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Additionally I can see what is happening in my industry\u00a0 in an overview from strong Digg placement rapidly. You can even tie in your blog, feed, Facebook and Twitter accounts to maximize interaction and exposure.<\/p>\n<p>I use many tools to stay on top of what is happening in my industry &#8211; RSS feed subscription, forum reviews, Twitter Lists, and now Digg. I have to say I think Digg may end up being my most valuable tool from my early use of the application. Why? because it aggregates top new stories in my industries not just information from people who I have chosen to follow.<\/p>\n<p>There is some terrific industry related content out there, but sometimes the hardest thing is to find out who to follow and to &#8220;dig&#8221; to uncover them. 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Check out the new Digg for yourself and make sure to follow me at mccordweb and I will follow you if you leave your Digg profile name in my comments below. See you on the new Digg! P.S. 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