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Yesterday, an article I posted on Apple Matters went front page on Digg. It contained links to both an article on QwertyRash (Switching to Mac: Useful sites and articles), and CrossOSS.
The on flow of traffic from the Apple Matters article to the links is interesting:
To the article on Qwertyrash: 169
To CrossOSS: 89
Now there is a proviso as there was a link 2 weeks earlier to CrossOSS that had fed 54 hits.

What this does say to me, is switching platforms is more interesting than software. That in itself is curious because many of the readers on Apple Matters are Mac users already so theoretically should have no interest in a page for switchers.

One possibility, possibly a probability, is it’s the “how to” lure.

And therein is the lesson: Any sort of article that provides information, tips, tricks, help or advice, is going to prove much more popular than opinion, features and reviews.

So in your niche, try to slip a few in from time to time.

And one other useful bit of information: even secondary hits from Digg are pretty useful.

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