Comments on: Aggregate blog and news pulling

By: News Aggregation Or Stolen Content?

News Aggregation Or Stolen Content? — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:50:43 +0000

[...] weeks ago Jamie Zoch of DotWeekly.com posted about aggregation feeds here, and a few months earlier here. I left a brief comment with my opinion on the first [...]

By: Q and A about Aggregation feeds : Dot Weekly

Q and A about Aggregation feeds : Dot Weekly — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:32:33 +0000

[...] had wrote about Aggregation feeds back in June. With anything, there is always the good and the bad. I have always had mixed feelings about [...]

By: Rido

Rido — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:25:38 +0000

@Elliot Silver it is funny to recommend to file a DMCA complaint for . Not understand also, what exactly will hurt rankings on Google. Are you think google is too stupid?
- You write article
- Someone noted your writing to his blog site with back link to original source
- Google finds and indexes both sources
- Analyzing the sources will find that the original and more important is your article because the other source is to short and LINKS to your source. Also, you receive 1 free back link to your site, I hope you know what means back links to your site, looked at SEO side.
Another funny think is that, I come and found this blog from adamdicker.com. After reading the full article looked back at adamdicker.com and just found that there are also many more postings linking here.

By: owen frager

owen frager — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:11:59 +0000

Ps- this is also helpful:
http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2008/take-it-back-100-tips-to-defeat-content-thieves/

By: owen frager

owen frager — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:09:48 +0000

I agree with Elliot who has some excellent posts on the matter, even though he outranks me every time he discusses me

Seriously though, look at the most successful site on the web- Drudge Report. In the beginning the NY Times and others wanted to sue him. Now they rely on his traffic. It’s knowing how to play those legitimate aggravators to your advantage that makes for a mutually beneficial relationship.

Appleinvestornews.com and domaining.com are two aggregators who have established such a relationship with our blog.

btw, Rohit has a great blog post on credit and link etiquette” “The right and wrong way to steal my stuff”
http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2008/06/the-right-and-w.html

**Jamie Says**
Thank you Owen for the links, I will check them out. You have to love that line… “The right and wrong way to steal my stuff” LOL

By: Seyi

Seyi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:37:05 +0000

Hi Jamie: You really need to take on this guy. I just checked the site. He really got you words for words with no link back or your name credit. He even has the gut to post this “very post”. You are not the only one being milked there. He has Domaintools, Rick Latona and others. To add injury to the salt, he even imitated some of your blog design. This ridiculous.. Some other sites such as DNHour that does this gives some linkbacks which this aggregate blog can easily do too..

By: Mak Ossa

Mak Ossa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:48:02 +0000

This is a rampant issue and there should be a better way for original writers to fight off bloggers who are lifting content off people’s work without credit or link-backs.
Elliot Sliver discussed some thing similar on his blog sometime ago, and I really learnt a lot from that post. When someone mentioned Copyscape.com, I used their search to find out that some celeb blog have been stealing my content (words to words). Then I sent a “stop and desist notice”; though the bloggers complied but I still find this unscrupulous act disturbing. Before I write, I usual take time to research and analyze reports I have; but it is too bad that too many vultures are out there surfing the web by any means to copy writings without giving you cred.

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:38:51 +0000

File a DMCA complaint with that person’s host and they will be forced to remove it. I’ve found that most of the sites that do it have no PR and don’t send any traffic. That means it isn’t doing anything for you, and it may be hurting your ranking if Google penalizes for duplicate content. Most of the time the owners of the sites are using the aggregate feeds because they are either lazy or don’t want to put the effort into building a site. IMO, it’s leaching.

It’s one thing if someone correctly analyzes your post or references your post trying to make their own points. It’s another thing when someone takes your content and repackages it without your permission. That isn’t cool nor is it legal, and there are ways to stop it.

**Jamie Says**
Thank you Elliot. I will look into the DMCA and file it.