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	<title>Comments on: Was my writing stolen?</title>
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		<title>By: Scott from the Writing Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-writer.com/writers/index.php/2011/08/02/was-my-writing-stolen/#comment-22599</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott from the Writing Forum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if it would be easy to change our RSS settings so that only the first 200 characters or so of a post are included in the RSS feed, making it harder for the whole blog to be scraped.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if it would be easy to change our RSS settings so that only the first 200 characters or so of a post are included in the RSS feed, making it harder for the whole blog to be scraped.</p>
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		<title>By: Briana Myricks</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-writer.com/writers/index.php/2011/08/02/was-my-writing-stolen/#comment-21881</link>
		<dc:creator>Briana Myricks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Tom: Thanks for that information! I&#039;m going to keep that in mind and make sure I take care of that ASAP!
@Sarah: I completely agree with you. When it first happened to me, I did some research into what others had to say about Social Media Today and saw that, indeed, that&#039;s what I was getting myself into. I&#039;m now grateful, since it still led to some people coming to my site.
@Stewart: I agree with David; you probably don&#039;t want your name attached to articles that were spun and no longer make sense. I hope the problem gets solved soon!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Tom: Thanks for that information! I&#8217;m going to keep that in mind and make sure I take care of that ASAP!<br />
@Sarah: I completely agree with you. When it first happened to me, I did some research into what others had to say about Social Media Today and saw that, indeed, that&#8217;s what I was getting myself into. I&#8217;m now grateful, since it still led to some people coming to my site.<br />
@Stewart: I agree with David; you probably don&#8217;t want your name attached to articles that were spun and no longer make sense. I hope the problem gets solved soon!</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Stewart If your content has been machine-spun, you probably would not want &quot;credit&quot; for the mess they make of it.  I spin my own article for article directories, since most of them prefer not to get duplicate content, but I take great care to manually spin; with the exception of an occasional typo, they do me proud.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Stewart If your content has been machine-spun, you probably would not want &#8220;credit&#8221; for the mess they make of it.  I spin my own article for article directories, since most of them prefer not to get duplicate content, but I take great care to manually spin; with the exception of an occasional typo, they do me proud.</p>
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		<title>By: stewart spencer</title>
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		<dc:creator>stewart spencer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This hits home like a ton of bricks. I&#039;m getting really frustrated at the moment. I write articles and press releases for my company partly to help with SEO.

All the content is original and where I source data from an authority I link to that site.

Lately, I keep seeing my content which has clearly been spun and making very little sense on numerous low rank article sites, the trouble is my company name still comes up in the text and I&#039;m concerned that it is being associated what what now looks like garbage. I also wonder if this is detrimental to my site as far as the search engines are concerned.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This hits home like a ton of bricks. I&#8217;m getting really frustrated at the moment. I write articles and press releases for my company partly to help with SEO.</p>
<p>All the content is original and where I source data from an authority I link to that site.</p>
<p>Lately, I keep seeing my content which has clearly been spun and making very little sense on numerous low rank article sites, the trouble is my company name still comes up in the text and I&#8217;m concerned that it is being associated what what now looks like garbage. I also wonder if this is detrimental to my site as far as the search engines are concerned.</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah Mitchell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarah Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry David! My comment applies to the writer, of course.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry David! My comment applies to the writer, of course.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Sarah, thanks for the feedback.  Just please note that this was Briana&#039;s experience with her writing, not mine.  But I&#039;ll come back and rant about my own experience when I feel like it.  ;-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Sarah, thanks for the feedback.  Just please note that this was Briana&#8217;s experience with her writing, not mine.  But I&#8217;ll come back and rant about my own experience when I feel like it.  <img src='http://www.seo-writer.com/writers/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Sarah Mitchell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarah Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi David,

I share your pain, I really do. I&#039;ve been scraped and ripped off too many times to count. I&#039;ve even had whole blog posts sold by other copywriters to unsuspecting clients which is plain illegal any way you look at it. 

Any reputable author should credit inspiration, not only as a common courtesy but also as best practice. 

However, I disagree with your comments about Social Media Today. I, too, have some of my blog posts published on the site. Like you, the posts garner far more traffic and social media activity than I ever get on my own blog. But here&#039;s the thing; you imported your feed to Social Media Today and, by doing so, gave them explicit permission to republish anything they want from your blog. They&#039;re an aggregator site and make no bones about it. They always give writer credit and always provide a link back to the original post. You can&#039;t play the game then complain you were mistreated. You weren&#039;t. People will discover your blog and more of your posts if the content is compelling enough. Frankly, getting published on Social Media Today isn&#039;t easy and their editorial process is tough. You should be grateful for the opportunity they&#039;ve provided. If you&#039;re not, remove your feed and you won&#039;t have to deal with them anymore.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi David,</p>
<p>I share your pain, I really do. I&#8217;ve been scraped and ripped off too many times to count. I&#8217;ve even had whole blog posts sold by other copywriters to unsuspecting clients which is plain illegal any way you look at it. </p>
<p>Any reputable author should credit inspiration, not only as a common courtesy but also as best practice. </p>
<p>However, I disagree with your comments about Social Media Today. I, too, have some of my blog posts published on the site. Like you, the posts garner far more traffic and social media activity than I ever get on my own blog. But here&#8217;s the thing; you imported your feed to Social Media Today and, by doing so, gave them explicit permission to republish anything they want from your blog. They&#8217;re an aggregator site and make no bones about it. They always give writer credit and always provide a link back to the original post. You can&#8217;t play the game then complain you were mistreated. You weren&#8217;t. People will discover your blog and more of your posts if the content is compelling enough. Frankly, getting published on Social Media Today isn&#8217;t easy and their editorial process is tough. You should be grateful for the opportunity they&#8217;ve provided. If you&#8217;re not, remove your feed and you won&#8217;t have to deal with them anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for that tip, Tom.  I am going to test the plugin on one of my blogs now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for that tip, Tom.  I am going to test the plugin on one of my blogs now.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Shivers</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-writer.com/writers/index.php/2011/08/02/was-my-writing-stolen/#comment-21559</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Shivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Briana,
As bad as scrapper sites and copiers are, there is a silver lining for WordPress bloggers. The plugin RSS Footer Links was designed for specifically for scrapper sites who pipe in your RSS feed to create posts for their scrapper blogs. It adds links to the bottom of the post back to the original post along with any other links you choose to add.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Briana,<br />
As bad as scrapper sites and copiers are, there is a silver lining for WordPress bloggers. The plugin RSS Footer Links was designed for specifically for scrapper sites who pipe in your RSS feed to create posts for their scrapper blogs. It adds links to the bottom of the post back to the original post along with any other links you choose to add.</p>
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