Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Workfriendly: Yet Another Issue

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Personal Experiences, Prevention

Workfriendly, a script that masks the Web to look like an open Microsoft Word document, may have been created as a joke, but it continues to create serious problems for the Webmasters that it scrapes.



Weekend Linkroll 04-05-08

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Linkblog

It’s been a frantic week for copyright news major upheavals in the RIAA’s lawsuit escapade and ISPs standing up to big copyright. This is a week you don’t want to miss.



Open Call: Your DMCA Stories

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 4th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Personal Experiences

Have you ever had an abuse agent go out of his way to help you? What about a DMCA agent who ignored your letters? Here is your chance to tell the world.



Spam Blogs and AdSense Dollars

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 13th, 2008 • Category: Articles, News, Prevention

Adsense keywords can fluctuate wildly in price. So what happens when a keyword related to your site becomes the subject of a bidding war? One Austin attorney found out.



Why Blog Searching Fails

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Personal Experiences, Products, Punditry

Blog searching has become an important tool both for gathering the information I use on this site, but also for staying on top of content theft issues. Unfortunately, blog searching has deteriorated to the point of uselessness and I break down why.



Search Engine Showdown: Testing Plagiarism Detection

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Products

How does your search engine do when detecting plagiarism? I’ve tested five different search engines and how many matches of my work they find. These tests provide some surprising results and offer insight into which services are best for plagiarism detection.



Update: Domain Tasting Changes

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: Articles, News

After Google announced its plan to deal with domain tasting, ICANN stepped in and trumped it with a plan that could actually end the practice for good.



Google Domain Parking, Spam and Adsense

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Punditry

Google has always had a stake in spam blogs, but its domain parking service raises its involvement to a new level. Will rumored reforms keep the bad guys away?



Video: How to Use Google Alerts

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Videos

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to use Google Alerts to detect plagiarism, this is the video for you. Learn how to automate your plagiarism detection in just eight minutes.



5 Steps: How Not to Look Like a Spam Blog

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 22nd, 2008 • Category: Articles

Sometimes it is far too easy for a legitimate site to be mistaken for a spam blog. However, that need not be a problem if you follow these simple steps.