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Re: Sites Being Banned By Digg

Toivo Lainevool — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:48:54 -0000

For an alternative to Digg that focuses on SEO check out SEOyak.com

Re: Wired? Tired? Linkbaiting? I wish

Toivo Lainevool — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:05:00 -0000

I think this video got the hype because this is the area that people are paying attention to. Where is search going - where is the attention going to end up.

You said a lot of things that were controversial and kid of out there, but it struck a chord because that's what people care about. Who is going to be the next Google? What is search going to look like in four years? Nobody knows, but you stuck you neck out there and took a guess. Will it be right? i don't think so. But at least it got us talking about it. If I really want to know about the future of search I'll listen to John Battelle. If I want to get some more crazy ideas, I'll listen to you again. And that's a compliment, by the way.

Mad props, and it was great chatting on kyle last night. (I think this is the longest comment i have ever made on a blog.)

Re: Inflating Feedburner Readers to Game Advertisers

Toivo Lainevool — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:28:00 -0000

It seems like this might actually be a bug at pageflake rather than an attempt at gaming, see: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/12/pageflakes...

Re: Will Pligg Be the End of Digg?

Toivo Lainevool — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:36:52 -0000

I think there are quite a few gaps in Digg that other sites can fill and take a little of the growth from Digg. "Tech" is still a huge vertical and narrower niches could find attract some people away from Digg. That's why I have started SEOyak.com, an SEO focused social news site. Digg has been banning a lot SEO sites so there may be some room here.

Re: Cingular and Apple Dropped the SEO Ball with iPhone

Toivo Lainevool — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:09:13 -0000

Well, apple now appears to have the #1 and #2 spots on Google. AT least when I do the search.

Re: Digg StumblesUpon a New Way to Engage Community

Toivo Lainevool — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:27:19 -0000

I don't really think it is StumbleUpon they are copying. What they describe is really just a recommendation engine, which has been around since web 1.0 days. If anything it's Amazon they are copying. Amazon probably has the biggest, most popular recommendation engine around.

Re: TripAdvisor Growing With Help of User Generated Content

Toivo Lainevool — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:43:22 -0000

Actually when it comes to user participation, it's not the 80-20 rule. It's the Participation Inequality Rule (aka the 90-9-1 rule):

"In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action."

See: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_ine...

Re: Spotting the Disturbing Digg Trends — Time to Move On?

Toivo Lainevool — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:47:13 -0000

For an alternative to Digg that focuses on SEO check out SEOyak.com. I think the way of the future might be narrowly focused social news sites like this one.

Re: And the List of Domains Ditched by Digg Keeps Growing

Toivo Lainevool — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:11:50 -0000

SEOyak.com is a new SEO focused social news site where people can go for their SEO news instead of Digg.

Re: Must Read Search Marketing Blogs

Toivo Lainevool — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:13:08 -0000

Thanks for the great list!

Re: Digg Funnels and Made for Digg Sites

Toivo Lainevool — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:58:18 -0000

I run so I have a view from the opposite side. Not that anyone is making "Made-for-SEOyak" pages yet :)

Made-for-Digg pages could be seen like landing pages for PPC campaigns. It is a always good idea to cater to your audience, so if you know a visitor is coming from dig, it makes sense to customize that page for them.