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June 19, 2006

50+ English digg clone, digg-type sites

linkdump — by TDavid @ 10:09 am PST
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Back in December of last year, we received a trackback from a digg-clone website and was curious if there were other digg clones and software. At the time I’d seen a few, but many more have sprung up in the last six months. With AOL/Netscape now the biggest clone on the block, I thought it would be timely to return to the project and make some sort of formal list. This list isn’t all-inclusive. Criteria used were English-only digg-like sites and preferably those that appeared active and/or had a compelling niche topic/design. There might be a couple to be removed in this list but I came across 50+ to start out with and I’m sure some of you might know others I’m missing to add.

After looking at all of these you’ll start to see that digg-type sites are more like a blog different type of format (like hotornot sites, wikis, blogs, etc), than something proprietary. I can see where it would fit certain types of uses. I pondered about using one for at Hmm someday back in December and am thinking more seriously about it now. I think it would fit a specific need. More on that later if I get really serious on the concept, but anyway, the list below clearly indicates there are more digg-type sites out there than you might think. An asterisk is next to the ones where I’m registered.

Digg-type sites spotted (English only)

  1. All Things Dork
  2. APB news
  3. Bibilog
  4. Blinklist
  5. Blogmemes
  6. Braindigg
  7. Bringr - women-oriented
  8. bythmasses
  9. Bumped News
  10. Business Planet
  11. Care2news
  12. Clippd
  13. diggnews - ripped digg colors
  14. *Digstock - stocks
  15. dotnetkicks - .NET
  16. *dzone - developer-related
  17. flogz - investing, finance
  18. Google kicks
  19. Inbreaking - religious, church
  20. IndianPad
  21. Java kicks - java programming
  22. The Lit List - fiction
  23. Mac kicks - Mac
  24. mootion - collaborative video programming guide
  25. motorpulse - automotive
  26. Mozilla Kicks
  27. mp3rama - mp3-related
  28. nfiltrate - emo music
  29. Newsbump
  30. *Netscape beta
  31. Newsgarbage
  32. Newsvine
  33. N.ewradio
  34. oks
  35. Phetchit
  36. Plueballs - humor, monkey motiff
  37. Podolicious - podcasts
  38. *Reddit
  39. Sportsflip - sports
  40. Staralicious
  41. strobe - MMO
  42. *Shoutwire
  43. Spy My - focuses on Southeast Asia
  44. Tutorialization - tutorials, but with many links broken
  45. *Tutorialism - tutorials, pligg, mollio beat template
  46. Upwarded - humor [Philipp Lenssen]
  47. Videobomb - videos
  48. Videosift
  49. We Dig Sports - sports
  50. Wink
  51. Wobblog (mentioned in December)
  52. Xbox Kicks

Software and/or tutorials for creating digg-like sites
Pligg - open source

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  1. hey man,

    Please include my site too.

    TheLostHub.com : lastest news on Lost the tv show

    Comment by john — August 3, 2006 @ 10:42 am PST

  2. What is BizBuzzWire?

    BizBuzzWire is a business community news site where small, home, medium-sized business minded individuals and entrepreneurs can submit and share business stories and news with others. It provides avenue to promote businesses at absolutely no cost. The site will also help to bring into spotlight the underserved businesses. The more people read about your business news, stories, articles and press releases, the better visibility your business gets.

    The site allows the community rather than a news editor to submit and review news content on the site. Every story on the site that makes it to the front page is due to the users of the site promoting the stories. BizBuzzWire uses a system of self-moderation and management which allows the community to remove bad or broken content.

    “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
    — Eleanor Roosevelt

    Comment by bizbuzzwire.com — October 27, 2006 @ 1:35 pm PST

  3. digg-sites basically ARE hotornot sites, when you think about it.

    Comment by nick botulism — December 4, 2006 @ 4:19 pm PST

  4. Most of the sites listed here seem to be based off the same software (Pligg?) and are rarely updated.

    What is the real Digg Killer? My new site, Grupl, may fill a critical need for relevant stories. While Digg started out as a site that served up great content, lately it has been filled with “least-common-demoninator” stories, fluff, and fanboy comments. It’s difficult to find an interesting link not related to Apple or the PS3.

