Front page Digg submissions cost $300-500
For quite some time now, Digg users have feared that their beloved site was being spammed in order to get stories to the front page. It was believed that a small, core group of Digg users were controlling the site for their own interests and there wasn’t much to be done about it because of the now infamous Digg algorithm
In an interview that they say is with InvespBlog, one of these top users claims that not only does he pick and choose which stories make the front page, he’ll do it for you… if you pay him enough. The user claims to have a 34% success rating, when it comes to bringing a story to the front page, and if you’re a regular Digg user, you know that you’d be lucky to have two stories to the front page ever.
I charge anywhere between $300 - $500 depending on the quality of article. My submissions grow pretty fast so most people do not opt for promotion. For a submission and promotion I charge $700 irrespective of whether the article is good or not. As you know a front page can never be guaranteed. These prices are irrespective of whether or not the article makes it to the front page. If the article does make it to the front page there is an additional charge of $500.
There’s no real way to find out if there’s any truth to the interview’s claims, though. The person being interviewed said that they didn’t want to be revealed; and you’re probably not going to see any sites fessing up to such a dubious practice. If Digg has proven anything in the past though, it’s that their users strictly guard their precious site and, if they care, they’ll get to the bottom of this before anybody else.
Read more at invespBlog, found via TechCrunch
