The Next Web » PageRank http://thenextweb.com International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:18:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How did The Oatmeal get a spot on Digg’s navigation? http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/02/01/how-did-oatmeal-score-a-top-spot-on-digg/ http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/02/01/how-did-oatmeal-score-a-top-spot-on-digg/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:25:52 +0000 Courtney Boyd Myers http://thenextweb.com/media/?p=2676 A key to the mystery lies at the bottom of this post.

The top-level categories on Digg are now My News, Top News, Upcoming, and Oatmeal. Leaving us wondering, how did Oatmeal pull that off?

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Digg pretty much took a two-year hiatus from being awesome when Twitter and Facebook hit the Internet. It’s now back with a site re-design and looks like it’s trying to harness some pop-culture coolness. But even Oatmeal seems to think Digg is pretty crazy too.

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And this just in from Victor Barrera, The Village Voice‘s Social Media strategist (sent by @Alex). A joke? Mystery solved? Funny Digg…ha, ha, ha? I guess you did get me to sign back into my account again.

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