What is Digg? - Digg is one of the coolest websites known to man. Digg is a way for the public to filter through blog posts/images/videos/articles/websites/whatever and determine which ones are cool or not. Digg is also completely free to use. Can u dig it?

How does Digg work? - Digg is like a ginormous voting system for web information. The more people who vote or “Digg” any specific item… the higher it will rise in the Digg rankings. Sounds rather simple, huh?

Who uses Digg? - Anyone and Everyone. Digg is a system which is powered by the people. We choose what gets submitted and ultimately we choose which submissions are cool or not. This means that no website is too big or small, even your lame website about windows vista can make it into the Digg rankings.

How can I make money using Digg? - Here is the really cool part, so pay attention my friend… Submissions that make it to the front page of Digg get massive amounts of traffic. So much traffic in fact, that there is actually a new term called the “Digg Effect” - Digg effect is “the term given to the phenomenon of a popular website linking to a smaller site, causing the smaller site to slow down or even temporarily close due to the increased traffic.”

• Ten things you should know about Digg effect
• Surviving the Digg effect
• Dealing with Digg effect
• How to prepare your site for Digg effect
• High traffic tips for WordPress

However, you have no need to worry about this just yet. First you need to worry about making it to the front page.

Assuming that you are the owner of some sort of website, and also assuming that this website has a way to make you money… Here is how you are going to use Digg to become an internet billionaire.

There are many excellent resources online about using Digg to increase your website traffic and make money online. I have compiled a list of the best sites that I could possibly find. After reading these you should be well on your way to Pwning Bill Gates. If you think that I left out a link, just let me know!

http://www.mastersofseo.com/2008/01/11/using-digg-and-putting-up-a-digg-this-button/

http://www.earnersblog.com/digg-power-user/

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-game-digg-or-other-link-aggregation-sites

http://seoblackhat.com/2006/10/02/10-steps-to-guarantee-you-make-the-digg-front-page/

http://the-trukstop.com/articles/2007/digg_front_page.html

http://copybrighter.com/blog/how-to-make-the-digg-home-page

http://www.10e20.com/blog/2007/03/06/how-to-become-a-digg-top-user-without-doing-anything-shady/

Let me know in the comments if I missed something that isn’t covered in the readings. Enjoy!