

If you haven’t yet come to the realization that Digg.com is only looking out for itself and not its users or the people who actually create the content that powers Digg, then you might want to read this excerpt from Search Engine Land about the DiggBar:

Sounds cool, especially because it puts tools for those who are really into Digg at the top of your page, such as the ability to read comments from Digg about your page (if it has been submitted there) or the ability to Digg the page you’re on.

The fun stops there. Like lin.cr, it does a 200 code. That means the page is actually on Digg itself — they’re making a page with the DiggBar and pulling in your content without permission into a frame. That’s not illegal, but it’s a tactic that died off years ago. It also means that if you use the Digg short URLs, none of the link credit passes to your page. It’s all kept with Digg.

There’s no need for you to give Digg all your link credit. If you want to shorten your URLs, use a service that does a 301 redirect.