It really looks as a mistake to me and i hope it will be fixed soon. Luckily its a selective mistake (only for logged out users). Lets see what the will say, i am really curious.
Sachin Khosla
· 4 months ago
Digg is going bad after it introduced the Digg bar, this is the reason that my blog had 90% of traffic on how to remove digg bar .. hell people hate Digg bar so much
Chuck Denk
· 4 months ago
I never got the DiggBar to work; it never did anything right. 10 minutes was sufficient time to figure out that it was not just useless; it was counterproductive. So I sent it to the Bit Bucket where it could cause no harm.
Brad West
· 4 months ago
Maybe I am more skeptical but, I would say DIGG knew what they were doing and thought no one would figure it out so fast. They are not new to the web and should know to test out any new program (such as a shortner). Times are tough and they need traffic.
Joe
· 4 months ago
I don't know folks at Digg personally but Jay and Kevin seem like two of the most ethical business people in the industry (perhaps that's not saying much?) so I can only assume it's a bug that'll get fixed quickly.
Startup Booster Blog
· 4 months ago
I am not a big fan of Digg Bar and I hope they fix this mistake soon, which I really hope is a mistake.
I wonder though, if the people who are using Digg's URL shortener are doing so with intent to encourage other users who might click on the link to Digg the link they shared? If so, it seems that Digg has created a mechanism by which people who click on the link are guaranteed to be presented with a Digg opportunity.
I know if I used the Digg URL shortener I'd be hoping others would Digg my post. Not sure I see anything overtly malicious here.
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· 4 months ago
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chrisfizik
· 4 months ago
this is ridiculous .....if you're following a digg shortened link, why wouldn't you end up on the digg site....you get the opportunity to digg the link yourself and then, if you're actually really interested in the content you're going to click through to the story anyways...no big deal; the blogs and sites are still getting their traffic ..and if they don't want Digg being in the middle there, well, then why are they or their users using digg urls!?
Brad F.
· 4 months ago
Funny how you implied someone should Digg or not Digg an article before actually reading it...
Bob West
· 4 months ago
Digg knows exactly what they're doing; it's simply a new angle. Since the change, I find myself less likely to click on Digg links, knowing that I'm going to have to click again after their cluttered page loads. Digg needs to understand that link shortening can't be their main method of driving traffic to their site. Hopefully they'll wake up and smell the potted pork product soon.
LouCypher
· 4 months ago
If you shorten a URL using DiggBar API, the shortened URL won't use toolbar/frame <del>and will redirect you to the original URL</del>, whether you logged in to Digg or not.
edit: Looks like I was wrong. They really changed it. If someone submitted the original URL to Digg, the shortened URL will redirect you to Digg.
Vetinary
· 4 months ago
can anyone PLEASE tell me how to uninstall Digg bar from my MacBook??? please?
Randolph Rankin
· 4 months ago
Doesn't Facebook do this as well with their 'Link' feature?
I don't like the digg bar, I set my preferences to not load the bar. Why don't I like it? Because I want to be on the publisher's site, not on digg. Even if I get the same content, I really don't like top bars that keep you own their domain. It really has the feeling of getting in the way of browsing.
As to the redirection of logged out users, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it's deliberate. Look at it from their point of view; it gets more people onto their site and signing up (at least they probably believe it gets more people to sign up, but most likely it just pushes more people away)
Simple solution = Stop Using Digg Short URLs. Ta-dah!
vince jelenic
· 4 months ago
There is a biz opportunity here for software to create self-hosted url shorteners.
A simple php script, web page or whatever? something you can control. I'm in process of beginning to think of how to do here at home. Would be nice as standalone app, or maybe tab web page.
offsite url-shorteners should be seen as short term solution a biz should take control of it's own.
Matthew Loop
· 4 months ago
Haven't trusted Digg in about a year. This is just another nail in the coffin. Thanks for pointing this out guys....
tFeeder
· 4 months ago
WHO CARES??? Digg is dead, long live the new king of traffic generation: TWITTER!!
journik
· 4 months ago
Eh. Kill the web. I'd rather go back to farming and a home cooked meal by my hot pregnant wife.
billc124
· 4 months ago
Just one more reason to avoid Digg. Their are far better ways of keeping up with news stories then Digg anyway.
Noah Kane
· 4 months ago
This is ridiculous. Digg knows exactly what it is doing...it's not a newcomer to the web, and wouldn't unintentionally direct traffic to its own site.
brennannovak
· 4 months ago
I feel like generating "DIGG centric" traffic has always been at the forefront of DIGG's design, ui, and functionality. I like DIGG. It's a cool concept. But the fact that any interaction with ranking or visiting must always be done on their site, while you are logged in, the complete utter lack of a good API, all point to this. If DIGG had their wits about them and an ounce of courage they would made their service function more like DISQUS... but something makes me feel like their investors wouldn't bankroll those sort of ideas.
Douglas Karr
· 4 months ago
I've honestly never seen good growth in relevant traffic from Digg. This is a pretty outrageous strategy... looks like they're taking a lesson from Enron. Keep inflating until it all comes crashing down.
camp185
· 4 months ago
I'm sure one of the biggest problems for Digg is keeping the visitor. If you look at the html you can see a java onclick script directing the clicker to some crazy ID number. It appears to link directly. I'm wondering how Google sees these links? Will it pass PR if you digg article makes it to page one? If I were digg I wouldn't mess around with redirects.
Chuck Denk
· 4 months ago
If Digg really wants to keep visitors, they would: 1) make their web site user-friendly, 2) support IE8
About the only thing I've been able to do on their site successfully was register as a new user. I was using IE7. IE8 hadn't been released yet. I've never been able to successfully Digg anything, regardless of what browser I was using. I don't Digg Digg. I can't update my email account even using a browser they do support. If Digg goes the way of the dinosaur, I certainly won't miss it. That would be one less bookmark to store.
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seanphurley
· 4 months ago
for shame, digg. Twitter is growing like crazy! At their current, respective rates of growthTwitter will be doing 68% of the monthly traffic facebook does by 2010 -
What ever reason the Digg gives to clarify their move, it's always going to be a always a freaking selfish move. The company should have thought about those things at the time of launching the toolbar and URL shortening service.
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Is Digg really loosing its grounds after Twitter?
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I know if I used the Digg URL shortener I'd be hoping others would Digg my post. Not sure I see anything overtly malicious here.
edit:
Looks like I was wrong. They really changed it.
If someone submitted the original URL to Digg, the shortened URL will redirect you to Digg.
Screenshots (of this article) and the Facebook 'Bar.'
http://i25.tinypic.com/2qvh6pu.png - Same deal. Opening page in a frame...
http://i28.tinypic.com/v5fzao.png - ...hosted on Facebook.
As to the redirection of logged out users, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it's deliberate. Look at it from their point of view; it gets more people onto their site and signing up (at least they probably believe it gets more people to sign up, but most likely it just pushes more people away)
A simple php script, web page or whatever? something you can control.
I'm in process of beginning to think of how to do here at home.
Would be nice as standalone app, or maybe tab web page.
offsite url-shorteners should be seen as short term solution
a biz should take control of it's own.
Digg is dead, long live the new king of traffic generation: TWITTER!!
1) make their web site user-friendly,
2) support IE8
About the only thing I've been able to do on their site successfully was register as a new user. I was using IE7. IE8 hadn't been released yet. I've never been able to successfully Digg anything, regardless of what browser I was using. I don't Digg Digg. I can't update my email account even using a browser they do support. If Digg goes the way of the dinosaur, I certainly won't miss it. That would be one less bookmark to store.
http://www.economixt.com/2009/07/twitter-traffi...