Plagiarism

Have you ever noticed that somebody on the Internet copied and published your articles on his website? This happens all the time, and I am wondering how dangerous plagiarism really is. If a person copies and pastes your posts, this must mean that your posts are very high quality. Only the best blogs on the blogosphere have their posts copied and published on other sites. That is why a typical blogger does not have to worry that much about plagiarism. Even if someone publishes something that you wrote, chances are it was done by an automated script. If you send an email to a webmaster of such a site, then you probably will not get any response. That is why I would recommend to relax and do not panic if someone copies your content. After all, plagiarism is even a bigger issue in college where students copy and paste articles from the Internet. Since your career does not depend on blogging, you do not have to worry about it as much as universities.

However, plagiarism is still a big concern, and it is especially dangerous if major search engines index the plagiarist’s post before they index the post on your website. If that happens then search engines might actually assume that you are the plagiarist. That is why you should be careful so that you will not be accused of plagiarism yourself. That might be especially a problem if Google does not idnex your website very often.

November 23rd, 2009 - Posted in About Blogging, About Internet, Business Topics, Technology, Websites | | 4 Comments

New Search Engines

Choosing a search engine is a very important choice. Many Internet users use search engines on a daily basis. While most Internet users are probably using Google as their default search engine, it does not mean that there is no competition. I am not even talking about Yahoo or Microsoft’s search engines, but about relatively new ones that might become popular in the upcoming years. One of them is Cuil (pronounced Cool) and so far it looks very promising. Naturally, being cool is not its only attribute, and Cuil boasts over 120 billion indexed webpages. Some even claim that this is more than Google has indexed, however, it is hard to say whether it is true or not. In any case, the more competition there is, the better it is for users, as more competition usually means higher quality. This is especially true when it comes to the technology market, as often we do not see a lot of competition. Why is that, one might ask? I believe that is because the resources required to compete with other companies in technology market are huge. It is relatively easy to open a grocery store; however, creating a search engine from scratch which is suppose to compete with giants like Google is not easy. I hope this will change when technology will become even more widespread. Personally, I would like to see at least a few high quality search engines being created within the next few years.

November 22nd, 2009 - Posted in About Internet, Websites | | 0 Comments

AdSense in Embedded Players

It seems that for some time now YouTube is allowing to embed YouTube clips that contain an AdSense unit above the clip. YouTube has various pages that discuss this feature. YouTube claims that this service allows enhancing of a site with high quality, relevant video content from YouTube partners. Of course, it also allows you to earn extra revenue along the way. It is supposed to attract and retain users with highly relevant, frequently refreshed video from popular content providers. You will need to sign up for an AdSense account to participate. This would be yet another way to make money - by embedding YouTube clips on your site.

November 19th, 2009 - Posted in About Internet, Business Topics | | 2 Comments

Hecklers

The majority of bloggers would like to be famous, but with fame also come some problems. Many famous bloggers report that they encountered many unpleasant situations with people that we can call hecklers. Some people decide to leave rude comments, while other resort to even more drastic measures. There have been situations where other bloggers were making personal attacks on others in their own posts. Sometimes there are even the whole posts dedicated to it. Of course, people will be more willing to make attacks on popular bloggers, rather than less popular. Often the reason for these attacks is jealously. So how can we really deal with this? Those who encountered such situations recommend that you ignore any negative comments/posts. After all, why would you get involved in fruitless conversation with someone who is looking for a fight? The only time it might be a good idea to make an official response is when you were accused of very specific things that you have a clear answer to. In such a case you may want to respond; however, make sure that your arguments are based on facts and try to avoid being rude if that is possible.

November 2nd, 2009 - Posted in About Blogging, About Internet, Websites | | 0 Comments