Google Buying Digg. What it means for us?

Well, if you haven’t heard the news yet, then you should know that Google is pretty much close to buying Digg for about $200m (Kevin, can you spare a bother a mil?). So what does it all mean for people who have used Digg to drive traffic to their sites?

It’s tough to say. I don’t think Google with follow no follow links on Digg. Having said that, I still expect sites to get indexed quickly using Diggoogle. But Digg will be in good hands. Google will take care of Digg for now, and I am sure the algorithms will get better and the whole gaming thing that is going on with Digg will diminish. The interesting thing to watch is whether Google finally get the YouTube – Digg integration right.

I am truly glad that the Digg guys are getting paid for all the effort they put in. Not quite Facebooish money but $200 mil isn’t that bad either.