Brandon Hopkins, who runs a blog on search & webmastering, emailed me earlier this week to ask for my opinion on an article of his. Here's what I wrote back:

I doubt you've got a shot at Digg-bait; it's too SEO focused and will get buried instantly. I'm not sure I'd even submit it as the Digg folks might give your account a bad association :)

How wrong I was! Brandon's article - 66 Ways to Build Links in 2007 - got Dugg, didn't get buried, and sent him lots of great links and traffic. It's little more than a straight list, but it obviously took a good bit of care and attention. There's a lot of great points on there, and the relevant links off-site make the article a 5-minute skim or a 2-hour slog depending on your mood. Great work, Brandon, and congrats on the Digging - I'm very happy to be proven wrong on the bury brigade.

p.s. I think it's a bit odd to see a How to Get Dugg from people who get one or two posts to the homepage (Brandon's definitely not alone here). Though, he does offer some good advice, there, too.

p.p.s. I also liked his How to Comment to the Top post.