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Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by blogimus on Sunday May 18, 2008 @02:46PM (#193520)
Your question, "How do you get on Digg's fron page?" reminds of the question, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?"

I'll quote the first paragraph of the referenced article (and is actually a good read):

"There's a story, perhaps apocryphal, about legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein who was approached in the street near New York's world-famous Carnegie Hall by someone who asked, "Pardon me sir, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?" To which Rubinstein replied, "Practice, practice, practice!""

http://l.editthispage.com/2007/01/30

Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by mattmaroon on Sunday May 18, 2008 @04:06PM (#193569)
I always wanted to live right down the road from Carnegie Hall. That way when people asked how to get to my house, I could say "Practice, practice, practice. Then make a left."

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Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by j0ncc on Sunday May 18, 2008 @02:58PM (#193528)
The simple answer: Get enough diggs from a wide range of users in a short space of time.

The problem is, to get those diggs your site or page needs to be something digg worthy. Unfortunately, your site (IMO) isn't digg worthy.

Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by randy on Sunday May 18, 2008 @03:35PM (#193543)
NSFW Title + Hot Girl Thumbnail + Rickroll.

Works every time.

Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by kirubakaran on Sunday May 18, 2008 @03:21PM (#193537)
MSDW

"Make Something Diggers Want"

( sorry, couldn't resist ;) )

Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by Hexstream on Sunday May 18, 2008 @03:57PM (#193560)
If you make something awesome people will buzz about it and the news will naturally spread to news sites like Digg. I wouldn't qualify your site as "awesome" just yet.

You should get on the front page of Digg by doing something noteworthy, not try to make your thing noteworthy by getting on the front page of Digg. That's backwards.

edit: If there was a trivial way to get on the front page of Digg then anyone would do it and said site would become worthless. In fact it's a bit like your site, the barrier to entry is so insanely low any spammer can and does take advantage of it so why bother with it? The spam problem should be one of your top priorities right now.

Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by earle on Sunday May 18, 2008 @04:55PM (#193606)
Why is this on the front page of Hacker News?!?!?!?!@?#?!@?#@!?!@#?#!@
Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by youyap on Sunday May 18, 2008 @05:10PM (#193620)
What if we all team up together we can control digg front page
Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by mattdennewitz on Sunday May 18, 2008 @04:36PM (#193593)

  >>> import mechanize
Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by michael_dorfman on Sunday May 18, 2008 @03:58PM (#193562)
First, get your site up and running. Then, make it compelling enough that people want to use it. Then, and only then, worry about getting publicity for it.
Re:Any hacker know how do you get on Digg front page? by geuis on Sunday May 18, 2008 @04:10PM (#193572)
you really need to work on your site. What is it for, why is there no info about the purpose of the site, where is your design? Why should I as a user find any value in your service? What is your service anyway?

Traffic from digg is inherently ephemeral. No stickiness. A few years ago digg traffic was a useful way to launch a site or product. My old firefox extension Cacheout! made the front page and I eventually had 10000 regular users. Nowadays the alpha adopters no longer pay attention to digg as a first mover news source. Digg is increasingly irrelevant. Too much noise, no signal.