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karen,
Sorry to hear that you haven’t had much luck with Digg. Don’t worry, most people don’t. Check out SEOmoz’s post about Digg mostly controlled by its top posters: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/top-100-digg-users-control-56-of-diggs-homepage-content

As far as your question about how your blog ranks…that’s a bigger question than you might think. Certainly you can look at your stats on Alexa and Technorati, but I’d need to understand more detail about your question to give you a more complete answer. Thanks for posting!

Sure we can mention that, as my first point in the comparison was that Digg was the clear winner and that they hold a higher position.

While we are talking about that, also consider that Digg’s growth has flatlined during the last 2 months….perhaps critical mass? I still say that Netscape has more to grow.

Regarding your spell check issue – do you *shudder* IE to surf the web? I’m using Firefox (don’t hate me, Netscape!) and any word that is misspelled gets underlined. I can then just right-click, and different spelling suggestions are offered. Hope this helps!

I really have only one complaint concerning Netscape. The forum does not have a spell check. In view of the fact that we live in a global society and not everyone is so adept with the English language. Would it not make sense that Netscape improve communication by providing a spell check? I only speek english but my spelling is atrocious(sp)…see what I mean:-) I think it detracts from a posters point when it is riddled with errors like mine is. Also when I type fast due to the seriouness of the issue,I also make too many typos.

PLEASE I beg of you. Provide a spell check!:-) Seriously. I’ve asked this many times before. Can someone answer as to why there is no spell check?So many forums provide so much for the poster these days. When will Netscape get on board with their own board: by updating their technology. It’s available so why not provide it.

@Expertlancer:
thanks for the pingback!

@Paul:
that’s a good question. I had a chance to read your blogpost on Digg. It certainly makes sense on both sides: a user that is established in their community is interested in the community news. This certainly makes sense on the Digg end, as they have opened their API and was very tech focused to begin with. I would expect to see more on the Netscape side in the future as well!

Thanks for visiting, and glad you like it here! I’ve checked out your blog at noheat.com and will definitely add you to my RSS reader and my blog’s blogroll as well – nice stuff!

In regard to what you said about Netscape, that’s not always true. I’ve seen a lot of interesting stories see the light of day. As with any social media site, there is no way that most articles will reach the front page, and that propels them to popularity. You are correct that Google crawls the stories quite well.

It all depends on the level of interest, timing of your article, and how lucky you are….sometimes your story will get noticed quickly!

The problem with Netscape is it seems really interesting stories never see the light of day, but it does seem those stories get crawled by Google resulting in longer term traffic instead of the Digg effect and then nothing.

So in the end you get the traffic to your story it just takes longer, and likely is more focused.

Care to explain why you think so? I cited several reasons why I think that Netscape is better.

@ cellphoneguide: What exactly ticks you off about Netscape? Also which site are you saying that you like…Digg or Nowsourcing?

Yes, would have to agree with you that the stories (in general) are of better overall quality in Netscape than in Digg.

I’ve been a huge fan of Netscape, and even remember when you could BUY the Netscape off the shelf, Netscape Gold, and Netscape Composer.

The Netscape of today is far different – they’ve changed it into a bona fide community. It’s pretty impressive that they re-branded as effectively as they did!

You bring up some very good points. By no means did I mean to say that I dislike Digg…its just that the majority of stories art very focused on specific areas of tech – so much to the point where I sometimes feel like I don’t know what else is going on in the world. CSS, Ajax, Web 2.0 stuff, and Ubuntu are all great things – but I feel like most stuff posted that is popular is either high-tech or belongs on the Oddly Enough page of Yahoo.

And yes, it does seem like there is a monopoly with some key diggers always up front. Do a little research, and you will see it too. Still, this does make sense, as a popular poster will have influence.

I enjoy both sites for different reasons.

For Netscape, I’m just saying that I like a few subtle things better (less profanity in comments, images next to top stories).

On Digg, I greatly enjoy Ajax and open API there as well. They really have done some amazing things with Digg labs and their blog is usually more current. Still, you would expect this, as they are a more mature community.

I spend most of my time pulling stories from both digg and netscape as my primary news source is my google reader pulling rss feeds from about 10 different sources….but i do pull up the digg page when i want to browse an actual site.

Just my opinion.