Digg Changes DiggBar
Digg changes DiggBar: users who are not logged into Digg will not see the controversial toolbar; http://tr.im/iWrf
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker 09:43 on 16. April 2009 Permalink |
TC: “With the DiggBar now doing 301 redirects for non logged-in users, Quinn says that the Digg-shortened URLs will not appear in the major search engines. … We’ll be interested to hear what Danny Sullivan and other SEO experts have to say about these latest changes. Early reactions from others who were opposed seem pretty favorable.”
Sullivan: “I have mixed feelings. Showing a frame to only logged-in users seems like a fair compromise. There’s no doubt that for some Digg users, the framebar is useful. It’s also easier for them to use than downloading a separate toolbar (though Kevin said Digg still plans to improve and promote its toolbar).”
Mashable: “Considering that publishers who despise the DiggBar have already developed ways to block it, Digg might be moving too swiftly to answer a few critics at the cost of users who could actually benefit from the product. Not to mention, it’ll be a blow to the considerable activity increases that Digg was seeing thanks to DiggBar. – As a matter of disclosure, a side project of mine (BurnURL (BurnURL reviews)) does some similar things to DiggBar and has been the subject of similar criticism. ”
RWW: “Digg also announced that an astonishing 45% of all the activity on Digg is now happening on the DiggBar, and 25% of all DiggBar users are using the toolbar to discover new content by looking at related stories. According to John Quinn, only a very small number of Digg users have disabled the toolbar.”