Comments on: Feedburner Fights Splogging and Scraping

By: 10 steps to a more splog-free WordPress blog | WordPressGarage.com

10 steps to a more splog-free WordPress blog | WordPressGarage.com — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:06:11 +0000

[...] I found out about one of the scrapers via FeedBurner’s Uncommon Use feature. When you’re checking your feed stats in FeedBurner, make sure to keep an eye on the Uncommon Uses section to see if any sites you’re not familiar with are showing up. Jonathan Bailey from Plagiarism Today also has a detailed post on this subject. [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » The FeedBurner Question

PlagiarismToday » The FeedBurner Question — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:44:44 +0000

[...] case for FeedBurner was further bolstered in March of last year when it released its “Uncommon Uses” feature. With that upgrade, FeedBurner also become the most powerful tool available for fighting [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Making the Switch: Going From Partial to Full Feeds

PlagiarismToday » Making the Switch: Going From Partial to Full Feeds — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:20:40 +0000

[...] more importantly, their “Uncommon Uses” tool allows you to track and follow up on suspicious usage of your feed. Since FeedBurner [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Google/FeedBurner To Tackle Scraping?

PlagiarismToday » Google/FeedBurner To Tackle Scraping? — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:31:48 +0000

[...] already offer an uncommon uses feature that tracks non-conventional feed subscribers and offers a feed flare service that can help track [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Safer Without FeedBurner?

PlagiarismToday » Safer Without FeedBurner? — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:47:40 +0000

[...] However, as blogging as advance, new tools and services have emerged to help deal with feed scraping. One of the more popular services, FeedBurner, has been one of the best tools for both generating feed statistics, but also detecting scraping . [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Why My Feeds Are Long

PlagiarismToday » Why My Feeds Are Long — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:54:33 +0000

[...] The first key was to use Feedburner. Though I joined Feedburner for the metrics, its ability to protect a feed from scraping became obvious. It’s uncommon uses feature can detect scraping, even before it shows up in search engines, and its copyright notice feed flare prevents outright plagiarism. [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:07:01 +0000

Hey, good idea using the numly-service – but it does not work as you implemented it. Check out for leading’esn’ – it seems to be the problem.

By: PlagiarismToday » Twelve Steps to Reducing Plagiarism

PlagiarismToday » Twelve Steps to Reducing Plagiarism — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:54:02 +0000

[...] Use Feedburner: Feedburner is a great service for a lot of different reasons. It provides effective metrics and other usage information for your feed. but it also provides excellent protection against abuse of your feed. Feedburner’s “Uncommon Uses” feature helps to detect scraping and splogging of an RSS feed, one of the greatest content theft threats affecting bloggers. [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Feedburner Tip: Hide Your Feed

PlagiarismToday » Feedburner Tip: Hide Your Feed — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:29:50 +0000

[...] Feedburner is an incredibly useful service. In addition to providing valuable metrics and user data, it also provides some of the best protection against feed scraping available. [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Some Splogs Escape Feedburner

PlagiarismToday » Some Splogs Escape Feedburner — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:53:05 +0000

[...] Though Feedburner’s "Uncommon Uses" feature provides a very powerful tool to fight RSS scraping, it’s far from perfect. [...]