I just got an e-mail from Digg in my inbox, which I’m sure all Digg users recieved, outlining a few changes. While seemingly small changes related to more advanced profiles and alterations to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy… these changes could mean increased opportunities for Internet Marketers – especially those who are trying to “game” digg.

A few of the keys to this update, in my opinion are:

• Advanced profiles means an increased opportunity to link drop… can you say mass profile creation?
• Suggest a story – you will be suggested stories based on your history of “digging”. So perhaps these different profiles will each have their fake “niche” and always digg stories in that “category” so that when YOU digg… people who enjoy stories in this niche are most likely to see it.
• I think the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy are pretty much standard although I haven’t compared them to previous versions. Although… nothing reall stands out.

It’s time to come up with a game plan on how to best take advantage of these digg changes. Maybe it’s not worth any increased effort… but it’d be nice to find out.

Here is the exact e-mail I recieved:

Lots of new changes coming to Digg! We’re excited to introduce you to the new Digg Profiles. With over fifty new features, we’ve completely revamped our profiles from the ground up – making it easy for you to share your favorite Digg stories with friends. If you’d like to see them in action, visit Digg or get a walk through of some of the new features in this video.

Because Digg enables people to share information with one another, the policies for how you use Digg and how we treat your privacy on Digg are very important to us. As part of this release, we have updated our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which we encourage you to check out. Some highlights to note:

• Digg will notify you via email when certain activities happen, such as when someone adds you as a friend or a story you submit becomes popular. You can control what emails you want to receive in the Email Settings section of your Digg User Profile.
• You can easily find your friends’ Profiles on Digg by searching for them by their email address. If you don’t want to enable others to search for your Digg Profile by your email address, or if you want to manage what personal information to display in your Digg Profile, you can reflect this in your Privacy Settings.

The best way to learn more about these changes is to try out Digg Profiles for yourself. Visit Digg.com, login, and click the Profile button at the top of any page on the site.

Cheers,
The Digg Crew