Recently Digg has released new feature called DiggBar. It’s nothing special, just inserting a frame in your website with some features if your visitors are referred by Digg. I’m not a fan of it.
The Problem
With a URL frame around content, there is no SEO benefit from promoting Digg. If you see carefully, the URL address is still pointing to digg.com instead of your website URL. Generally it also increases their traffic and reduces your traffic. I heard that they’re planning to have an ad tracker in the toolbar so they’re clearly planning on adding advertisements to your blog and website in the future.
The Solution
Don’t worry, there is a solution for this. You can simple add the following code to your website in the <head> section.
<script type="text/javascript">
if (top !== self) top.location.href = self.location.href;
</script>If you’re using WordPress blog, then you no need touch the code. You can simply download the plugin written by me and activate it. The plugin is called Frame Free.
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Ic… great tips! My friends just asked me how to remove the thing 2 weeks ago and now I have the answer.
Unfortunately, your Wordpress plugin breaks the normal function of Wordpress’ theme preview. Would love to hear of your fix because this plugin is very needed.
@ArcherTC,
I’ve fixed the issue. Please download the latest version from WordPress.
Hey, what’s the point of your code? I inserted it and it blocks the diggbar. How can someone bookmark my site by blocking the bar?