Controversial Web ‘Framing’ Makes a Comeback

When Digg introduced a new toolbar in early April that added a thin strip – known as a ‘frame’ – to the top of pages submitted to Digg, a publisher outcry forced the social media aggregator back down. It modified the new DiggBar so that only logged in users would view submitted stories within a Digg frame and Web address, and also offered them the option to turn off the toolbar altogether.But despite Digg’s move, the controversial practice of framing seems to be making a comeback on the Web. Danny Sullivan, editor of the Web site Searchengineland.com wrote in an article about Digg’s toolbar changes, that Facebook, Ask.com and StumbleUpon have all begun framing links recently.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/01/controversial-web-framing-makes-a-comeback/