That’s the power of Digg

February 20, 2008 at 12:32 pm · Filed under Social Media & SMO (Social Media Optimisation), We Love The Internet · Posted by Alex

Following on nicely from Dave’s post on Digg, the Guardian Unlimited site today offers a great example of the power of Digg to drive traffic.

Here are yesterday’s most read stories:

Nothing fascinating here, you may think.

What is interesting is that the top story “Mysteries of Computer from 65BC are Solved” was posted on the site in November 2006. Why would such an old story suddenly become the most popular story on the UK’s most popular newspaper site?

That’s the power of Digg!

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