“Why Digg is Blocked”

Nov 26, 2007 by Matt | Posted in General 4 Comments

WhyDiggIsBlocked.com

Is this a parody…or is it another maniac who thinks ad-blocking should be illegal? Looking at the two sites, WhyFirefoxIsBlocked.com and WhyDiggIsBlocked.com are very similar.

  • The designs are nearly identical, featuring the same blue-and-gray header.
  • The sites both offer code to block visitors based on their browser or referral.
  • They both talk about how Digg (or Firefox) are ruining the web, or more specifically, the banner ad industry.

Interestingly, “Why Digg Is Blocked” mentions the AdBlock Plus extension for Firefox…the same extension that “Why Firefox is Blocked” is complaining about. Both sites complain about users infringing upon the rights of “the rights of web site owners and developers.” What about the rights of users?

WhyDiggIsBlocked.com is rather ridiculous (as is WhyfirefoxIsBlocked.com) and I wonder if it could be a pardoy of the older site. Or could it be another ridiculous project by the guy who created WhyFirefoxIsBlocked?

  • http://blogs.howtogeek.com/jatecblog Jake

    I don’t know what *real* sites this guy runs, but I definitely do not want to be visiting them if he considers ads to be the only important things on them. Not all that many more IE users click ads either. Same with Digg. If nothing else, Digg can allow them to get links from other sites that would click their ads.

  • http://www.webmaster-source.com Matt

    Jake, I agree.

    By the way, I ran some WhoIs searches on the domains. Both domains are registered through GoDaddy. The “private registration” service was used, so no names come up.

  • http://www.ruelicke.net Marco Ruelicke.net

    This is as sick as the WhyIsFirefoxBlocked website. Either the guy is mad or he just wants to get traffic and attention by writing such crap.

    I believe that it is the same guy (again)…and if I ever find out which websites he is running…well, maybe you would be interested in reviewing them, Matt ;)

    hm…now I’m really waiting for a “WhyAreSearchEnginesBlocked” website. Would be funny to read the arguments ^^

  • http://www.webmaster-source.com Matt

    WhyAreSearchEnginesBlocked.com…. “Search engines don’t click ads, and they steal your expensive bandwidth.” /Sarcasm.

    I just noticed something else. Compare the two rubbish sites with http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/. The sites’ designs look a lot like the official Firefox site!