blog.digg.com - 10/8/2009
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In the spirit of testing different ways to make ads on Digg better (similar to what we’re doing with Digg Ads), we’re launching some new ads today called Digg Content Ads and we’d love your feedback. These ads are in limited release so only a small percentage of folks on Digg will currently see ...
readwriteweb.com - 10/5/2009
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readwriteweb.com —
In a bit of "gotcha" journalism, interviewers Arnt
Eriksen and Thomas Moen got Digg founder Kevin Rose...
to confirm that his company is developing an application for the iPhone . When Eriksen referred to having seen a sneak preview of the ...
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Kevin Rose Accidentally Announces Digg's Upcoming iPhone App
arnteriksen.com - 10/4/2009
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arnteriksen.com —
Me and my friend Thomas Moen where attending
FOWA London this week and had The pleasure of...
interviewing both Gary Vaynerchuck and Kevin Rose for our weekly tech videopodcast Sofaprat . Before The interview with Kevin we managed to get a sneak peak of ...
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Kevin Rose confirms digg iPhone app
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Digg’s New Ad Format Matches Popular Stories With Advertisers
Mashable! —
... The format matches stories that have already proved popular on the site (i.e. – made the homepage) with a relevant advertiser. Digg’s example: “Adobe is testing the model with banners that pull in popular government-technology stories from the Digg archive.” ...
Digg Testing A Way To Surface Older Content And Get Paid For It
TechCrunch —
... Digg is testing a new type of advertisement on its site that basically surfaces old content submitted to Digg that is relevant to certain advertisers. So, as you can see in the example below, if Norton wants to advertise its new security software, it can find a few old Digg items related to Internet security and put them in the ad box along with their banner. This not only advertises their product, but gives users something potentially useful to click on. ...
Digg Does it Again with Advertising
WebProNews Feed —
Digg has launched a new kind of ad called "Digg Content Ads," which the company describes as widgets that contain previous Digg homepage stories that are relevant to the industry or company being advertised.
To illustrate how this works, Digg provides an example of Adobe testing the concept with banners that utilize popular government-technology stories from Digg's archive. This is illustrated below:
"At Digg, we think ads will feel more relevant (and thus work better for brands) if they feature the kind of content we ...
paidContent Quick Hits: 10.09.09
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... than NBCU. [NY Post]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is trying to entice more local advertisers by offering an alternative to keyword auctions. [AdAge]
» Ad revenue is slated to rise above pre-recession levels, so entertainment-related stocks are surging. [Yahoo]
» Digg has rolled out another ad system named “Digg Content Ads.” [Digg]
» Cragislist’s battle against ...
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On Digg, users vote news stories up or down — and with the Digg Ads ...
Did Digg Just “Bait & Switch” Twitter Users?
socialnewswatch.com 7/19/2009 — UPDATE: Let Digg know how you feel through Twitter. Send an @digg via @socialnews reply and your tweets will be posted here as well.
Either there’s an error happening with Diggbar or Digg just made a big mistake. Before, those who clicked on ...
Digg’s Kevin Rose Not Pleased With DiggBar Change
techcrunch.com 7/20/2009 — Earlier today we reported on a change in how Digg handles URL redirects from its URL shortening service called DiggBar . Users of the service are not happy - links are now sometimes going to Digg’s summary of the story instead of the story ...
Told You: Digg Applying The User Voting Model To Advertising
techcrunch.com 6/4/2009 —
Late last year we wrote about an experimental advertising product that Digg was developing :
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