Have you noticed while your are reading online you see a prompt to “digg” this story?

We have one on the bottom of each of our full page posts that looks like this: Digg

What is Digg?
It’s is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control.

All digg’s content comes from its users, who scour news sites, blogs, and other online sources for interesting tidbits. The participatory technology site lets registered users post links to new stories and “digg” (or vote) for their favorite pages posted by others.

By communal review, popular stories go to the homepage and lame stories turn get “buried.” Users can report a story that they believe is irrelevant, doesn’t pertain to tech, or is a duplicate entry.

However the biggest benefit users see, when they come to digg and read stories, is that they know that often they’re reading them before they get picked up on the major news sites.

Some of its best features include:

Digg: You can choose to digg the story, blog it, add comments, report it as spam, etc. Every time you digg, submit, or comment on a story it is bookmarked and stored within your user profile.

Submit: You can submit stories in 16 different categories which include; deals, gaming, links, mods, music, robots, security, technology, Apple, design, hardware, Linux/Unix, movies, programming, science and software. Digg now even features a handy browser toolbar option for easy post submission.

Search: Do a keyword search and bookmark that page, digg will work nonstop to looking for stories with that keyword that have been dug to the homepage or have a certain number of diggs. You get instant, relevant content directly to your browser.

Digg Spy: Use this fun tool to show a scrolling list of the stories people are digging (or dissing) in real time – true democracy in action. You’ll see what have just been submitted to Digg, the pages people have just dugg or commented on, and the pages they’ve “buried” or removed from the queue due to irrelevance or duplication.

Bottom Line
When you stumble across a cool website or news item, you can submit it. Or digg it and/or comment on someone else’s submission.

Digg is boon for blog owners because it brings them more inbound links and more eyes to your site. Anything to get involved in the blogosphere and put your stamp on your area of expertise is something worth pursuing. You digg?