Why Niche Social Media Outlets are Better Than Digg

[Kristijntje]

Digg has an immense amount of traffic and getting landed on the front page will send a tsunami of new readers to your blog or website, but getting onto the front page is incredibly difficult.

Getting onto the front page of a smaller, more appropriate niche portal, by contrast, is much easier, quicker, and ultimately you get a better return on your time/traffic ratio in the short run...

Here are 7 reasons why niche sites like DZone and DotNetKicks give you a better return on your time spent promoting/traffic ratio than Digg...

full article: http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=163

[bargainbloodhound]

Good article, good article (said only because we just started converting some of our parked domains into  niche social media sites  as a way to increase their value.

[BellisimaJ.]

What is ".ro"?

[jezebel]

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/tople...odeM-R.asp

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=16390.msg64912#msg64912 date=1189990812]
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/tople...odeM-R.asp
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Thanks, Jez.

[mandy]

A related article:

Test the waters. It's important to test the waters early and see what type of return you will get from a niche social network. Once you have a good piece of content ready to go, submit it and promote it (for help in building up your network check this previous article). Be sure to define your success metrics ahead of time and see how the results stack up to them. Are you looking for a) traffic b) links c) RSS subscribers d) buyers? Determine this ahead of time and then measure the results at specific times (personally, I prefer to measure them at the following times after something has hit the homepage: 1) 24 hours 2) 1 week 3) 1 month).

There are so many choices and opportunities in the social media world, so it's important to focus your precious time (or money) on the ones that are going to give you results. A targeted niche social media strategy can be a great complement to Digg, Reddit, del.ico.us, and larger sites. Just be sure to choose the right sites and measure their effectiveness towards your bottom-line...

full article: http://searchengineland.com/071002-114659.php

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=bargainbloodhound link=topic=16390.msg64910#msg64910 date=1189975574]
Good article, good article (said only because we just started converting some of our parked domains into  niche social media sites  as a way to increase their value.
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It is asking a lot of a person to post to a site which doesn't allow smilies!!! :twistedevil:

[bargainbloodhound]

It is asking a lot of a person to post to a site which doesn't allow smilies!!!

At least it allows allows avatars unlike some of our forums :imptongue: (like GoSearchFor where avatars are turned off because the site has secure registration/login and the avatars were breaking the lock...).

A targeted niche social media

www.sphinn.com is the only niche site I regularly read...it's owned by the same people as searchengineland (and uses the same software as funny.ro)

[BellisimaJ.]

At least it allows allows avatars

Um, I saw no way to add an avatar...........and besides, avatars are a poor second to smilies!

[sneakymagenta]

[quote author=BellisimaJ. link=topic=16390.msg65359#msg65359 date=1191513691]

At least it allows allows avatars

Um, I saw no way to add an avatar.
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