Recently, the popular social media website Digg released a useful 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 was buried, showing how divided the Digg community is over the feature. Some of the controversy has been over the impact of the DiggBar on SEO (search engine optimization) and traffic to people’s website.
This is all a bit of a complicated mess. So we’ve put together this article discussing the pro and con arguments for the DiggBar, especially as it relates to the user and to the website owner. After considering the pros and cons, we want to know whether you will block the DiggBar or keep it active.
