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Digg to Take On StumbleUpon and TinyURL?

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Twitterer Veronica Belmont had Digg toolbar on Flickrclaims to have tracked down a beta tester and talks about some features. According to that article, the toolbar will include abilities for the user to:

- Digg the page you're on
- Bury the page you're on
- See how many diggs a page has received
- See links for related pages
- See more pages from the source that have been dugg a lot or marked as "up and coming"
- Go to random pages that have been dugg, much like StumbleUpon's key feature

This could spell bad news for StumbleUpon. Here's what the unique visitors look like for Digg and StumbleUpon according to ' /></a>
<p>Of course the majority of StumbleUpon's use surely comes from its toolbar. If Digg invades this territory, StumbleUpon may need to counter with something new of its own. <br />
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<strong><em>Sidenote: </em></strong><em>Digg and StumbleUpon are both starting to crack down on their communities, which could also have an impact on the usage of each one for better or worse. Brent Csutoras and Chris Bennett discuss this and other happenings in social media in this interview with Abby Johnson from the recent SMX West show:</em></p>
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But that's not all for the Digg toolbar. Apparently it comes equipped with TinyURL-like functionality too. Eric Schonfeld resolution to build a better Digg.

Update: A spokesperson for Digg tells me that the toolbar is on the way, but they cannot give further details at this point.

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