In case you’re new to the world of us (that would be uSocial), you may not have known that about three days after we initially began trading in December of last year that Digg — or should we say Digg’s lawyers — sent us a Cease & Desist notice demanding that we cease trading due to our sale of social bookmarking votes.

In short, Digg were basically saying that we were in some way breaking the law by selling votes. We politely (well, maybe not so politely) advised them we were breaking no laws by selling votes and since then, nothing has come of it.

Anyway, if you haven’t yet read it (check it out on Mashable here — though they claim we were ‘banned’ by Digg, no such thing happened) then here is the letter Digg sent us in all its glory (names an contact detail omitted)!

Dear ####:

My firm represents Digg, Inc. (”Digg”). We have become aware that uSocial.net (”uSocial”) is paying users of www.Digg.com to manipulate content rankings on the Digg website. Digg hereby places you on notice that its website terms of use (located at http://digg.com/tos) expressly state:

IN ADDITION, YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT YOU SHALL NOT USE THE SERVICE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY “DIGGING” ANY CONTENT) ON BEHALF OF (OR PER THE REQUEST OR INSTRUCTION OF) ANY THIRD PARTY. FURTHERMORE, YOU SHALL NOT REQUEST THAT ANY THIRD PARTY, OR PAY OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE ANY THIRD TO, MANIPULATE OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE SITE IN ANY MANNER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY PAYING ANY OTHER USER TO “DIGG” ANY CONTENT).

Pursuant to the website terms of use, your manipulation of Digg’s content rankings constitutes tortious interference with Digg’s agreements (i.e. its website terms of use) with the Digg users involved such activity.

Digg hereby demands that you immediately cease all attempts to have Digg users manipulate or otherwise affect the Digg service. Please provide us with written confirmation of your understanding of this matter within the next ten (10) days and assure us that the foregoing demands will be met.

This message should not be construed as a waiver of rights, an offer of settlement, or reliance on any specific facts or legal theories. Digg reserves all of its rights and remedies under applicable law.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at ###-###-####.

We’re not the first company in the world to offer unlimited press release distribution as there are several who provide services where they submit your press releases to an unlimited number of online sites and social media portals, however uSocial.net has gone one better and we’ve created the world’s first true unlimited service where we’ll send your press releases not to sites, not to free press release pages, but to our comprehensive list of over 560,000 media contacts worldwide.

This isn’t a joke — we are really the first company on the planet to offer such a service to our clients and we know that it’s going to ruffle some feathers. However, we also know it’s going to bring your sensational results, without having to break the bank.

As a special introductory offer, we’re virtually giving it away at only $97 per month — though you had better hurry because we will be raising the price very soon. Want to know more about this service? Then click here to read more.

Welcome all to the brand-new uSocial website, including this swanky new  blog which you’re looking at now. We’ve been away for just over a week and while that’s given us the time to clear a large backlog of orders which we simply could not have done otherwise, it’s also allowed us to implement three new services to help you advertise your business and service online.

So, to lay it all down for you, here’s what’s new at uSocial.net:

1. YAHOO! BUZZ: On top of the Digg, StumbleUpon and Propeller front-page services we already offered, we have now implemented the very same you’ve come to expect from those sites, however this time with Yahoo’s social bookmarking site, Buzz. The results we’ve achieved already with our existing clients during testing have been astonishing to say the least, and you’re now able to benefit from the mass traffic which we can reap by getting you to the front page of Yahoo! Buzz. To take a look at pricing, click here.
2. UNLIMITED PRESS RELEASE DISTRIBUTION: If you know how powerful getting the attention of the media can be (we sure do, it has skyrocketed our company’s sales in the three months we’ve been operating), then you’ll know that to get the most attention, you need to invest in a quality press release distribution service. The problem is, most of the world-class solutions out there charge $300-$600 per release to send, and we’ve even seen some services where they charge up to $1,000 USD to send just one release for international distribution. We believe that’s too expensive so we’ve launched the world’s first true unlimited press release distribution service where we’ll send any number of your press releases to our list of 560,000+ media contacts for one low subscription fee. Check out more on it here.
3. AUTOMATIC SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SERVICE: Lastly — but certainly not the least of our services — we’ve launched the world’s most powerful automated social bookmarking service. We know there are a lot of systems and services out there like it, however we know that when it comes to price and quality, we can’t be beaten. For just $47 per month, we’ll submit an unlimited amount of your URLs to over 170 of the world’s largest social bookmarking sites. You don’t need to pay hefty fees. You don’t need to open any accounts. You don’t need to do anything AT ALL. Just let us do all your marketing for you. Read more about it here.

So, are you ready to use the power of uSocial.net and our suite of new advertising service? You know what to do!