Sorry, I am extremely very very sorry. I was not clear on what i mean to say. I got first time digg link as back link in Google webmaster tools. I was thinking it may be nofollow, i had not care about it, cz what i think is SERP is good not PR. I was thinking reason behind DP links are not going to count is because of nofollow. So... mis understanding took place, thanks very much.
Yeah they were always dofollow, this is why everyone wants to get on front page as well as receive the good traffic from it.
Yea There is Dofollow but if you can get good network of your friends so you get more traffic and shouts in Digg The Digg shout system is a good concept No.1 in soc. Bookmarking Thanks John
Probably caused by some confusion regarding something I said on SitePoint not too long ago. There was a discussion about social networking sites and do/nofollow, and I happened to mention that there were a lot of SN sites that don't follow their external links. In the course of that thread, I stated that Digg was an example of a social networking site (but did not say it was one of the nofollowers - I tried to be VERY clear about that), nothing more, nothing less. To clarify, what I said in that thread was that Digg was an example of a social networking site (plain and simple), not one that nofollows its external links (I also didn't state that they do follow their links).
They should go nofollow, the spam is getting horrible on there as well. Soon most if not all services will follow suit due to webmasters not able to use "common sense" methods to increase traffic, search engine positioning and revenue.
Uh oh. Cue the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. You used "Common Sense" and "SEO" in the same sentence. That's just like saying that there's such a thing as "business ethics"!
Common Sense (n): Sound judgment not based on specialized knowledge; native good judgment. I hope it sinks in one of these days!
Dofollow is a clever tactic by Social Networking sites to drive traffic and popularity. They actually "use" Webmasters and SEO's to build content and market their site with the lure of Dofollow then when they get to a certain level of popularity, most of them go snap... Nofollow. It's actually clever, instead of fighting spammers they use them to their advantage. So if Digg went Nofollow 12 months ago, i really doubt it would be anywhere near as popular today. They are one of the few who have been able to remain Dofollow due to their algo and the way the system works.
You just can't let me use some off-the-wall humor the day before my 29th birthday, can you? That's it. I'm going to sleep. (Been up all night anyway.)