Best Non-Obvious Digg Feature So far

Jan. 14th, 2007 | by Aibek |

Digg Logo I am not sure how many of you actually use digg, but if you do here is something to Make Use Of. Here, I would to show you how to ensure that your Digg feed brings you only the stories you want and leave out everything else.

I like getting top stories on my feedreader. The problem lies with currently offered feeds, they are not diverse enough and in some cases are too broad. As a result, subscriber ends up with bunch of news which maybe interesting but something s/he has neither intention nor time to read. Today I discovered that using Digg’s search feature you can actually create your own feed and only get stories matching your specified criteria.

    1. Say I want to stay tuned on all Front page promoted stories about Firefox

    2. For that I simply need to go to search page and specify search criteria in the format as shown in the image below.

    How To Filter Digg Feeds

    3. Once you press search, locate tiny RSS icon in the top right corner of results column.

    4. Press on it and copy the address of the feed page into your feedreader. Afterwards, as soon as there is a new promoted story regarding firefox you’ll see it

I chose to monitor term ‘Firefox’, but you can use whatever you like (iPod, Myspace, Youtube, Microsoft etc.). I also selected feed to show promoted stories not older then 30 days but if you want can reduce it to 7 days or even make it daily. That’s about it. Enjoy!

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    6 Comments » Leave One...

    Comment by UCB
    2007-01-14 01:37:40

    Feel free to digg the story up to the front page of digg:

    http://digg.com/tech_news/Best_Non_Obvous_DIGG_Feature_So_far

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    Comment by Muhammad Saleem
    2007-01-14 07:01:40

    Thanks for pointing that out. I bet most of the veteran Diggers don’t even know about it.

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    Comment by Motorcycle Guy
    2007-01-14 17:32:36

    I wish you could get feeds on non promoted stories too.

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    Comment by Aibek
    2007-01-14 18:05:29

    just changed typo in title(obvous->obvious). It was 6 am when I posted it.

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    Pingback by Digg.com’s Lesser Known RSS Features
    2007-01-15 23:59:37

    [...] Aibek recently pointed out a wonderful feature at Digg that many users are unaware of. While most users know that you can subscribe to RSS feeds for all Digg upcoming or front-page stories, as well as the upcoming or front-page stories from any subsection within Digg, most people are unaware of the RSS capabilities of Digg.com’s search feature. [...]

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    Pingback by Best from Digg, Del.icio.us and Stumbleupon » MakeUseOf.com
    2007-03-05 23:23:51

    [...] If you’re a blogger looking for quality content or RSS obsessed dude searching for perfect feeds this post is for you. Here I quickly outline how you can customize each of these 3 jumbo sites to deliver not only what’s popular but also highly relevant to what you like or write about. Digg: Digg is an awesome news resource which many of us got so used to that we can’t imagine web without it. It also got so big that adding couple from its categories to your feedreader may result in a massive overflow. On the other hand you don’t want to miss anything that might be relevant to your blog or area of expertise. Below, I’ll quickly outline how to generate custom Digg feed and filter popular stories based on your needs. I have already covered this here so I’ll be sharp. [...]

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