http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/comment-page-1/#comment-142385 The Value of Digg to Non-Digg Users at Internet Business Blog Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:50:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/#comment-142385 [...] A discussion going on on several blogs about whether Digg should be included in Google’s search results has got me thinking about the value that Digg provides to internet users outside of the Digg community. To my understanding the basic argument against Digg being listed in Google’s search results is that Digg provides no new content (except for discussion) and therefore should not be listed above the original articles that are linked to on Digg. First of all, I don’t think Digg’s prevalence in search engine results will change, but the question still remains as to whether Digg really deserves to rank higher than some of the articles it links to. After all Digg is just acting as a middleman to the actual content that searchers are looking for. Shouldn’t the original articles be the ones to be listed instead of a Digg page that just provides a brief summary of the article and requires users to click once more to actually read the article? Digg provides a valuable service to its users by pointing users to quality content ranked by their voting system, but Does Digg provide any real value to outsiders who stumble across Digg while searching on Google or to publishers whose articles may receive less traffic because Digg may have “stolen” their spot in the SERPs? [...] [...] A discussion going on on several blogs about whether Digg should be included in Google’s search results has got me thinking about the value that Digg provides to internet users outside of the Digg community. To my understanding the basic argument against Digg being listed in Google’s search results is that Digg provides no new content (except for discussion) and therefore should not be listed above the original articles that are linked to on Digg. First of all, I don’t think Digg’s prevalence in search engine results will change, but the question still remains as to whether Digg really deserves to rank higher than some of the articles it links to. After all Digg is just acting as a middleman to the actual content that searchers are looking for. Shouldn’t the original articles be the ones to be listed instead of a Digg page that just provides a brief summary of the article and requires users to click once more to actually read the article? Digg provides a valuable service to its users by pointing users to quality content ranked by their voting system, but Does Digg provide any real value to outsiders who stumble across Digg while searching on Google or to publishers whose articles may receive less traffic because Digg may have “stolen” their spot in the SERPs? [...]

]]> http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/comment-page-1/#comment-142103 Of Course Digg Should Be In Google Search Results Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:30:41 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/#comment-142103 [...] The Blog Herald has more thoughts. [...] [...] The Blog Herald has more thoughts. [...]

]]> http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/comment-page-1/#comment-142072 A follow up to “Why Digg is and should be in Google’s search results” Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:47:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/03/is-digg-a-valid-search-engine-result/#comment-142072 [...] My original post stating why Digg should be and is a valid search engine result seems to have gained to some attention on the blogoshpere, namely at SearchEngineJounral and TheBlogHerald, so I thought it would be best that I did a follow up to answer some questions and discuss some opinions which have been raised. [...] [...] My original post stating why Digg should be and is a valid search engine result seems to have gained to some attention on the blogoshpere, namely at SearchEngineJounral and TheBlogHerald, so I thought it would be best that I did a follow up to answer some questions and discuss some opinions which have been raised. [...]

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