2. Overview
• News website
• Claims to be the most interesting news on the internet.
• Target Audience: Male Young Adults
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3. Features
• Website is split into three Parts:
– Top Stories
– Popular
– Upcoming
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4. Features cont.
• Digg it, Save, or Share
• Submitting a Link
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5. Application Support
• Connect with Digg through:
– Facebook
– Twitter
– Google Plus
– Iphone Application
• Lets people view the website from their Iphone
• Information is spread through out these sources.
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6. How to Use Digg
• It is requried to use either a facebook or Twitter account
to join the Digg home page.
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8. A Change of Hands
Earlier this year Digg divided and sold itself in three separate parts
• Betaworks
Website • 500
thousand
• Washington
Staff Post
• 12 million
• Linkedin
Patents • 3.75 to 4
million
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9. How it has changed:
The Present The Past
1. More Professional 1. Cluttered
2. Less information 2. Wide range of Topics
3. Spread a crossed 3. All of the articles are
several different easily reached from the
websites main site
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10. References
Walker, Joseph, and Spencer E. Ante. "Once a Social Media Star, Digg
Sells for $500,000.“ Online.wsj.com. N.p., 13 July 2012. Web. 17 Sept.
2012.
Burns, Chris. "Digg Sale Splits the Company Three Ways for $16m
Total." Slashgear.com. N.p., 13 July 2012. Web. 16 Sept. 2012
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/digg.com/?metric=uv
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