If you need a quick and easy way to get an idea of when a post went life, there is a Firefox plugin that uses google to put that information just a click away.

As spam techniques evolve, it is inevitable that they begin to turn to newer and more reliable services to publish and profit from their junk content. In just such a push, many spammers are turning to Amazon as a means to make a quick, reliable dollar.

Through a combination of trickery and error, it is often possible for a spam blog to appear to have posted your works before you did. However, what effect does this have on the search engines? The answer is “Not Much”.

Earlier today, I ran across a post on Digg that referenced a blog readability test.
The idea behind the test is simple. You type in the URL of your blog or site and it tells you the approximate reading level required to understand it. It got me curious about the readibility of this site so I [...]

Web startup Attributor, previously covered here, has announced the launch of their content monitoring and analysis platform and is openly accepting customers for their service.
According to Attributor, the system “works by allowing publishers to register and digitally fingerprint each piece of content” and then checking for uses of that content that violate previously determined rules [...]

For most, being plagiarized is an inherently emotional experience. Finding out that someone else copied and claimed something that took hours to produce is bound to produce some negative feelings.
This has lead some to wonder if fighting plagiarism is more about revenge than practicality. To some, it is better to simply forget about the plagiarists, [...]

In an update to my previous article regarding 302 redirects as a method to spam search engines, I received a reply back from Stylefeeder. Though I am late getting this up due to future posting, I wanted to share what they had to say.
When asked why Stylefeeder uses 302 redirects instead of direct links, a [...]

Ralph Rocks is a fragrance by the Ralph Lauren company. Now Smell This is a popular blog about perfumes that wrote the top-ranked page for a search on the fragrance.
However, looking at the Google results, you’d never know that. The top search result belongs not to Now Smell This, but a fashion site [...]