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Apr

29

Blog Plagiarism and Scraping of Content

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According to Dictionary.com, plagiarism is “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.” The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines THEFT as: the act of stealing; specifically: the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.

“Scraping” refers to copying off another site that’s not personally owned by the party doing the scraping.  Not referencing information sources and claiming that information as your own is plagiarism and content scraping. Spammer and ad-only blogs are chalked with scraped content stolen from other sites.

Plagiarism in the blogosphere is an extremely frustrating problem that is rabid on the web. In truth, anyone can steal your content and publish it on their site. After scrubbing it here and there, it now becomes “theirs.” It is extremely disheartening to see your hard work, laborious topic research and precious time cheaply ripped off.

This is precisely why I love Copyscape so much. It’s an indispensable blogging tool that uncovers plagiarism of your content. It’s also a free service. You simply type in the URL of your original page of content and Copyscape will pull up and expose any content that matches yours. It could be a sentence, a phrase, a snip-it or even an entire page of your content. 

Copyscape also has a service called Copysentry that searches the web for any copiers of your content and then emails you if any is detected. As a deterrent, you can also display plagiarism warning banners from Copyscape on your site.

If you discover that your original content is now sitting on someone else’s website, time is of the essence. See the Guide to Responding To Plagiarism for the best actions to take to get your content removed as quickly as possible.

Plagiarism/scraping is a dirty problem that most professional bloggers are unfortunately, very aware of. Plagiarism Today is a blog entirely dedicated to the subject of plagiarism, packed with insightful articles and informative tips.

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Jun

19

Basic Blogging: Introduction

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Together with my husband, Michael Stankard, we operate a successful social network marketing company called Get Found Now. We’ve both been blogging for awhile now and really enjoy it. I started out as a rookie on Blogger and eventually graduated to WordPress, which is a far superior platform.

Everything I’ve learned about blogging is a result of the expertise of Michael, whom I consider to be the “guru” of social network marketing. Michal Stankard was really one of the pioneers of blogging long before it had a name. Everyone thought he was crazy with his nonstop informational postings on PHP Nuke portals and phpBB forums. What Michael was actually doing was blazing the trail of the future of Internet marketing.

Yes, SEO is important, but social network marketing is really what it’s all about if you want organic search engine placement and traffic generated to your website. If your business relies on the Internet and your not blogging, you could find yourself nixed out of your market by competitors who are blogging.

More and more people, who rely on the Internet for their business, are wanting aboard the social network marketing bandwagon. They may not get how it all works, but they know they need to be doing it. The aim of Get Found Now’s blog is to post practical information on how social network marketing can be used as a component of an aggressive Internet marketing strategy.

Here’s a couple of blogs that I’ve regularly posted on:

Stay tuned for future posts on helpful blogging tips.

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