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Cody Johnson Bus 111

Cody Johnson Bus 111. About Digg.com. Founded by Kevin Rose CEO – Jay Adelson Officially launched December 5, 2004 Rank: 186 according to Alexis.com Revenue: 8.5 Million (2008 ) Advertising: Banner ads and referrals. More About Digg.

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Cody Johnson Bus 111

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  1. Cody Johnson Bus 111

  2. About Digg.com • Founded by Kevin Rose • CEO – Jay Adelson • Officially launched December 5, 2004 • Rank: 186 according to Alexis.com • Revenue: 8.5 Million (2008) • Advertising: Banner ads and referrals

  3. More About Digg • Introduced the voting system, which allows users to “Digg” or “bury” articles. • “Digg” - a positive vote, adds to score which controls where is ranks among other posts • “Bury” - a negative vote does not effect score • Enough negative votes deletes the post

  4. Social Media Integration • Social News Website – users post stories that are ranked based on popularity • Users of Digg can follow one another and build personal profiles according to interests, etc (much like facebook) • Users can vote on other users posts or comments by either “digging” or “burying” • Other users can post comments, which are also ranked based on popularity

  5. Social Media Integration • Digg can be followed using other social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, Google +, etc. • Digg allows other social media site users to follow Digg, who may be interested in current topics that are popular of relating interest to the user • In July, 2008 Google offers Digg $200 Million • After Google withdrew their offer, Digg entered 3rd party funding & received $28.7 million from investors, to move offices to accommodate for more staff

  6. What Makes Digg Unique? • Digg is offered as an app for Android or iPhone • First site to introduce the voting system, although several copycats exist. • Various categories exist, where you can search by category or search all categories -Business –Entertainment –Gaming –Lifestyle -Offbeat -Politics –Science -Sports –Technology -World News

  7. Questions • http://digg.com/

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