Published by rwatstein July 12th, 2008
in web 2.0 and Digg.
Digg, a popular social bookmarking website, began rolling out a recommendation engine recently last week. The design of this recommendation engine, however, is quite different from that of the engines used by companies such as Amazon. While e-commerce sites tend to derive recommendations from a mix of information about users’ browsing and purchasing habits and information about the items for sale, Digg’s system, much like the site itself, places its trust in the wisdom of crowds.
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Published by rwatstein September 29th, 2007
in social sites, social networking and Digg.
New user profile features are set to be added to Digg.com Wednesday, marking the first in a series of new social networking capabilities that will be added to the site. Officials said the new capabilities will let Digg.com users better interact and share content.
The user profile will allow users to personalize their Digg identity and to interact with people they designate as “friends” on the site, said Jay Adelson, Digg’s CEO. The update also lets content be filtered by friends of a user, he said. The new features are aimed at providing new ways for users to sort through the 7,000 to 8,000 stories submitted to the site every day, he added.
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