Comments on: Make scrapers work for your blog http://aralbalkan.com/1132 Aral on Flash, SWX, Flex, ActionScript, and life. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ara Pehlivanian http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101963 Ara Pehlivanian Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:15:39 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101963 I write a blog that nobody cares about. That's how I deal with scrapers! :-P I write a blog that nobody cares about. That’s how I deal with scrapers! :-P

]]> By: Isofarro http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101841 Isofarro Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:49:21 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101841 "Is having incoming links from these areas to your sites really a good thing?" It won't be a bad thing for your site. If Google penalises the linked site, then SEOers could attack well-respected sites by linking to it from dubious sources. Now if _you_ link to the bad neighbourhood, that would be something penalisable. Whether there's any good - I think Joost above nails it. If a bad neighbourhood links to your post, that must mean your post existed first, therefore should have a higher 'original author' score. “Is having incoming links from these areas to your sites really a good thing?”

It won’t be a bad thing for your site. If Google penalises the linked site, then SEOers could attack well-respected sites by linking to it from dubious sources. Now if _you_ link to the bad neighbourhood, that would be something penalisable.

Whether there’s any good - I think Joost above nails it. If a bad neighbourhood links to your post, that must mean your post existed first, therefore should have a higher ‘original author’ score.

]]> By: Michael Long http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101420 Michael Long Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:50:14 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101420 One can also include a lot of links to your other stories (e.g. as we discussed in xxx), such that if they just drop it in as a whole you may get traffic coming in via your copies. One can also include a lot of links to your other stories (e.g. as we discussed in xxx), such that if they just drop it in as a whole you may get traffic coming in via your copies.

]]> By: Dealing With Blog Scrapers With Wordpress | David Bisset: Web Designer, Coder, Wordpress Guru http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101411 Dealing With Blog Scrapers With Wordpress | David Bisset: Web Designer, Coder, Wordpress Guru Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:29:19 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101411 [...] Arial Balkan notes today that he is using Joost de Valk’s Wordpress RSS Footer plugin, which is what i’ve been using since i restarted my blog. Scrapers use to bother me, but less now. Getting used to it, especially after I added “Copyright © 2007 - David Bisset (davidbisset.com) ID#DAVIDBISSET1701″ at the end of each feed which allows me to easily track via a google search where the scrapers are (in case you were wondering, if you are reading this in your RSS reader). Arial uses a link back, and he questions it - I had the same questions myself. On the safe side for now, I stick with a copyright. How many real human beings are reading the scrapers I wonder? Tags: Plugins, RSS, Scrapers, Wordpress [...] […] Arial Balkan notes today that he is using Joost de Valk’s Wordpress RSS Footer plugin, which is what i’ve been using since i restarted my blog. Scrapers use to bother me, but less now. Getting used to it, especially after I added “Copyright © 2007 - David Bisset (davidbisset.com) ID#DAVIDBISSET1701″ at the end of each feed which allows me to easily track via a google search where the scrapers are (in case you were wondering, if you are reading this in your RSS reader). Arial uses a link back, and he questions it - I had the same questions myself. On the safe side for now, I stick with a copyright. How many real human beings are reading the scrapers I wonder? Tags: Plugins, RSS, Scrapers, Wordpress […]

]]> By: Joost de Valk http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101346 Joost de Valk Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:25:48 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1132#comment-101346 Hey Aral, though I can understand your thoughts, I would not worry to much about that, if anything, these links will help search engines to acknowledge the right version of the article. Hey Aral, though I can understand your thoughts, I would not worry to much about that, if anything, these links will help search engines to acknowledge the right version of the article.

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