If you want tons of traffic for your blog, all you need to do is to create Digg friendly (viral) content. Creating viral content is an art and comes by experience. Digg is by far one of the most popular social media sites that can bring tons of traffic and huge exposure for your web site. I have seen many web sites performing exceedingly well on Digg consistently. What's the secret recipe behind it? Let's try to decode the process of winning the hearts of Digg community.
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Write For Larger Audience
The digg community is very large with different tastes and preferences. Content created for the masses are always a hit on Digg. Narrowing your content's niche leaves little door for it to be appreciated by a larger user base on Digg. Nobody is going to show any interest in your post about 'Rice Shortage in Somalia'. Pick topics that are concerned with almost every one. Breaking news, death of celebrity, new product launch, resources, humor, balanced criticism, controversy on hot topic, tutorials, amazing videos and latest gadgets, all these have the potential to go viral on Digg. But it all depends on how you package it. Spice it up with bullet lists, related illustrations, relevant quotes and link to related resources and see the difference.
Create Original 'List-Based' Content
List-based resources are known to perform well on Digg. Do a comprehensive research on the topic, and compile an original list of resources spiced up with relevant illustrations. Do not hesitate to link out to resources. The more you will give, the more you will get back in return.
Break the News
Breaking some news can make you overnight star. Normally, big web sites and blogs receive this news from their contacts and channels, and manage to break it before anybody else do the same. Still, you can set Google alerts and can try to post some fresh news. If you manage to capture one such post, rest assured that the dividends would be beyond your imagination.
Craft Eye Popping Headlines/Titles
Headline is what makes the first impression about your posted content. If you browse through Digg archives and see top content headlines, you will notice that they have some common traits inherent in them i.e., they are spicy, eye popping, generates curiosity or are controversial.