Comments on: Why Bit.ly may beat Digg

By: igniguy

igniguy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:45:22 +0000

The number of retweets is far more important than the clicks themselves – Digg uses the number of votes instead of the number of clicks for a reason.

Retweets are available to anyone wishing to use the api, not just bitly

IMHO, building a sustainable business on url shortening in 2009 is ,like, abuse of technology

By: facebook-116295

facebook-116295 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:59:02 +0000

Cool story.

I've often wondered how many shortened urls bit.ly can generate using its strings of numbers and letters.

By: Alec Stolz

Alec Stolz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:57:32 +0000

I agree that Bit.ly could potentially beat digg but it's a long shot. There are tons of services with access to important information that fail to present it in such a way that users can easily interact with it. I think thats one of the reasons digg has done so well: because users can interact with the data and see it displayed in a user friendly interface. I don't see Bit.ly beating digg in its ability to present information.

By: michael arrington

michael arrington — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:50:29 +0000

re the last sentence in your post – I agree. It should be easier to deal with since we're talking about a huge data set (the top URLs get a lot of clicks v. votes on Digg), but you are right. They will have their own problems to deal with for sure.

By: rokhayakebe

rokhayakebe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:45:24 +0000

Mainly Bit.ly tells you how many people clicked on the link and when they did so. It also tells you how many other users other than you submitted the link. The first two features cannot truly tell you how valuable or popular the link is. People will click on just about anything. Knowing how many times the link was submitted however is useful.