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A Diggable List of Lists on How to Get Dugg on Digg

Seems like everyone wants to get on Digg these days. Why? Because bloggers read Digg to find things to blog about. And when bloggers blog about something, they link to it. And links are how search engines decide how to rank pages. And building links manually seriously sucks.

So when Digg helps you get 1000 links from bloggers in the same time it might take you to get 10 links otherwise, getting on Digg is an SEO no-brainer.

There's been a flurry of articles on how to get your site Dugg recently. Here's some of the best:

• How Do I Get My Website into Digg - Graywolf lays out some very practical, whitehat advice on how to increase your chances at getting Dugg. Essentially, he advises creating the type of content that Digg's users like: useful, entertaining and compelling, and ask your friends to help you out with a Digg or two. He also has an older article on How to Get Your Non Tech Site into Digg

• DiggBait 101: 8 Ways to Help You Get to Digg’s Front Page - SEO Egghead lays out 8 tips for improving Diggability, like formatting your articles in lists, egging (ha!) along the process with a nifty Digg button, and, again, asking your friends for a few Diggs. Nice, already been Dugg over 200 times.

• Why You're Not Getting on the Digg Homepage - Andy Hagans breaks down the SEO Egghead article, focusing on the advice about asking your friends for a bit of help. Seems to be a recurring theme.

• Digg is for Dweebs: Free Link Bait Ideas - Aaron Wall on how to get some Digg love for sites that aren't tech-related. Includes a friday-only offer to help you brainstorm some Diggable link bait article ideas for your sites topic. Nice!

• How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic - The Ultimate Guide - From Copyblogger, essentially a massive list of links to some of the best link building and viral marketing articles. Not so much about Digg per se, but very nice to read nonetheless.

• Explaining the Value of Viral Marketing Through an Understanding of Text Link Value - In case my short explanation earlier wasn't enough, Stuntdubl goes in depth regarding why getting Dugg is so good for websites.

• 7 Ways to Get to the Top of the del.icio.us Popular Page - An older article by Problogger. What applies to Del.icio.us also generally applies to Digg. Some great advice on getting people to bookmark (or Digg) your content. He also offer some advice on how to make the most of the traffic spike and 10 tip for becoming a top Digg user.

• The digg effect - a visual analysis - A close look at what happens, traffic-wise, when a site hits the Digg frontpage. Similar analysis is done here and here, and this site breaks down what Digg users actually do on your site.

One thing most of these article don't cover is the way getting your site listed on other social media sites can help your article find its way into Digg without you needing to submit it yourself. SEOMoz has a nice list of such sites.

Happy Diggin'

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