I’ve already done an analysis of the most prominent Pligg sites I could find and their foreseeable future. However, I’m constantly finding (or receiving by mail, keep it up, I appreciate it) new, interesting Pligg-based sites which have gone the extra mile to move away from the standard Pligg templates and truly become a community.
Here’s a list of 10 great Pligg based sites I’ve found recently. The criteria by which they were chosen were originality of the design and overall quality of the site. Of course, this list is definitely not exhaustive - I’m sure that there are many more good Pligg sites, so if you have one, send it my way.
*For those not familiar with Pligg, it’s an open source, free CMS which enables you to create a social content (Digg-like) site with little or no programming knowledge.
Advertlover is a good example how one can distance a site from a template with minimal changes. The site is obviously based on Pligg’s Mollio Beat template, however just a tiny amount of Photoshopping and it achieved its own identity (although a change of colors would do even more in this direction). Put that together with a nice idea - a community site based on sharing cool commercials - and you have a nice little social content site.
www.agentb.com
When you put in a lot of effort in your Pligg site, this is the result. The minimalistic and very usable design, great organization of elements on the page, and the drawn bee mascot of the site all reveal a serious approach. The site is based on sharing coupons, free stuff, rebates - basically, all sorts of good deals. The community hasn’t grown big enough yet, but if any site deserves to have one, it’s this site.
www.dealigg.com
Another social content site based on exchanging deals, Dealigg differentiates itself by using 2 columns for the main content, which works surprisingly well. The voting buttons are non-obtrusive, which makes the whole community part of the site seem more of an afterthought, but that’s ok - on some sites, content is equally important as the community.
www.gamelemons.com/squeeze
Game Lemons is a great site by itself - it collects game reviews from the net and puts them in one place for your convenience. However, the authors didn’t stop there - they added a social content component so that users can also submit stories and vote which of them are the best. This is a great line of reasoning and I think we’ll see it more and more - sites which already have a purpose and a readership adding social content as just another cherry on the pie. As far as design goes, Game Lemons is as professional as they come, and the Pligg elements are seamlessly integrated into it.
www.hugg.com
Hugg is a source for user-submitted green (environment, ecology, sustainable development) news, and if Care2 is any reference, users who like these themes respond well to social collaboration and communities. However, the fact that Care2 has a pretty huge community while covering similar subjects might be one of Hugg’s biggest problems. Nevertheless, the site is a nice departure from the look of most other Pligg sites, and it seems to be having a decent-sized community already.
www.pickstation.com.
With a clear and simple yet distinctive design, and a good idea (users send links to free MP3s and vote on them) Pickstation has what it takes to become a true community. It’s a great resource for indie music lovers, and its color scheme is a good example of how you can take Pligg and create something original.
The authors of Pixelgroovy obviously share my notion that a social content site should do one thing, and do it well. Thus, the theme of Pixelgroovy are tutorials, and although it’s nowhere explicitly said that these tutorials must have something to do with web design or graphics, it’s usually the case. Unfortunately, the site isn’t really bursting with activity, but it can still be a useful resource.
scoreguru.com
Another site which managed to create a distinctive look with some simple changes to one of Pligg’s basic templates, Scoreguru is dedicated to sports, and judging by the number of votes on the items, it seems to be one of the best visited Pligg-based sites out there. How did sports fans recognize this site, I don’t know, but it shows that you don’t have to be tied to IT or technology to succeed in the social content arena.
www.videosift.com
Videosift has the reputation of being the most successful Pligg based site, and it’s well deserved. The site barely resembles Pligg, and it has many new options, including sidebar widgets and a chatbox called SiftTalk (which is well visited and should probably be upgraded to a forum). Plus, videos are the in thing lately, so creting a community around them is only logical. Amongst the many struggling young Pligg-based communities, Videosift stands as a bright example of success, and I hope they continue growing.
Thanks for a great article. We are seriously considering using Pligg or similar for oursite and this will be aninvaluable resource. Question - Do you see Pligg being used as a multi user blog type tool?
