bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/4/2009
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A new advertising system will mix ads with news on Digg and tie ad rates to the community's response to the ad.
blog.digg.com - 6/3/2009
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blog.digg.com —
Today, we’re announcing our plans to roll out
a new advertising platform — Digg Ads. Digg Ads...
will give you more control over which advertisements are displayed on Digg. The more an ad is Dugg, the less the advertiser will have to pay. Conversely the ...
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Ads You Can Digg…or Bury
blog.digg.com - 5/29/2009
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blog.digg.com —
Hey everyone, Some exciting news here at Digg
today. I’m thrilled to welcome Chas Edwards to Digg...
as our Chief Revenue Officer. Chas will oversee all current and future revenue generation activity for the company. Chas is known in the industry ...
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Welcome Chas Edwards, Digg’s new CRO
feeds2.feedburner.com - 6/3/2009
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feeds2.feedburner.com —
Or start a new account Join Digg Digg
is a place to discover and share the best...
of the web. Start Digging, submitting and commenting by creating an account it only takes a minute. Learn more... Choose a username (no spaces) Choose a password Retype ...
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Digg's New Advertising Platform; Marketers Pay Based On Diggs
paidContent —
... For advertisers, this will provide a way to get Digg users to directly interact with their content—be it good or bad. It should also motivate them to set up their ads much like the typical Digg entry, thereby breaking down the traditional content-advertising wall even further. Indeed, Maser says he expects the ads to "link to stories, video trailers, independent product reviews – many of the same types of content you see on Digg every day." (Of course, there's also the possibility, mentioned by the NYT's Brad Stone that no matter what the content is in ...
Newspapers Want To Charge Royalties Like Songwriters Do
Silicon Alley Insider —
... ] Digg lets users vote ads up or down to determine rates [ NYT ] Even Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey wants people to stop talking about Twitter [ ...
Linkpost | 6.4.2009
TechBlog —
... - He wants to use technology to foster business investment. • Digg Will Charge Less for Ads Its Users Like - If users Digg an ad up, advertisers won't have to pay as much. Will this improve the quality of Web ads? • ...
Do You Dig the Idea of Ads on Digg?
WebProNews Feed —
... The ads will link to stories, video trailers, and independent product review. "The goal here is to give advertisers a way to present content related to their brands and get immediate input on whether it’s relevant to the Digg audience, or not," says Maser. The ads will apparently be able to be voted up and down just like regular Digg content, and according to the New York Times, this will affect rates. ...
News Bits: Hulu to Charge Viewers?
Contentinople: —
... -- another popular Web property struggling with monetization -- is introducing a " social advertising platform " that will allow users to vote on which ads they do and do not like -- and charge advertisers accordingly. More popular ads will have cost-per-click rates and will appear on the site for longer, The New York Times reports. "The premise behind this platform is that we are going to do for ads what we did for news," Digg CEO Jay Adelson told NYT . The Jonas Brothers have creeped everyone out by attempting to promote their new album ( Lines, Vines and Trying Times , ...
Digg's Vote-for-Ads Experiment Is Raising Revenue
NYT > Technology —
When the social news site Digg introduced sponsored links into its main news flow this summer, the company knew it was taking a gamble. Would the ...
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Digg.com, the social news site built around the idea that readers vote on whether stories are important or not, will soon do the same with advertising. "We're democratizing content," said Mike Maser, chief strategy officer for the San Francisco ...
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