I’ve caught one or two blogs scraping BloggingTips in the last week or so. Unfortunately, it’s something that is becoming more and more common. Truth be told, there is no foolproof way to stop someone taking your content, if someone is completely committed to ripping you off they will! However, scrapers are by their very nature very lazy people who would rather plagiarize someone elses work than get off their ass and write their own content.
Therefore, by implementing a few deterrents you can discourage the scrapers from ripping off your blog.
Use…
Snarky, aren’t we?
More people are snarky than ever before thanks to blogging. Some people even take pride in this manner of speech. After all, this type of verbal expression allows bloggers to take great liberty with their opinions. It is virtually becoming a literary phenomenon . . . in the blogosphere, at least. A search of the web will find snarky mommas, snarky literary agents, snarky gossip, snarky tofu, those who profess to be randomly snarky, and even snarky entrepreneurs.
What does it mean to be snarky? Merriam-Webster online tells us that…
Elaine Ramos recently offered some excellent suggestions on how to combat “blogger’s block.” I’d like to follow up on her idea by offering ways to prevent it before it happens.
Being stranded without an idea in your head happens to every writer. You can even plan it into your writing schedule:
12:00 – 12:30: Experience writer’s block. Despair.
But don’t forget to write the next part:
12:30 – 1:30: Rummage through my ideas folder until I find something useful.
You can actually plan for such blank-outs, as it happens. Many writers often keep files of…
TopSecretBlogger.com is looking for bloggers interested in writing on the topics of technology, internet and everything in between. The current categories include making money online, blogging, internet marketing, computers, tech news and more.
The blogs main focus is to be a community driven weblog, written by everyone. This will give readers a unique perspective on the various issues and topics we are all writing about. This is a very new project and there will be monthly prizes for the most posts and random performance bonuses(for excess traffic and links) will be implemented…
Well, its BlogDay 2007 friends. It’s not too late to participate. You can learn more about it with my previous post on this year’s celebration. Instead of pointing you to specific blogs, I’d like to highlight some special sites to make this celebration more meaningful. Some of them are blog directory sites that you can explore further and others have frequently updated blogs. I hope you enjoy your tour! Happy BlogDay!
