In a 20-minute screencast, Duncan Riley adeptly explains the issues with RSS scraping, why it is not acceptable and why many so-called services are treading on very thin legal/moral ice.
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Using CSS to Thwart Content Theft
Is it possible to use a simple CSS trick to get around spammers and other content thieves? An interesting proposal shows a way to use a simple trick to fool the spammers.
Spam Outlook: Thev Next Six Months
Spam is a notoriously difficult thing to predict but it does follow a set of rules that may give us some clues as to where it is going and what topics are going to be the greatest targets. Here, we look at seven areas and where they are likely going in terms of spam blogging and scraping.
The Rise of Made-For-Amazon Spam
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.
Forums as Spam Blogs
Forums and communities have always been targets for spammers, but a new technique also threatens to draw the ire of content creators and other copyright holders.
Takedown FAQ
Whenever copyright holders are first introduced to the idea of a DMCA takedown, they inevitably have many questions about it. Here are ten of the more common questions answered.
Why Most Spam Blogs are American
With the Internet becoming more international in every regard and laws in the U.S. turning against spammers, it seems odd that so many spammers are still concentrated within the United States. However, the reasons are simple to understand.
Putting Your Feed on Probation
Darren Rowse of Problogger fame suggested a that new bloggers should start their sites out with a partial feed and switch to a full one once they have enough “trust” from Google. But could the system work?
Blogger CAPTCHA Cracked
Though it seemed as if Google was starting to make some headway into the spam blog problem on its Blogger service, the spammers seem to have turned the tide by cracking the CAPTCHA system and creating more accounts than ever before.
A Warning for Email List Admins
As scraping via email has gained greater attention, the problem has brought the problem of spam blogs to the doorstep of mailing list administrators and group moderators. Learn how to protect your list.
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