead so surfers could easilly vote?
As this one just shows icons and wonder what % of people actually using them.
28th March 2008 @ 18:54
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#3, huh, apparently my sneaky filter isn’t working as well as it used to.. That’s actually a pretty slick idea..
28th March 2008 @ 19:44
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D’oh, someone just wrecked the room
Hats off Dave…..29th March 2008 @ 03:37
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i have been thinking about this, js auto digg. but have no time to work on it…
29th March 2008 @ 07:32
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[...] obvious, simple and brilliant - I wish I thought of it. DaveN chimes in with the hot sauce on messing with Digg. 1) The 301 redirect to another [...]
29th March 2008 @ 16:25
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dugg. You have set a new record in a few weeks for outing exploits and exploiters!
29th March 2008 @ 18:22
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[...] have to laugh at the genius of DaveN as he plays Messing with Digg. I just love creative headlines and suntdubl has certainly pulled a beauty out of the bag with [...]
30th March 2008 @ 11:00
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This is some first class link bait as well. Count on me for a digg.
31st March 2008 @ 02:27
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Share the JS code for the last trick
1st April 2008 @ 13:47
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So if I leave this page will I automatically vote for it on Digg? Aww, you don’t have to trick me like that. You had me at “most diggers are stupid” .
2nd April 2008 @ 03:42
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By the way: http://sphinn.com/story/38246 .
2nd April 2008 @ 03:55
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[...] habe eben einen Beitrag von David Naylor gelesen in dem er darauf eingeht wie er mit Digg Beiträgen spielt da er die meisten Digger für [...]
3rd April 2008 @ 14:32
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[...] Black Hat tipped me off to the article “Messing With Digg” from David Naylor. If you’re using the Digg angle in your marketing efforts, these tricks [...]
6th April 2008 @ 03:26
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How well has this worked for you? I’m curious…
6th April 2008 @ 03:31
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Good share. Plz give that JS script. would be really helpful
6th April 2008 @ 19:51
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can you Digg automaticly with a JS script without a Digg login ?
8th April 2008 @ 19:37
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I wonder whether “the on-exit” is just wishful thinking or actually doable….
12th April 2008 @ 20:37
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Quite a cool idea. I wish I thought of it. I’m going to start and js my way to create a little script that auto-diggs.
We’ll see how it goes. I’ll use it, then I’ll post it

Regards,22nd April 2008 @ 18:21



Hi,
Would you like to share that JS code maybe? ;]