mashable.com - 7/20/2009
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Earlier today we mentioned that Digg.com appears to have changed the behavior of its short URLs so they no longer go to the source of the story for logged-out users: instead they direct visitors to a landing page on Digg.com. The change has many negative implications for publishers, including ...
techcrunch.com - 7/14/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Judging by this screenshot taken by an IE6
user who was watching some videos on YouTube ,...
it appears the Google company will be phasing out support for the browser shortly. I don’t have Internet Explorer 6 installed on my computer, so I ...
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YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye
blog.digg.com - 7/21/2009
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blog.digg.com —
Hey everyone, I wanted to clear up some
confusion created over the past couple of days surrounding...
the DiggBar, specifically how Digg short URLs work. As we’ve stated in the past, the DiggBar is meant to streamline the Digg experience and ...
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DiggBar and Digg Short URLs
techcrunch.com - 7/20/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Since originally launching the service last April, Digg’s
URL shortening service DiggBar has been marred with controversy,...
though it has largely died down in the last few months. Now it looks like Digg has made a change to the service that ...
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DiggBar Commits Career Suicide, Starts Redirecting Users ...
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Diggbar links now land on Digg instead of original sources
Download Squad —
... Digg users recently noticed some interesting new behavior related to Digg's shortURL service, the Diggbar: instead of shortlinks going directly to their destinations, logged-out users who click them will now land on the corresponding Digg.com page. Sure, that's a lot ...
Linkpost | 7.20.2009
TechBlog —
... • Confirmed: Digg Just Hijacked Your Twitter Links - If you click on a Digg link from Twitter, you'll go to the Digg page, rather than the original story being touted on Digg. • ...
DiggBar Changes, Upsets the Diggerati Yet Again
Webmonkey —
... By Sunday, grumblings about the change had grown into an uproar. Fans of Digg have responded negatively to the change — read the comments on Mashable’s post about the change, as well as on ...
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