A post bat the V7N blog reports a new site, User/Submitter, that connects diggers and publishers and making money in between:
“Cost: $20, plus $1 per Digg.
After completing the form below, you will be taken to PayPal. Once your PayPal payment is received, your Digg submission will be given to User/Submitter users to promote on Digg.com.User/Submitter users are then given the chance to digg your submission and other stories for $0.50. After your submission has reached your desired number of diggs, you will be emailed a report.
We cannot guarantee that your submissions will hit the front page of Digg. We reserve the right to reject or cancel any submission for any reason.
If User/Submitter is unable to fulfill your requested number of verified diggs within 48 hours, you will be refunded the amount of Diggs paid for but not received within 5 working days.
All User/Submitter transactions are private.â€
The Search Engine Journal adds “According to Pronet Advertising (not associated with User/Submitter) it takes about 51 Diggs in 24 hours to make it to the Digg Homepage; In most cases you need 51 diggs within 24 hours to get to the homepage.
So, if someone were to use this questionable User/Submitter service to successfully place their site on Digg’s homepage, it would cost at least $71, but the ROI (that is, if you count ROI in unique users) could be outstanding as a placement on Digg.com can result in 10,000 referrals in a day.”
There’s a classic CPA model (Cost per Action). *hehehe*
After Pay per Post, then this one. What’s next?
I’m guessing machine-driven ranking sites will take over.