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To Digg or not to

Published on May 2, 2007 in Attackers, Blogosphere, DRM, Digg, Economics, HD DVD, Hex Key, Law, Web 2.0 and web sites. 0 Comments

diggDigg is caught between a rock and a hard place with the HD-DVD scandal to the point that the founder-CEO thinks it could mean the end of this otherwise nifty site.

As most users of this service know, the issue played out in an classic Internet vs Corp war of words (Duggs in this case) over a published HD-DVD DRM process key which might potentially result in a law suit. So much for uncensored social-networking, it’s one of those gray areas where sites like MySpace end up fighting legal battles for shit it’s 14 year-old-dimwit users post.

So indeed “the users” won the duel, but in the process, the very site that facilitated the battle ground faces the axe, now Digg that!

SIZE DOES MATTER: In the WEB 2.0 World

Published on March 13, 2007 in Blogosphere, Business networking, Digg, Link juice, MySpace, Web 2, Web 2.0, Web technology, eBay, funny news, networking, size does matter, social networking and web traffic. 1 Comment

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A says: What would you do if you had 5 wives, 25 children and 125 relatives?

B says: “Digg”.

C says: “Sell the population on eBay”.

Huh?? True, here’s how.

Can you launch a successful startup with $2000? Yes, dig Digg!

Published on February 28, 2007 in Apache, Blogosphere, Business blog, Business networking, Digg, Kevin Rose, Linux, MySQL, PHP, Personal technology, Startup, Venture Capital, Web 2, Web 2.0, Web technology and vc. 1 Comment

Common knowledge says a new business venture requires angel investors of some kind or at least the biggest obstacle is the financial part.

Would you believe if you were told Digg was launched at a cost of $2000 ONLY using the open source LAMP stack (Software progams bundled for running dynamic websites or servers: Linux,Apache, MySQL and PHP) , with a monthly hosting cost of $99, without advertising cost of a single dollar?

Let’s have a look at Digg’s statistics first:
No. of users: 500,000
No. of links: More than a million
Traffic rank: 78
Staff: 15 people
Monthly traffic: 10 million pages per day

Of course, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, an important name in Web 2.0 amongst the most popular internet celebrities today, had experience working with dotcom startups before he found Digg, yet I think there is reason for being optimistic that if you have an idea that sells, a major chunk of your job is done!