So you've created that great blog you wanted and now you have
visitors and may even be making some money. Now you find out
that not only do your visitors enjoy your blog, but so do the
thieves. There is something called "splog", meaning spam blog
and they have taken it to a whole new level. For instance take a
look at what happened to Malik over at gigaom.com.
Now they no longer steal a story or a few snippets from your
blog, they steal the entire thing. A few weeks ago a free blog
hosting website was steaming mad as a new hosting site started
up, but looking at both sites they were not just similar, they
were virtually the same.
Why would people do this? The same old, same old. Money. Not
surprising there. With contextual ads and affiliate programs
it's never been easier to start up a website or blog and start
getting clicks. They are stealing quality content and that's the
point. They can't or won't take the time to create good, quality
content that will bring in visitors, so they steal from sites
that are popular with visitors and rich in content.
I do have to shake my head at these idiots. Yes it's easier than
ever to make money even with stolen content, but it's just as
easy for the original owner of said content to find out, either
surfing or having a loyal visitor point out the less than
honorable blog.
If such a thing ever happens to you, don't dispare. First things
first, if they are using contextual ads such as google adsense,
run don't walk to their website and report this fraud. Report
them to every ad service on their blog and try to find who is
their host and report them their as well. If this idiot is
determined they might start again, but that's why they are a
loser and thief in the first place.
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