Digg dofollow/nofollow confusion? help?

Hi,


Just doing the ordinary trying to develop backlinks thing, and I find Digg. Hmmm. Cool. Looks like comments are dofollow. I post. Oh wait, mine is nofollow.


Par example this thread:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Flickr_To_Add_Online_Photo_Editing_Tools

Some are do, some are nofollow. Can someone solve this mystery for me?

Amy
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Hey I also get backlink from digg..but wht i beleive is it gives 1st time only..

I am trying to say is when I post first on digg, it gives me backlink but then I posted 2/3 times.. but now it is nofollow..

even I am little bit confuse..

 

Ohh! I also have this query. Sometimes I also observed that "our submitted post goes through secured access".

If anybody know, let us know. It helps a lot in building links...

 

I noticed today that the articles and links I submit to DIGG are nofollow, this was not the case yesterday. Did something just change?

 

It seems like links in new comments are nofollow.. story links still seem to be normal links.

 

digg links are nofollow....

Good luck

 

On mine it appears as though only the sponsored diggs are dofollow.

 

All new submissions and comments on digg are nofollow as far as I know.

 

it's nofollow, check it with firefox plugin

 

This should explain it

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/02/digg-starts-nofollow-ing-links-that-it-doesnt-trust/

 

ys i agree, digg link are no follow

 

Digg just announced that they will put nofollow on any outbound links that they "can't trust." Not sure what they're using for trust...

http://blog.digg.com/?p=864

 

Digg uses redirects now anyway...pointless

 

No, They removed thier Redirect toolbar for those visitors, who are not logged in. But anyway Its pointless.

 

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/digg-nofollow-links/

 

It is similar to Alexa Reviews - No way to authenticate when a user posts a feedback if it is a genuine user or just a competitor trying to pull you down. If Digg starts this - they should let others know what all is required to fall in trusted bracket.

Soon headers would contain meta tags from Yahoo, Google, Bing, Stumbleupon and Digg etc in efforts to promote authentic site owners!

 

From Digg's blog:

 

Hey.. Thanx...phooey...
I really appreciate your clarification b'coz it was a big confusion for all..

I was confuse b'coz i got link from digg, but i was noticing from some time that it has stop doing it..
Anyways I read your post.. u have mention above..
it is also very reliable..
thanx for solving this confusion..

 

Wow, that does not make me so comfortable. So does anyone know who exactly does Digg classify as 'trusted'? I did not find an announcement addressing this issue specifically.

Thanks.

 

This is a sad news to SEO community. But this can curb spammers who are in digg for only backlink.