Can You Digg It?

By
Angie Herrera

A recent look at our web stats showed that someone had linked to us from Digg. Nothing special - just a link to an image from an old blog post. But it got me thinking about Digg. I've read about bloggers and site owners who got listed on the front page of Digg for a bit and their site just couldn't handle the surge in traffic. The result is a poor performing site, a server crash or overage charges due to the increase in bandwidth.

So what's a site owner to do on the off chance that their site does make it to Digg? As usual, there are people out there who have much better, clearer answers than I could try to put together. So take a gander at their thoughts (links below) and keep it in mind should your site ever have the good fortune of a huge surge in traffic.

• Can Your Site Survive a Digg?
• How to: Survive the Digg Effect (The Ultimate Guide)