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The first thing I’m thanking them for is, I was published on Site Pro News this Wednesday and Thursday, unwittingly debuting a new site with news about Google Blog Search. (It wasn’t meant for public launch for another two weeks.) Thanks Mel!
The second thing is, today’s great article “Create a Web Epidemic in 3 Easy Steps“. Not only does it contain some sagely advice for webmasters. (Those of you taking the High Profile Article Marketing course will instantly understand the importance of what is being said and see the first step to implementing one of our branding plans).
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailSearch Engine Usage Numbers
Clip n Link ==> “ Top search engines in September 2005: Google - 56.9%, Yahoo - 21.2%, MSN - 8.9% by ZDNet’s
ZDNet Research — SearchEngineWatch points to September 2005 OneStat survey of search engine usage. MSN Search’s global usage share has risen from 8.6 % to 8.9 %. Google’s global usage share has decreased 0.3 % the last 8 months. Yahoo’s global usage share remains stable. The second largest search engine on the web has a global usage share […]”
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailSearch Engine Day :: Google’s Birthday gift to us
So yesterday was Google’s birthday. And they had a gift for us - apparrently, size does matter.
Come on. You saw that one coming, didn’t you?
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailRSS Copyright Protection from Plagiarism Today
To top off this portion of the Content Theft coverage, take note of this really important point from Plagiarism Today.
Clip ==> “Simply put, RSS feeds are designed to be used. They are created to be read. However, when lawyers aren’t completely certain where the line between personal and commercial use is drawn, we can’t expect laypeople to immediately understand it. Also, not everyone is going to be completely certain what a “news aggregator†is, especially since a lot of Web sites, such as Bloglines, serve the same function.”
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailStop Those who are Stealing Copyrighted Content off Your Web Site
Here’s a few more suggestions on how to deal with the reprint of copyrighted material from loriswebs.com - meant to help you head them off at the pass before legal action becomes necessary:
“You can’t prevent others from stealing your copyrighted content off your web site but there are steps you can take to get your property removed from the offending website. Every hosting company has very strict rules for it’s clients about copyright infringement. If the hosting company don’t uphold those rules they can loose their license so this can work in your favor. If one of their clients breaks those rules, you can ask them to remove it and if they refuse you can report it to their hosting company which will usually either enforce that rule or in some cases even remove the offending website itself. There are of course legal actions you can take but the following steps may save you that expense.”
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailBusiness Web Content Theft: 3 Myths
Joel Walsh has a very direct way of dealing with the Content Theft problem:
“Simply file a DMCA complaint with Google, Yahoo, MSN, other search engines, any advertising programs of which the site is a part, and/or the site’s host. I just filed a complaint with Yahoo the other day. They responded within two days.”
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailContent Theft :: How to Find The Rascals
There’s a free version and paid version of Copyscape - a Website Plagiarism Search. That’s one thing you can do to find people who are copying your site.
In the Make Easy Money with Google blog, you’ll find another free technique that uses Google Alert and a nifty phrase called SIP:
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailDuct Tape Marketing Weblog :: Blog Content Rip-Off Is Stealing
Quote from Duct Tape Marketing :: “These sites have no user value as they are often written by robots and don’t make much sense to the human eye. They do however, generate some cheap search engine traffic and AdSense clickthroughs for the owners.
I guess these folks figure that since you publish an RSS feed, it’s not really stealing. These are the same people that would reason, ’since you left your door unlocked I thought it was okay to take your new big screen.’”
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailRead/Write Web: RSS Ripoff Merchants
Here’s a perspective on Content Theft from Read/Write Web:
“What would you do if someone was ripping your RSS feed off - that is, copying every single post into their website? And what would you think if some software companies actively encouraged this activity? I call these people RSS Ripoff Merchants. (a sidenote: I’m absolutely not talking about fellow bloggers who re-post an occasional post of mine - I’m specifically talking about sites that brazenly re-post everything and are doing it for commercial purposes).
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailToday’s Focus :: Content Theft
The issue of how to protect one’s work online grows more serious to those it affects as RSS gets more popular. So how does you deal with the fact that a tiny portion of the population invited to syndicate your blog abuses it beyond all rational reason?
On the one hand, you don’t want to pay TOO much attention to the issue. After all, what we focus on in life expands. And having content stolen from your site isn’t such a prevailing issue that most people will ever have to deal with it. It, in fact, places you into a very elite group, once you have people stealing content from you — most of the time bad content isn’t stolen on any regular basis.
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailFree Traffic Tips :: Status
Some of you lovely folks have been trying to get in touch with me since I left town. Now that I’m back I’m alarmed at how many of these messages are about people who have tried to steal my content, either to promote shady products, scrape clips from my blog or articles to market their own articles, or to fill their blog with content that doesn’t link back to me, or credit me (particularly when their syndication of my content is done in such a way that won’t benefit them - why do it then???)
And I hear you, and thank you.
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailGoogle News :: Matt Cutts says it in no uncertain terms.
You can’t say toMAYto toMAHto about buying links anymore in regards to Google. One of their engineers is telling you whether or not they think it’s cool.
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Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailGoogle News :: Let the Wrist-Slapping Begin
Clip ==> “Google have [sic] confirmed a pilot project to “open up communications” with webmasters they feel are breaking their guidelines. Emails are being sent to selected websites flagged for removal from the Google index. In the comments of this post, Google’s Matt Cutts said “Google is trying out a pilot program to alert site owners when we’re removing their site for violating our guidelines. JavaScript redirects are the first trial, but we’ve also sent a few emails about hidden text, I believe.”
Thoughts ==> I am greatly tickled by this. On the one hand, it’s a great program to let people definitively know that Google doesn’t like certain things. To the new webmaster who’s just honestly trying to get into the searches, how lovely…
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailYahoo News :: Instant Search
Thoughts ==> Gee. I wonder if they’re thumbing their nose at the “I’m feeling lucky” button on Google’s home page?
Clip ==> “Instant Search gives you answers as you type — no more waiting!
Bookmark | Save | Share | EmailSearch Engine Day : About.com’s Top Ten Search Engine Optimization Blogs
I’m still getting back in the swing of things, so we’re having Search Engine Day today. We’ll likely go back to Tuesdays next week.
Wendy Boswell at About.com’s Websearch section is always coming up with great resources for search engine optimization. On the page I’m quoting below, she lists the top ten search engine optimization blogs - and she should know.
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