The DiggBar backlash came as a surprise to founder Kevin Rose.

Today’s Wicked Quick in Search Engine Marketing includes the SEO world’s reaction to the new DiggBar, how to use long-tail keywords effectively and the Google vs. Newspapers discussion, which led to a much larger debate over journalism in the Web 2.0 age:

• Digg founder Kevin Rose says backlash against DiggBar has been a “crazy learning experience.” [search engine land]
• Michael Gray gives a step-by-step on how to abuse said DiggBar for profit. [Wolf Howl]
• Aaron Wall‘s rundown on why long-tail keywords should be the foundation on which your SEO efforts are built. [SEO Book]
• Rand Fishkin put up a great visual and breakdown on how the different elements of Google’s algorithm have changed over time. [SEOmoz]
• The whole Google vs. the newspapers and the value of journalism online thing exploded last week with Danny Sullivan‘s excellently written rant on why newspapers are being ridiculous. [Daggle]
• That was then followed by Sarah Lacy‘s post on TechCrunch about the declining relevance of journalism schools in an increasing online news world. [TechCrunch]
• Lacy’s post then prompted a response from Lisa Barone in yet another well-written rant. [Outspoken Media]