Everybody has heard of Digg and how much traffic a front-page Digg will send to your website. A lot of people have been gaming Digg for their own gaming purposes, but not many detailed FAQ’s are available to others at the moment. Especially not after they changed the Digg algorithm to making the front page!

Well now SEOPedia has released a pretty detailed FAQ on how the Digg Algorithm works. Here is the one I found the most useful:

The rapidity of the votes. If you get 40-50 votes (no matter what users digg) in the first 30 minutes, you’re probably on the frontpage. If you get 60-70 in the first 18 hours, you’re probably still on the frontpage. If you don’t get at least 60 votes in the first 24 hours, you’re nowhere.

Furthermore, they offer a detailed explanation on the estimated number of diggs it takes for each category to reach the front page:

Technology (and the sub-categories) - about 50 diggs required, but it may go up to 90. Science (and the sub-categories) - about 65-70 diggs required, but it may go up to 85. World & Business (and the sub-categories) - about 80-90 diggs required, but it may go up to 100. Sports (and the sub-categories) - about 30-40 diggs required, but it may go up to 50. Videos (and the sub-categories) - about 55-60 diggs required, but it may go up to 80. Entertainment (and the sub-categories) - about 50-55 diggs required, but it may go up to 70. Gaming (and the sub-categories) - about 35-50 diggs required, but it may go up to 60.

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