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Step 1) 

First you need to create an account.  To join Digg go here: http://digg.com/register

You will be asked to supply:

• A Username
• Valid Email Address
• A Password to access your account
• Your Birth Date
• Answer the Are You Human question by typing in the provided Picture Letter or numbers
• Finally Agree to the terms and conditions by checking the box

You will receive an email to the address you provided to complete your registration process.  Click the link in the email and you are a new Digg Registered User.

Step 2) 

Next, Log in with your username and password.  Create your profile. You can click on Manage profile to make any changes at any time.

 Your Profile will ask for basic information and let you control certain setting on how you want to use Digg.  In your profile you will see boxes for the following: 

• Your Real Name
• Your Geographical Location
• Your Instant Messenger Client
• Your Instant Messenger Screen Name
• Your Website URL if you have one
• Enter Your Email Address for Password Verification
• Choose whether you want to let other people search for you by your email address
• Select a New Password, or Leave the Password Fields Blank to Keep Your Current Password
• Verify New Password if you changed it

 

•  Viewing Preferences

• Set Default Comment View
• Set Comment Threading View
• Open Links to External Pages
• Enable Profanity Filter

You can also upload a picture or icon image. I suggest you do so to make you stand out as a person and not a computer bot. It helps in this environment to have a picture of image that represents you.

 Step 3)

Manage Topics

From your profile bar you can manage topics you want to see information.  These topics are also the categories in which you would define your own Digs including:

1)      Technology

i)        Apple

ii)      Design

iii)    Gadgets

iv)    Hardware

v)      Industry News

vi)    Linux/Unix

vii)  Microsoft

viii)  Mods

ix)    Programming

x)      Security

xi)    Software

xii)  Tech Deals

2)      World & Business

i)        Business & Finance

ii)      Political News

iii)    2008 U.S. Elections

iv)    Political Opinion

v)      World News

vi)    Offbeat News

3)      Sports

i)        Baseball

ii)      Basketball

iii)    Extreme

iv)    Football – US/Canada

v)      Golf

vi)    Hockey

vii)  Motorsport

viii)   Soccer

ix)    Tennis

x)      Other Sports

4)      Science

i)        Space

ii)      Environment

iii)    Health

iv)    General Sciences

5)      Entertainment

i)       Celebrity

ii)      Movies

iii)    Music

iv)    Television

6)      Gaming

i)        Industry News

ii)      Playable Web Games

iii)    PC Games

iv)    Nintendo Wii

v)      PlayStation 3

vi)    Xbox 360

Pick a few topics in which you are interested.

Step 4)

Blog Settings

One of the powerful tools of Digg, is the feature to Post to your own blog on any feature story in Digg. It helps you with content for your own blog and creates a nice trackback link.

In order to set this feature up you go to your profile page and click on the Blog Settings Tab.

The Digg Feature for Posting to your blog supports the following Blog Systems:

WordPress
Live Journal
Movable Type
Blogger ( Old Style)
Blogger ( With Google Login)
Type Pad

You will need to pick the style of blog you have. Add the username and password so Digg can interface with your blog.

Step 5)

Choose Digg Tools and buttons to help you get Diggs to your sites.

Go to http://digg.com/tools/buttons

There are plenty of options to choose from and each option come with the java code to place on your website of blog.

Or you can choose the popular Digg Button that keep count of amount of Diggs.

Step 6)

Here is how you submit a Blog, Blog post, Website, or Web page, to Digg.

There are several ways to submit a post to Digg. 

You can go Directly to Digg and fill in the blanks to submit you item here:  http://digg.com/submit

Or if the see a Digg Submitt button on many blog post or pages you can simple click the Java Script Digg Button.

Using the onsite Submit button  http://digg.com/submit

You will be asked several questions:

Where Is The Story From?

Enter the URL of the Story

Enter the URL and then Click Continue

You will be asked to supply a Title:

Story Title (Please enter a descriptive title for the story you’re linking to.)

You will be asked to supply a Story Description

Story Description (Write your own description of the news story.)

You will be asked to pick an appropriate category

You will be asked to Type in the Letters provided to prove you are Human.

You then have the option of a Straight Submit Story or Submit Story & Blog It.

If the item you are digging is from your own site or the site that you also set up as a blog, then chose the first option, Submit Story.  If the item you are digging is from a source not your own, then you may want to Blog it as well to increase the content on your Blog. If so chose Submit Story & Blog it.

Your Title and Digg Description will appear in the Upcomming Stories Tab in the News Section of the index page of Digg.com  The Title will be hyperlinked to the source page of the article or blog post, etc.

That’s the basics of How to Digg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you missed part 1, you can view “What is Digg?” here

Part 3 “Digg, Advanced Techniques“