Six Reasons Why You Should Care About Social News
Monday August 4, 2008
Social news websites like Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon are a force to be reckoned with on the Web. Having your website featured on one of these sites can send massive amounts of traffic.
These are 3 key features of a social news site:
- Users submit links to interesting content around the Web. Could be articles, pictures, videos, etc.
- Other users vote on stories, usually via a +/- voting widget. StumbleUpon uses a browser plugin that integrates voting with your normal Web surfing.
- Top rated submissions (those that get the most votes, fastest) are featured on a "popular" page or the homepage.
Getting linked from the "popular" page of a social news site can bring upwards of 50,000+ page views in just 24 hours. But lots of traffic is just the beginning of the benefits of social media marketing.
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