After releasing its browser toolbar last week and facing quite a bit of backlashes stating that it robbed publisher’s site of traffic has taken action against the complains. The problem came from Digg’s URL shortener using the 200 code instead of the 301 redirect; the 200 code kept everything tightly digged in the toolbar, something that changes today. In a blog post, Digg’s VP of engineering, John Quinn stated that users who aren’t logged onto to Digg will get a 302 redirect while those logged on will continue with the 200 code. Many large sites had already dropped the idea to use the toolbar for this very reason, lets see how is this going to help Digg win a larger number. The toolbar already accounts for almost half of all the activity at Digg, something which gives Digg every reason to continue with it.