Andrew
http://www.AdvisorGarage.com
You didn’t include my favorite:
http://www.realestatevoices.com/
Posted to Digg: http://digg.com/design/10_Pligg_Sites_Worth_Visiting
Posted on Pligg; http://www.pligg.com/forum/showthread.php?p=16463
Pigg is great but you forgot http://scooptube.com
another good candidate is - http://www.mobilitybeat.com
@Andrew: not really. I would suggest Drupal for something like that.
@everyone: thanks for sending me your favorites, I’ll make sure to look at them.
What? No Newspoo.com on that list? Well then sir, it is incomplete. Make it 11 Pligg sites worth visiting.
Thanks for the kind words!
Thanks for your compliments; and if you have interesting sports items that you would like to share please do
Cheers
Tom
Don’t forget http://devbump.com for all your game development interests!
Hey! (Here comes the shameless self-promotion) Don’t forget Dirty Rotten Gossip! www.dirtyrottengossip.com
Top 10? I only counted 9… Did I miss one or did you leave a spot open for http://www.PlugIM.com which should be on your list.
Not yet a top 10 site, but definitely a work in progress and you gotta love the domain name. http://www.favester.com/
Another cool pligg site is www.theintechpodcast.com/expose this is a site where users submit unknown websites and vote for them
Another pligg site
http://www.downloadlite.com
Well, seems like I am missing arzer.com in that list.
http://www.highvibeit.com - news that resonates
( ( ( high Vibe it ) ) ) is a site geared around sharing Positive News and stories. The founding ideas are highly related to the “Law of Attraction” teaching that like attracts like, and that you are what you think about… so why not focus on Positive events and stories?
The positive energy will attract more, and all Users in the communit benefit from drawing out (attracting) the EVERY DAY Positives from the world around us.
also http://www.vdubit.com
Nice list.
Blatant self-promotion (yet with intent of sharing info):
MILRUMINT is a good example of a site that still has lots of tweaking to do before being as well customized as some of the listed sites. …but I’m working on it during study-breaks in my grad course.
Cheers,
Dimitri
is www.picli.com pigg?
Nah Picli doesnt seem to use it. Looks like the owners built that themselves.
I found this one which is good. Content filtered by users and lots of giveaways.
http://www.iwantto.us
Nice compilation! I was just going to set up a Chinese pligg site for web hosting business. Now I have lots to learn from.
also http://www.websapiens.net
http://www.picli.com kicks their asses!!!
I checked the 10 Pligg sites, they are really worth visiting. Also visit this new pligg powered website http://www.jigg.in
Just launched one with pictures and videos, http://www.sportstipsonline.com
How do you rate our social article site.
Nice compilation! I added you to {url}http://www.dassnagar.com/blogge{/url}
Picli is wicked!
Why not add http://gigandbite.com/ to your list?
Thanks
Maybe www.craftzooka.com can make your next list!!
craftzooka: a social craft gallery
Crafters, promote your work!
Shoppers, find unique indy craft gifts!
And more good one
http://jeqq.com
Thanks for a wonderful list of Pligg sites. The Pligg has grown a lot in few months and there are more and more Pligg sites out there. Hope to see a revised list of Top pligg sites. Thanks
The sites above are quite interesting, here is another one that seems to be one the rise - especially if one is a football/soccer fan : http://www.f8tballNEWS.com
f8tballNEWS - a FANtastic way of sharing football news from around the World
Another one about green news.
http://www.zegreen.com/
http://freenormous.com is worth visiting. It is devoted to free stuff, free samples, free after rebate items, and contests. It’s a pligg site.
Hey 9 months later and most of these sites are not doing any better than they were when you did the review. Free Software Daily ( http://www.fsdaily.com ), on the other hand, launched less than 5 months ago and has already surpassed videosift (which is the biggest site of those you have listed above) in terms of users.
FSDaily can no longer rely on the poor code base that is provided by the pligg team. We have almost finished a new pligg module for Drupal that turns Drupal into a digg clone. The code will also be released under the GPL so everyone else will benefit from our work. Meanwhile, the pligg devs appear to be selling their terrible work in order to finance a new version of pligg that will most likely be licensed under a different license that will probably prevent non-commercial use only unless you pay a fee of some kind.
@Dave: that’s good to know, good luck with your site.
