Comments on: Tracer: 3 Weeks Later

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:22:34 +0000

Thanks for the feedback on the backlink issue. I'm not sure what the difference would be there though. Granted, a lot of my copying comes from people wanting to use stock letters and it makes sense they'd remove the backlinks there, but I'm unsure how different content types would affect this.Clearly this is something I'm going to have to look at closer…

By: Derek Ball

Derek Ball — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:33:51 +0000

Thanks Jonathan for the feedback. This is exactly the kind of information we are looking for in the Tynt Tracer Beta so that we can refine the product before final release. We are seeing some of our beta sites seeing quite a bit of link back traffic, and others much less. It seems to depend on the kind of information being presented on the site, and the type of visitor the site attracts.Please keep the feedback coming!Derek

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:17:15 +0000

While I agree that it does help separate those who are well-intended from those that are true plagiarists, I have to say that I am a bit squeamish about messing with people's copy and paste function. Any time you do something that causes someone's computer to have an unpredictable behavior, people get upset.In that regard, it's a trade off, but based on my stats I'm not seeing it making a lot of difference…

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:46:50 +0000

I like the attribution feature. When people do copy text from your site, it serves as a nice reminder that they should attribute the text and include a link back to the original article. It also helps to separate the innocent people who are highlight quality content from the malicious thieves who just want to claim content as their own.