Victoria Croffie

Digg shows content submitted by users that lets people not only comment but vote either thumbs up or down to show the likes and dislike of a post.

The top 3 gaming posts were as follows

New super mario galaxy 2 trailer is incredible
ten Modern Warfare 2 record setting special ops speed run
one letter off games: violating 26 irreplaceable characters

These three post is only the top because they have received the most Diggs. They also show variety of the popularity of top gaming posts in Digg. The quality of these top posts are interesting and in depth but seeing and shows what type of posts that those who frequent Digg are interesed in at this point of time. The rating system in digg is a biased balance for not only does it shows how many like a post but also who dislikes it. On top of that it shows the total vote of diggs. However digg has the flaw of being able for people to skew the rating system and only show how popular it is in relation to Digg.


Technorati has a different rating system like say Digg. They have a authority system which shows the popularity of a blog or post. This is calculated through the sites linking popularity over a short period of time. It also shows different blogs influence on the internet based on the amount of authority it is. Technorati is a blog that allows comments to each blog post or news story. They also supply icons to repost said stories to a degree on different sites.

The top three blogs in the gaming area is
Kotaku
Joystiq
1UP

The top blogs are highly popular and they show really in depth posts that are proportionate to their popularity and influence on the internet. They're effective in showing how great a by is by its high following and popularity. Technorati authority rating system is a good method for since it's based on amount of times it is linked and other variations, it shows how hot a top it is in whole and isn't just limited to that one website.