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How To Block Digg's DiggBar From Your Site
Silicon Alley Insider —
... But if you don't like the idea of Digg's new "DiggBar" -- which frames your site in a Digg toolbar, designed to keep people on Digg, and not your site -- Daring Fireball writer John Gruber has a solution. Gruber wrote a script to block DiggBar users from accessing his content, and he's ...
Jason Calacanis on Site Framing: Facebook Bad, Digg Good
CenterNetworks —
... , former partner to Kevin Rose on Pownce, has come out against the methods of the DiggBar. One of the issues with the DiggBar is that it "frames" the content of the site which can lead to a variety of issues. Daring Fireball has laid out his concerns with the DiggBar yesterday. ...
The Digg Bar might be a nuisance, but their new search rocks.
The Next Web —
... the Digg bar. Despite our post earlier this week regarding the impressive features of the Digg Toolbar, over recent days the search ranking and usability elements (or lack thereof) have been a major discussion point. What at first appeared to be a win win for everyone involved, now seems to make it more difficult for the average visitor, less rewarding for site owners and leaves only one real winner - Digg.com.
John Gruber, of popular Mac Blog Daring Fireball, took action almost immediately. He writes:
“..unlike normal URL ...
Sites can block the DiggBar, but is it worth it?
Webware.com —
... John Gruber of the blog Daring Fireball doesn't like what Digg's doing with its DiggBar, and has come up with a relatively simple way to block it on his own site. By making a small change to his site's PHP files, any shortened DiggURL created for one of his pages will automatically take users to a separate page Gruber has created that chides the company. ...
Orphaned by potential suitors, Digg grows up on its own
VentureBeat —
... Clearly, Digg wants to do what it can to put people’s minds at ease about using the DiggBar — but it’s not exactly working. The company sees DiggBar as a ...
Are the DiggBar and URL shorteners bad for the web?
Obsessable News Feed —
... Venerable tech blogger John Gruber took the DiggBar matter into his own hands and now freely offers the code he wrote to block the DiggBar on your website, if you likewise feel as strongly about the negative implications of the toolbar. Interestingly, despite ...
The Diggbar Is Evil, Here’s How to Stop it
Webmonkey —
... publisher John Gruber wrote, “when you call it ‘framing someone else’s site,’ everyone agrees it’s bullshit… when you call it ‘The Diggbar,’ it’s Web 3.5 Awesome.” ...
Tackling The Stupidity Of The DiggBar
The Tao of Mac —
... said it all already, so I’ll spare you. In the meantime, I’ve gone and added ...
Diggbar is SEO Friendly, Digg - tips to block
D' Technology Weblog —
... . If for some reasons, you want block your website / blog from DiggBar, just add the following PHP code near the top of your page: ...
Linkpost | 4.11.2009
TechBlog —
New Microsoft ad: Macs are small and pricey | Main April 11, 2009 Linkpost | 4.11.2009 • Prepare for Automatic Update distribution of IE8 - Starting the third week of April, Internet Explorer 8 will come to Window users. You can still decline. • The Truth About Digg's DiggBar and How to Block the DiggBar and Why Engadget is blocking the DiggBar - Web publishers start to rebel against Digg's URL shortener that frames other sites' pages. But Sites can block the DiggBar, but is it worth it? • Report: Jobs still closely ...
Will You Block the DiggBar?
Mashable! —
... but controversial product: the DiggBar, an iframe toolbar that lets users browse other websites without actually leaving Digg.com. In the last week, we’ve already discussed how the DiggBar could impact the Twitter link-sharing experience and Digg’s response to the recent criticism.
This has done little to quell the controversy surrounding the DiggBar, however. Engadget has now blocked the DiggBar. In addition, one popular article, on how to block the DiggBar, received over 1900 diggs but at the same time ...
links for 2009-04-11
Jarrett House North —
... Daring Fireball: How to Block the DiggBar
Using the referrer to send special content to Digg as thanks for framing your page and stealing your link.
(tags: digg web development)
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Led by controversial DiggBar, toolbars are taking over the Web
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... are still hurling pleas for Internet giants to stop framing. John Gruber, who runs the blog Daring Fireball, developed a script that greets DiggBar users with a special, vulgarity-laden message. The New York Times blocks the toolbar entirely, as does Twitter and the aforementioned Search Engine Land. ...
SitePoint Podcast #13: Digging into the DiggBar
SitePoint —
... iPhone 3.0 Push Notification Will Require Server Grunt
iPhone Developers Will Need Servers To Push (TUAW)
W3C Site Redesign
The W3C Want Your Feedback (SitePoint)
Beta Site (W3C)
Digging into the DiggBar
Google Juice & Page Views: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DiggBar (Digg)
How to Block the DiggBar (Daring Fireball)
Sites can block the DiggBar, but is it worth ...