    That’s where Grupl comes in. Grupl allows users to join as many groups as they want, or even create their own groups. Each of these groups serves as a “mini-digg” with stories centered around the group topic and its own list of ranked stories. The user’s personalized homepage shows all of their groups, and the top stories within each one. Right now, I’m in the Sports, News, Financial, Web 2.0, and Book Club groups… so I see all the relevant links from other users interested in these same things!

    This site was built from scratch to focus on the best user experience. It’s not like all the Digg clones: it’s original, useful, and growing! Check it out at: http://www.grupl.com

    Comment by Gack Zarbow — December 7, 2006 @ 11:56 pm PST

  5. Thanks for having such a good list on your site.

    http://www.sirlook.com/ is a new bookmarking site. SirLook.com was a search engine and webmasters tools providing site but recently we have converted it to a social bookmarking site. SirLook Alexa ranking is currently 19,607.

    Happy Bookmarking!

    Comment by Jacob White — January 31, 2007 @ 8:10 am PST

  6. […] I know I know, too many dig-clone sites, too much discussing about digg. But when it comes to dig-girls… […]

    Pingback by Idea Is Queen! - » Idea Day8: Diggirl? What Else Can’t We Dig? — March 7, 2007 @ 8:59 am PST

  7. A digg style deal site: skimp.org

    Comment by j — March 12, 2007 @ 5:17 am PST

  8. Also add to your list:-
    http://www.YouTubeDigg.com
    YouTubeDigg is the user powered content site for YouTube Video. All Video is submitted and voted on by the YouTubeDigg community. Share, watch and promote YouTube Video that’s important to you!

    http://www.Television2u.com
    Television2U is the user powered content site for Television. All Video and Articles are submitted and voted on by the Television2U community. Share, watch and promote TV Clips, Promos and News from your favorite shows that are important to you!

    http://www.Karaoke2u.com
    Karaoke2U is the user and YouTube powered content site for your Karaoke Videos. All Video is submitted and voted on by the Karaoke2U community. Share, watch and promote your Karaoke Videos. Search the Online-Karaoke section for online Karaoke tracks to sing NOW!

    http://www.ScifiDigg.com
    ScifiDigg is the user powered content site for Scifi. All Video, Art, Podcasts and Articles are submitted and voted on by the ScifiDigg community. Share, watch and promote Scifi TV Clips, Promos and News from your favorite scifi shows, films or websites that are important to you!

    http://www.babes-daily.com
    Babes-Daily is the YouTube powered content site for Videos of Sexy Babes. All Babes are submitted and voted on by the Babes-Daily community. Share, watch and promote your favorite Babe Video.

    Comment by Steve — March 25, 2007 @ 7:33 am PST

  9. […] note: 3 spots lists some other Digg-like websites you might want to check out. Make you go Hmm… has a list, too. Another list at Internet Cash […]

    Pingback by Malaysian Digg Website · 2k Bloggers - The Face of the Blogosphere (a blog of bloggers blogging) — June 8, 2007 @ 8:31 am PST

  10. Travel News 2.0 - a pligg site for travel news and media!

    Comment by ryan — July 3, 2007 @ 12:19 am PST

  11. You can now include my brand new website too ! :)

    A digg-clone related to Sweepstakes only: sweeprs.com

    Comment by Sweeprs — September 18, 2007 @ 11:09 am PST

  12. Great list, I was desparately searching for such list. Thanks

    Comment by Indian Guy — January 5, 2008 @ 1:51 am PST

  13. Really a nice list. I have used almost all the digg type sites and even the pligg sites too. These sites are very useful. Lots of these type of sites are coming on daily, I don’t know how we will rank them?

    Comment by Alok — February 29, 2008 @ 9:48 am PST

  14. Hi man,

    Another digg clone site definitely worth your try:
    http://www.restnews.com/

    Comment by RestNews — September 4, 2008 @ 6:37 pm PST

  15. and would like 2 add few more
    http://www.jeqq.com
    http://www.dapx.com
    http://www.goofit.com

    Comment by anil — September 5, 2008 @ 3:12 am PST


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