A recent study by content tracking service Attributor has found that, for many publishers, their audience off their site completely dwarfs the pageviews they can count.
Tag Archive: Scraping
The Dangers of Proxying
Though proxying is by no means a new technology, new services have pushed the technology to the forefront of the content theft debate and forced Webmasters to deal with a new method of Web site “copying”.
BackType: Republishing Comments
BackType, a new comment search engine, has raised the ire of many bloggers for its practice of scraping and republishing full comments. But what is the service about and how can it resolve these issues?
Feedblitz: An Accidental Spam Blogger
Feedblitz has come under fire for its new “private label domain” service. However, even as the relatively benign service attracts a great deal of attention, a fatal flaw in the Feedblitz site turns Feedblitz into one of the most effective spam bloggers to date.
WordPress.com Stolen Content Blog
WordPress.com users have access to a useful, if unofficial, blog dedicated to helping them report and stop scrapers of their content.
Spotting Spam Blogs
Spammers are making it harder and harder to separate their creations from those of amateur bloggers. However, by understanding various ways to spot spam blogs and how spammers try to beat those methods, you can better detect junk sites yourself.
Is Flickr Letting Down its Users?
Photo-sharing site Flickr has come under fire as developers have used its API to violate the rights of its users, seemingly unchecked by Flickr itself.
Workfriendly Goes Offline
Safe-surfing site and “accidental scraper” Workfriendly is now offline after more than two years of pushing duplicate content into Google.
Bitscan Releases Copy Alerts
Bitscan, the well-known copy detection system, has launched a new service that it hopes will greatly help Webmasters and bloggers track their content on the Web.
Stories I Am Watching
Due to my limited posting schedule this week, I do not have the time needed to go into great detail over some of the latest copyright stories. So, for those who might have missed it, here are brief overviews of two major stories unfolding right now.
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