The Front Page Effect – Why I’d Rather Be on Techmeme than Digg

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19 points·berecruited··8 comments

sure the site might give you more qualified audience, who might be more likely to register, but that doesn't mean they'll stick around.

Chances are the users are technology geeks who'll just play around with your site once and then will never return. Why? Because some other website caught their attention.

Personally I'd rather get featured on a blog for my niche than on techcrunch. Sure you'll get less hits, but the hits will be people who might actually be interested in your product, and not the technology behind it.

My list: big blog mention (TechCrunch, FakeSteveJobs, etc.), digg, TechMeme, others...

You are right - a great blog mention (like TechCrunch) is the most valuable... the value of a blog link quickly diminishes though as there aren't too many massively trafficked blogs.

Someone featured on GigaOm a few months back put together some data around the "Digg effect" and stickiness/surge in traffic a post on the front page. (Can't get the link now since I'm on my bberry, but it's around).

Also, I agree with Ryan regarding the type of audience one wants to reach. For me, TM is my first source for news in the morning because whatever is listed there is important, and therefore valuable.

Up and coming tech bloggers like Louis Gray or Corvida can gain targeted audiences because of TM.

I rank: Techmeme, Hacker News, Digg, Blog Mention, Aggregators, 2nd tier.

You?

wsj.com, nytimes.com, ft.com, etc.

berecruited(orig poster) == Ryan Spoon(article's author)

The proof is in the article's last picture.

:-)

Great article. Awesome insight.

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