What’s the number one thing that digg is missing?

I was browsing digg today, and proceeded to check out the ‘Upcoming’ section of the site. I saw absolutely nothing of interest to me. And im pretty sure it wouldn’t of been of interest to anyone else. I even encountered sites made for adsense that only carry ad links. But I didn’t think much of it because I assumed digg used the rel=”nofollow” attribute on its links. I was saddened to discover it does not.


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But whats worse? Is that this sites are getting linked from a high page rank site, digg!

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As of right now, diggs page rank is 8/10 and getting better. So why does this matter? Well, page rank matters because the higher your PR, the better it is likely to show up higher on any given google search in any given category. Now, when a high PR site links to a site with less PR, it increases the linked site’s PR. So, do we really want ad blogs and ad pages to show up on google when we search? Anyone sane will probably say no.

So, what can be done?
Digg really needs to use the rel=”nofollow” attribute. This will stop shitty sites from increasing in page rank. Now, what about sites that are good, and are worth linking to? Well, my idea is to use this attribute on links that are in the ‘Upcoming’ section only. Once they make to the front page, the attribute would be removed.