Comments on: Top Digg Users Taking PR Payola? http://www.searchenginejournal.com/top-digg-users-taking-pr-payola/4115/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Toivo Lainevool http://www.searchenginejournal.com/top-digg-users-taking-pr-payola/4115/comment-page-1/#comment-337081 Toivo Lainevool Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:00:29 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4115#comment-337081 I don't really see this as a paid vs. unpaid issue. If Digg paid their top users (like Netscape does), I (and I'm sure Jason) wouldn't have a problem with that. The problem is that this basically becomes a marketing/advertising medium without proper disclosure. I think the disclosure issue is what makes this a big deal. BOTW is fine because everyone knows its a paid model. This is more like the PayPerPost vs. ReviewMe issue, one ReviewMe requires full disclosure, PayPerPost does not. I don’t really see this as a paid vs. unpaid issue. If Digg paid their top users (like Netscape does), I (and I’m sure Jason) wouldn’t have a problem with that. The problem is that this basically becomes a marketing/advertising medium without proper disclosure. I think the disclosure issue is what makes this a big deal.

BOTW is fine because everyone knows its a paid model.

This is more like the PayPerPost vs. ReviewMe issue, one ReviewMe requires full disclosure, PayPerPost does not.

]]> By: Hagrin http://www.searchenginejournal.com/top-digg-users-taking-pr-payola/4115/comment-page-1/#comment-337036 Hagrin Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:46:08 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4115#comment-337036 Bingo and I'm glad finally someone other than myself has said it. Digg and all these social news/bookmarking sites are going the way of the directory listing and the corruption is following closely behind a site's growth. And what works better? Honestly - neither. Users looking to get the most out of the Internet need to create their own custom search engine, their own OPML file, their own site and their own knowledge base by coming up with a list of authoritative sites that they trust and then only being filled with supplemental links when no results are found. At least that's what I think. :) Bingo and I’m glad finally someone other than myself has said it.

Digg and all these social news/bookmarking sites are going the way of the directory listing and the corruption is following closely behind a site’s growth.

And what works better? Honestly – neither. Users looking to get the most out of the Internet need to create their own custom search engine, their own OPML file, their own site and their own knowledge base by coming up with a list of authoritative sites that they trust and then only being filled with supplemental links when no results are found.

At least that’s what I think. :)

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