Archive for digg
Which social bookmarking services matter in the UK?
Take a look round the internet, and you’ll find stories and posts littered with icons urging you to share the content via social bookmarking services such as Digg and StumbleUpon. But take a look at the sites themselves, and it’s clear that they are not only dominated by US users but also often designed with [...]
What drives traffic to news websites?
Cross-posted from the Mandate blog: The Newspaper Marketing Agency’s latest (September) figures (PowerPoint slides) for the sources of web traffic to newspaper websites paintsa useful picture of which social media sites really matter – and which don’t. The top ten domains that referred UK traffic to newspapers during the month were: Google Yahoo MSN News.bbc.co.uk [...]
Social bookmarking in the UK: Yahoo not yet buzzing
It’s rarely said but often found in website statistics: for many UK websites, social bookmarking sites such as Digg are extremely poor sources of traffic. That’s because they tend to be dominated by users who are (a) American and (b) interested in technology and humour. If your site is aimed at other audiences and has [...]