Picli is better than all of these. And it doesnt use Pligg
AfricaNe.ws (http://www.AfricaNe.ws) is a pioneer in news-driven social networking, dedicated to the African continent and its people.
I suppose the link did not come through last time: http://www.AfricaNe.ws [AfricaNe.ws]
these are the best pligg sites from turkey. www.hitbol.com gor turkish sport news and www.kozmikgevezelik.com for turkish women news
www.hitbol.com looks really good for a pligg site. but sure the best is Picli around here
Great list! Thanks!
http://www.macintoshr.com is a good one also. All Apple!
i think u forgot one of biggest sites based on pligg
http://www.indianpad.com
I found http://www.vindianz.com very useful! Cool looks cool stories..:)
Also http://dotfit.net/ is the most popular Pligg-based workout site
delletobocta
I think Drupaligg is better than Pligg. It is built over Drupal so it is more flexible in terms of adding forumns/blogs. Also, the uttermost advantage is it can be integrated with any social networking site easily.
The live sites running over Drupaligg are:
http://mymobilepals.com
http://minkit.com
Download Drupaligg from http://drupaligg.programmingbulls.com
I am very interested in using pligg
Not as established as some of the others but…
http://www.graphic-design-links.com is another new one.
I recently noticed this nicely designed pligg based site - www.ScoopSanta.com.
Check it out.
Here is another nice site: http://www.DealShouter.com
http://www.4networking.biz deliever social and business related media
http://www.sphinn.com is the most successful pligg-based site
Thank you, I found it very interesting; especially when there is not many such information on the net
Here is another nice german site: http://www.weisstdudas.de
thanks for list
very usefull
Domain Name News Portal developed using pligg and 100% domainer powered content.
http://www.dnhour.com
Buddy,
you missed the exact digg clone …!!
www.tagoat.com
Please visit http://www.mobibu.com . Mobibu features latest news on mobile phone, handphone, cell phone, smartphone, palm and pocket pc. Mobibu also provides a comprehensive links to major mobile phone brands, phone accessories and many more.
Plug for Pligg Site:
MovvBuzz.com
A very nice new pligg site only for blogs being launched at http://blogsvine.com
Shameless self promoting but in this case I think it’s justified:
Medical news that matters - http://www.surgicaldiscussion.com
Another pligg powered site with wrestling videos and news http://www.wrestling-tag.com
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Very Nice pligg listing, but Don’t forget this
http://www.tutorialseed.com
All software tutorials here !
Here is a great Pligg site
http://www.businessservicesuk.com
My wife Jessica likes another site called http://www.sk-rt.com. I have big list of Pligg sites but this made me suprised that sk-rt removed vote button but its like digg. I always see Site footer to check who make and I find its by a team called Moonrank (http://www.moonrank.com).
If you update your list do Review my site too
Videosift isn’t based on Pligg anymore.
Perhaps www.newsdots.com can take their spot on your list.
http://www.joomlavote.com is another good one. It’s new, but will probably be making these lists as soon as its PageRank catches up with the site.
Check out flamewars.net. It’s a pligg site for entertaining flamewars!
GOOD~haha
Great blog going to join up on all of these. Thanks for the info
Great list. http://www.vidgmr.com is a great video game related site I use daily.
Nice collection of pliggs site.
I will make them all into my directory.
If anyone wanted to get their pliggsite on top10 frontpage pligg directory, do submit your pligg site at www.pliggdirectory.net for free
Here is a great Pligg site
http://www.diggtr.com
Cool Beans. I think digg was a revolutionary discovery. My favorite is Hugg.
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Enjoyed the article. Seems as though there are social bookmarking sites springing up left, right, and center. Suppose I will add mine to the mix… SoLinkable
You didn’t include my favorite:
http://www.favname.com/
Here’s another awesome one, http://www.entirelyopensource.com.
Pligg runs the main social news section. DokuWiki has been integrated as a directory of open source software packages. Joomla was also integrated to aggregate and re-syndicate oss feeds from all over the internet. The site has a sweet design too.
Interesting pligg listing, I think I might find uses for a few of these. Thanks.
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I’m finding pligg to be very interesting indeed and will be using these more in the near future. Its amazing how many successful ones there are on the web.