about DigStock: Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is DigStock?

    DigStock is a financial website that provides investors access to major financial news as well as user-submitted stories (e.g. stock picks and analysis) and individual stock rankings by investors. With DigStock, users rank stocks and submit stories, which are reviewed (i.e. ranked and tagged) by other investors. Only the most timely, relevant, and valuable stories go to the front page.

  2. How to rank stocks?

    To rank stocks, you may simply click on any of the "rank it!" links when a detailed stock quote is returned. You may rank a given stock as often as you wish on daily basis and you may change the current day rank up till market open next day. Demo for ranking stocks

  3. How to submit stories?

    Submitting stories is easy. Simply click on "submit a story" and enter the URL of the story you would like to submit. Then fill out a title, description, and category for the story. Should you encounter a potential duplicate, please tagg the original and do not submit a duplicate entry. Demo for submitting story

  4. How to promote stories to the front page?

    Once a story is submitted by a user or system it is instantly posted in the Tagg Stories area queue. This is a temporary holding place where stories wait to be promoted to the front page. To help promote stories to the homepage, simply visit the tagg area and tagg stories you think are timely, relevant, and valuable. Once a story has received enough taggs, it is instantly promoted. Should the story not receive enough taggs, it eventually falls out of the tagg area queue. Demo for tagging story

  5. How to see you ranked stocks?

    Everytime you rank a stock, it is saved in your personal area like in a portfolio. You may monitor your ranked stocks by clicking "My Ranked Stocks" link ormy personal profile area. Demo for my ranked stocks in portfolio

  6. How to see your bookmarked stories?

    Everytime you tagg, submit, or comment on a story, it is bookmarked and saved in your personal profile for easy future access. You may visit your bookmarked stories by clicking "My Tagged Stories" link.

  7. How to report a bug/problem?

    To report a bug or a problem, please follow the Report a bug link here or on the home page and post in the forum. We will address it as soon as possible.