Sites like [Digg](http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/beginners-guide-to-digg.html) are well known for driving thousands of visitors to a website within a very short period of time. Because of this everyone is scrambling to get a story on the [homepage](http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/how-to-get-on-the-digg-homepage.html) without realizing that they could get hundreds of hits from Digg on a daily basis without even getting their site on Digg’s homepage.
Have you ever heard those songs on the radio that was so good that you wanted to start singing along? So good that you even heard other people singing them when they thought no one is watching? Just imagine if you captured one of those moments on camera, you could turn that moment into a humorous commercial…
Last month I attended the [Search Engine Strategies Conference in Chicago](http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sew/chicago06/index.html) where thousands of people in the Internet marketing industry came together. I know many of you could not be there and are wondering what these conferences are like. Here is a video where [Todd Malicoat](http://www.stuntdubl.com), [Mike McDonald](http://www.webpronews.com), and I discussed Digg and SEO. This is a good example of the type of things that get discussed during the day when everyone is not out partying…
As many of you already know I am currently a senior in college and have around 9 classes left. Some people think I must graduate even if it takes me a couple more years to finish and others say I should drop out. And then there’s [Jeremy Schoemaker](http://www.shoemoney.com) who told me to drop out of my current college and attend University of Nebraska, Shoemoney (UNSM); so I decided to take Jeremy up on his offer and attend his university for a few days. Here are some of the things that I have learned from Jeremy…
I have just been tagged by [Allen Stern](http://www.centernetworks.com/2007-predictions) and [Cameron Olthuis](http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2006/12/predictions-for-2007/) to share my predictions for 2007. So here goes:
Whether you have your own kids or you know some little kids you’ll notice that everyone is afraid of them learning bad things. Kids are our future and if they all learn bad things then there is a good chance the future will be screwed. So why not use this fear that we all have to create an effective advertisement?
Have you noticed that the hottest ad format for blogs is now those little square 125 x 125 ads? Sites like [TechCrunch](http://www.techcrunch.com), [Mashable](http://www.mashable.com), [Read/WriteWeb](http://www.readwriteweb.com), [GigaOm](http://www.gigaom.com), and [Marketing Pilgrim](http://www.marketingpilgrim.com), just to name a few have them plastered on the top right side of their blogs. So, what’s wrong with these ads?
Lately it seems like more and more Digg users are trying to be in the [top 100](http://digg.com/topusers). As time goes on it will get harder due to Digg’s phenomenal growth. If you are looking to become a top 100 user here is how one user ([aaaz](http://digg.com/users/aaaz/profile)) did it in 30 days.
Last week I noticed that MyBlogLog had a [bug](http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4168) which allowed people to comment on behalf of other MyBlogLog users and create communities that do not belong to them. This week it seems like the hijacking has begun…
Happy holidays to everyone, from all of us here at Pronet Advertising. For the next few days kick back, relax, and have some fun. Spend some time with your friends, family, and colleagues, but don’t get too carried away with those Christmas corals.
