Reddit Diggs Traffic Surge, Prepares For Expansion

It’s all hands on deck at Reddit this week.

Meet Digg’s New CEO

Digg has hired Amazon exec Matt Williams to be their new CEO, we’ve confirmed. This ends a months-long process that began with the ouster of former CEO Jay Adelson in April

Why Is Reddit All Over Digg Right Now?

The news page on Digg , and particularly the Technology category, is currently plastered with links to discussions and images posted on rival Reddit instead. That’ll bring Reddit some traffic this morning, but more importantly it’s a bit of an embarrassing situation for Digg. The Next Web speculates that Reddit is ‘gaming’ Digg, but there seems to be something else at play here, namely (ex-)Digg users actively displaying their discontent with the recently launched new version of the site by using it to promote links to its competitor.

Bit.ly Clickabit, Now. Bit.ly Now, Later?

Today on their blog, URL shortening service Bit.ly unveiled a cute new feature: Clickabit . It’s a Twitter account that surfaces some of the “ surprising and bizarre ” links being shortened and shared across their network. But the feature also hints at something we’ve been talking about for a while: Bit.ly Now

Move Over Fail Whale, Digg 4′s Got A Fail Ox

If you’ve been on the new Digg at all in the past day or so you’re probably already familiar with the above “Fail Ox” image, especially if you’re trying to use Digg search . The image is new, and is the result of Digg designer Tyson Rosage ‘s obsession with the old school computer game The Oregon Trail. Digg’s Kevin Rose told TechCrunch and Twitter last night that Digg experienced over 1 million unique visits on its launch day (the site has been averaging about 8.7 million unique visits per month, according to Comscore) as well as “a handful of new bugs.” “We hope to have all the major issues fixed in the next 24hrs,” says Rose, which might affect the ubiquity of the “404″ page.

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