Top UK news stories on Digg in 2007

Posted by James Ball on 10 January 2008 at 08:15
Tags: BBC, Digg, Guardian Unlimited, Journalism, Mail Online, Telegraph.co.uk, The Sun Online

The social bookmarking and news recommendation site Digg, which determines its front-page content by allowing its users to vote for (or “Digg”) links posted by other users, has gained a reputation for generating huge spikes in traffic to web sites that stike the Diggers’ fancy.

So what stories have the often-geeky Diggers chosen in 2007? Surprisingly, perhaps, every one of the top ten most-Dugg stories from the UK comes from a traditional news website. It’s a heady mix of sex, violence and astrophysics. Take a look for yourself:

1. Guardian: “Second earth” found, 20 light years away (7450 diggs)
2. Telegraph: Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything (7385 diggs)
3. BBC: Benazir Bhutto killed in attack (6429 diggs)
4. BBC: Stricken Antarctic ship evacuated (5927 diggs)
5. The Sun: Alba wants no-strings sex (5731 diggs)
6. Daily Mail: Killed monks dumped in swamps (pic) (5468 diggs)
7. Guardian: Bin Laden’s “Letter to America” (4756 diggs)
8. BBC: Woman jailed for testicle attack (4511 diggs)
9. Telegraph: Bottle makes dirty water drinkable (4454 diggs)
10. Daily Mail: Scientists break the speed of light (4313 diggs)

James Ball usually blogs at www.jamesrb.co.uk.

Tags: BBC, Digg, Guardian Unlimited, Journalism, Mail Online, Telegraph.co.uk, The Sun Online