Digg, the popular social bookmarking site, has launched new profile tools that will make this more like a social network and making it easier to see what trusted sources and your friends are digging.

diggWatch video of new features here.

Digg also announced new features coming later this year:

  • Digg Images: A dedicated images section (with thumbnails). Still on track to launch in late October.
  • Revamped Comments: No more ajax loads, new clean and lightweight design (similar to the old comment system).
  • Digg Alerts: Alerts will give you the ability to create customized email alerts - when a story becomes popular, summaries of popular stories on specific topics, and when your friends recommend stories.
  • Story Suggest: Dozens of servers crunch the math to provide you with real-time recommendations (stories and friends) based on what you’ve dugg in the past.
Just another tool you may want to consider for your arsenal.

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17 Comments on Digg On This - Digg Launches New User Profiles

SEP
20
2007
264,888 Points 59 Featured Posts Outside Blog
You are my tech-no hero Jeff!  I'm going to have to check this out, I haven't heard much of this.  Shocking, I know:-)
8:53am • #1
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Sounds like a cool little tool. I'll check it out. Thanks.

9:07am • #2
126,395 Points 12 Featured Posts Outside Blog

good info...

more of us need to be Digging

and we need to be digging each other!!

9:32am • #3
5 Featured Posts
Great post. I read about these changes this morning. I love Digg, it has been a great resource for news and information. I like the changes they made, should be more interactive.
9:34am • #4
535,451 Points 45 Featured Posts Outside Blog
How on earth do you keep up with all this, Jeff? Or is that part of your Real Estate Shows "job"?
12:17pm • #5
4 Featured Posts Outside Blog Hit Router

I have definitely see Digg everywhere with a lot of reference to it and have a very basic understanding but have not utilized it and really don't understand it - time to "digg" in.  I felt the same way about blogging in the beginning.  There is so much and sometimes I get overwhelmed - but you bring so much.  Thanks

5:59pm • #6
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Hmmm...interesting new tool.  I'll have to check it out!!

 Thanks Jeff!!

8:54pm • #7
5 Featured Posts
So far I have managed to ignore it while I learn about other things, but I think I am going to have to move Digg up on the priority list.  Thanks Jeff.
11:42pm • #8
SEP
21
2007
153,239 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog
OK Jeff - I LOVE HEROES!!!  I am SO hooked that is my ONE AND ONLY hour of TV per week, it's been off all summer and it's back in just 3 day!!!!!!!  wooo hooo!!
12:28am • #9
425,400 Points 90 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Jason... Digg has been the bastion of techno crowd for some time, but this is a move that could springboard them into the mainstream of social bookmarking. 

David... I know I don't Digg enough, that's for sure.

Brad... I've been in meetings all day, so I'm off to test as soon as I'm finished here.

Sharon... :) I love the quotes around "job."


12:54am • #10
425,400 Points 90 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Cathy... see my comment to Jason.

Joanne... it's probably not going to change your life, but there may be some nuggets there.

Katrina... OK, that cracked me up! :)

12:54am • #11
220,354 Points 8 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Jeff, how do you "use" digg in your web strategy. I joined a few months ago but never got around to understanding its role in my plan. Any suggestions?
6:31am • #12
425,400 Points 90 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Joe... I've only used it sporadically when I have written something that I felt was more general technology related, like some of my posts on the JottBlog Experiment. I had felt that Digg was the domain of tech and there was no real benefit to Digging posts too far outside of the tech realm. But with this new profile feature, there may be some additional benefits. I'm still looking at how I'm going to use it. 
8:41am • #13
Thanks for the heads up.   That looks like it could be a pretty good tool.
9:53am • #14
SEP
22
2007
425,400 Points 90 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Seth... I updated my profile and took a look around. It may indeed be interesting. I haven't added any friends yet, so here is my profile page.  http://digg.com/users/RealEstateShows/
9:20am • #15
OCT
04
2007
5 Featured Posts

It looks like 60-80 of the AR heavies all profiled and "friended" over the last couple weeks.  Thanks for the heads up Jeff.

12:14am • #16
425,400 Points 90 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Steve... and to think I thought nobody noticed this post. :)

Digg needs to make some changes to make this friendly outside the tech world, however.  

12:28am • #17

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