Digg adds images, new categories

by Brad Linder Dec 4th 2007

Surprising no one, Digg has added a new images section. Many of the top stories on Digg over the past year or so have been funny or interesting pictures, but since the site lacked thumbnails, the only way to distinguish the pictures from text-based articles was by placing (PIC) or some other indicator in the headline.

Now, honestly, we seriously considered skipping this announcement. We've reported several times that Digg was planning on launching a new images section, and now that it's here, well, it's here. So what? But Digg is still probably the biggest name in social news, and when they sneeze, the rest of the industry tends to notice.

Digg has also rolled out several new categories, including a new Lifestyle section with subcategories like Arts & Culture, Autos, Travel, and Food & Drink. In other words, Digg is trying to lose its image as a site for ubernerds only. But Digg faces some stiff competition for that audience from established companies like Reddit, Propeller and StumbleUpon.

Tags: digg, images, lifestyle

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ivan said 11:45AM on 12-04-2007

To be fair, you did just post this above "Google gets colored labels". Ah-choo.

Brad Linder said 11:47AM on 12-04-2007

Touche.

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