Comments on: WTF Dept. Why is Digg in Google search results?

By: Darren Stuart

Darren Stuart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am not sure if Digg have fixed it yet but there was a way of posting a link into comment which would also rank in a search. This is why you see some completely off topic links.

The problem with this is that digg is so linked via track backs and news site etc it has must have massive value under page rank.

I think Google should remove digg posts as duplicate content to be fair.

By: m3mn0n

m3mn0n — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

And I think you’re wrong here.

(damn, is there an echo in here?)

Digg is great to see in search results because you get a 3rd party verification of the content. You see comments that aren’t subject to the editorial review of a particular site. And in many cases because of how low-ranked most hidden jems are in Google, Digg acts like a gateway to the good stuff and filters out all the SEO-driven, Google tricking, low-lifes who want to mislead you with their rankings.

If anything should be removed, it’s those types of stupid sites in high rankings. If anything should be boosted, it should be Digg results.

By: Skitzzo (SEOrefugee)

Skitzzo (SEOrefugee) — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It looks like your original digg story is seeing a bit of resurgence. I’m hopin it makes it to the front page.

Let me know what you think about my take on the issue.

By: Hagrin

Hagrin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Allen –

As I commented over at Loren’s, thanks for brining this question into the forefront of a lot of people’s minds. It was definitely something I had never thought of before.

I think one of the major issues with Digg is evident by the number of comments your original post here received (4) as opposed to Loren’s followup (38) and “Mu”’s which was quite a bit. Original content creators lose in the social network site game very often.

Anyways, you had me thinking all day about this and I’d like to know, just like the guy above me, what you think of my opinion – My Take.

Great article and I will be reading your site more often now as very few people spur this type of inspiration and thinking in me lately. Well done Allen.

- Hagrin

By: rax

rax — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree. Returning Digg links before the actual articles they reference is simply dumb. Digg is just another type of search engine in many ways and returning Digg results on Google is like Yahoo returning Google results within their own search.

Digg might be a great gatekeeper for the information that is submitted to the site, but when I do a Google search I want a link to the most relevant, most authoritative source as possible. If folks want to contradict the original source they need to do so in their own blog or on their own site and not in the Digg comments. In this day and age of trackbacks and blog content spidering technology it’s fairly easy to figure out who is talking about any given article or post.