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This blog has been created for the class of "Public Journalism in the Digital Age" taught by Dr. Jinsun Lee in the Spring semester of 2011 at Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA. Each student will develop his/her own blog and network with bloggers.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Digg is a website that allows users to post anything they want from other web content. The people/users on Digg are the ones who decide if they like your article or not. If you like the article, you can "digg" it. Once an article gets enough popularity, it becomes shown on the front page.

Technorati is used to search blogs. It focuses on tags from other peoples websites, which is useful in sorting all of its information. Technorati's top posts, unlike Digg, are chosen by the Technorati authority, which is a computer based system. The technorati authority is now topical, which organizes blogs by subject. Technorati authority uses a 0-1000 scale with 1000 being the highest. If a blog is ranked high, it means it is very influential to it's subject.

The top 3 blogs for sports on Technorati are Bleacher Report, MLB Rumors and Deadspin. The top 3 articles on Digg are How To Get Your Girlfriend Into Sports, Cubs Manager Lee Elia's Famously Profane Tirade and How Automotive Recalls Work.

I think that that Technorati's top 3 were more accurate in relating to sports than Digg. However, I feel like you could google a specific sports subject and find the same general material on it. I think that Digg is more interesting and effective because it gives you articles you might not otherwise run into.

1 comment:

  1. Nicole! Please begin with your name on the top of your class essays.

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