Comments on: Blogging for the spiders http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/ Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dirk Gently http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-335 Dirk Gently Tue, 08 May 2007 14:30:16 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-335 I see a difference in quoting, and this is not it. If I wanted to quote you on something you said, I'd build my own intro around it.....to explain the quote....then quote you. This person does NONE of their own work. They seem to spend all day trawling for stuff to steal to fluff up their hit count. I see a difference in quoting, and this is not it. If I wanted to quote you on something you said, I’d build my own intro around it…..to explain the quote….then quote you. This person does NONE of their own work. They seem to spend all day trawling for stuff to steal to fluff up their hit count.

]]> By: yoho http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-331 yoho Tue, 08 May 2007 13:28:59 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-331 This is just what google news is doing... It's not completely illegal as it's just considered as "quoting" part of a blog and referring back to the original article. Everyone is allowed to do so : haven't you ever quoted someone for your work at school ? Of course, you can explicitly say "I don't want to be quoted" (or similar) but if you don't, you can't blame anyone for doing so. This is just what google news is doing… It’s not completely illegal as it’s just considered as “quoting” part of a blog and referring back to the original article. Everyone is allowed to do so : haven’t you ever quoted someone for your work at school ?

Of course, you can explicitly say “I don’t want to be quoted” (or similar) but if you don’t, you can’t blame anyone for doing so.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-321 K.Mandla Mon, 07 May 2007 19:21:20 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-321 I've seen quite a lot of those -- blog "link farms" that swipe the first paragraph of an entry, link offsite for the rest, and have ads up all over the page with a digg counter box in the corner. It was one of the reasons I put a CC license on my stuff -- not like it would stop anyone from stealing it, but it looks official enough. There was a stink a few months ago about an aggregator of some sort (I think it was hosted in Venezuela ... ?) that was just grabbing the content of the Ubuntu Planet and reposting it, in order to get search engine hits and ad clicks. Same nonsense, I guess. :( I’ve seen quite a lot of those — blog “link farms” that swipe the first paragraph of an entry, link offsite for the rest, and have ads up all over the page with a digg counter box in the corner. It was one of the reasons I put a CC license on my stuff — not like it would stop anyone from stealing it, but it looks official enough.

There was a stink a few months ago about an aggregator of some sort (I think it was hosted in Venezuela … ?) that was just grabbing the content of the Ubuntu Planet and reposting it, in order to get search engine hits and ad clicks. Same nonsense, I guess. :(

]]> By: ubuntutribe http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-309 ubuntutribe Sun, 06 May 2007 20:43:51 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/blogging-for-the-spiders/#comment-309 You are invited to join the Ubuntu Tribe at http://www.ubuntutribe.com/. Thanks and nice to meet you! You are invited to join the Ubuntu Tribe at http://www.ubuntutribe.com/. Thanks and nice to meet you!

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