You all probably heard by now of the huge ramblings going on over at Digg about the HD key post being pulled from the site because the company is a sponsor of one of the founders properties. From there the users retaliated by digging every post related to it so it hit the front page. It got so bad that Digg actually shut down the ability to post a new story.

A few of the bloggers out there took the opportunity to try and get some traffic by quickly creating a post about the HD key and posting it to Digg. Sure enough, some of the blogs received a steady stream of visitors for the little time their posts hit the frontpage.

The moral of this article, be creative and constantly look for mainstream issues to write about. In the end it’s what hits the frontpage of Digg. Based on your blog, keep a close eye on what’s happening and take advantage of any opportunities related to your blog that people would want to know about. Then Digg it up and see what happens.

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