Comments on: If it’s not Blog Syndication or Aggregation then it’s Stealing and Aggravating http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/ Go Green with Virtualization. Go UGLY Green with vmetc.com. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: hemanthjava http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-3771 hemanthjava Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:41:56 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-3771 Hello Sir,<br><br>This is Hemanth, the owner of the upcoming Sports Blog - <a href="http://www.clbuzz.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.clbuzz.com</a> . The blog is less than 2 months old but its <br><br>Traffic is growing very quickly and the Alexa Ranking is consistently improving Week after Week.<br><br>What is CLBuzz.com?<br><br>CLBuzz is a Sports Blog with the Latest in Sports Entertainment that Includes Football, WWE, Formula 1, TNA, UFC, MMA, Cricket Previews, Highlights, Live Streaming and more.<br><br>I am interested in blog syndication of my blog with yours to add more exposure to my blog as well as yours. Do you offer any Blog Syndication?<br><br>Waiting to hear from you.<br><br>Regards,<br>Hemanth Hello Sir,

This is Hemanth, the owner of the upcoming Sports Blog – http://www.clbuzz.com . The blog is less than 2 months old but its

Traffic is growing very quickly and the Alexa Ranking is consistently improving Week after Week.

What is CLBuzz.com?

CLBuzz is a Sports Blog with the Latest in Sports Entertainment that Includes Football, WWE, Formula 1, TNA, UFC, MMA, Cricket Previews, Highlights, Live Streaming and more.

I am interested in blog syndication of my blog with yours to add more exposure to my blog as well as yours. Do you offer any Blog Syndication?

Waiting to hear from you.

Regards,
Hemanth

]]> By: hemanthjava http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-3176 hemanthjava Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:41:56 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-3176 Hello Sir,<br><br>This is Hemanth, the owner of the upcoming Sports Blog - <a href="http://www.clbuzz.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.clbuzz.com</a> . The blog is less than 2 months old but its <br><br>Traffic is growing very quickly and the Alexa Ranking is consistently improving Week after Week.<br><br>What is CLBuzz.com?<br><br>CLBuzz is a Sports Blog with the Latest in Sports Entertainment that Includes Football, WWE, Formula 1, TNA, UFC, MMA, Cricket Previews, Highlights, Live Streaming and more.<br><br>I am interested in blog syndication of my blog with yours to add more exposure to my blog as well as yours. Do you offer any Blog Syndication?<br><br>Waiting to hear from you.<br><br>Regards,<br>Hemanth Hello Sir,

This is Hemanth, the owner of the upcoming Sports Blog – http://www.clbuzz.com . The blog is less than 2 months old but its

Traffic is growing very quickly and the Alexa Ranking is consistently improving Week after Week.

What is CLBuzz.com?

CLBuzz is a Sports Blog with the Latest in Sports Entertainment that Includes Football, WWE, Formula 1, TNA, UFC, MMA, Cricket Previews, Highlights, Live Streaming and more.

I am interested in blog syndication of my blog with yours to add more exposure to my blog as well as yours. Do you offer any Blog Syndication?

Waiting to hear from you.

Regards,
Hemanth

]]> By: VM /ETC Alternate Summary Feed Now Available | VM /ETC http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-2855 VM /ETC Alternate Summary Feed Now Available | VM /ETC Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:59:48 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-2855 [...] is just a quick follow up post on my blog aggregation rant from the end of June. A couple of constructive ideas for change came out of that exercise, and as a [...] [...] is just a quick follow up post on my blog aggregation rant from the end of June. A couple of constructive ideas for change came out of that exercise, and as a [...]

]]> By: rbrambley http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 rbrambley Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:01:07 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-2856 I have created a summary RSS feed as an alternative for aggregation sites to use. <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/vmetc/summary" rel="nofollow">http://feeds.feedburner.com/vmetc/summary</a>. I have created a summary RSS feed as an alternative for aggregation sites to use. http://feeds.feedburner.com/vmetc/summary.

]]> By: rbrambley http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-2705 rbrambley Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:50 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-2705 Erica,<br><br>Thanks for the reply and decision to make changes on <a href="http://networkvirtualization.com" rel="nofollow">networkvirtualization.com</a>. Dracolith's comments do make some great points, and I am also considering multi RSS feedS so that sites like yours can result in a win/win for both sides. I feel I speak for the v12n blogging community by saying providing a preview that links to the original content is the critical factor. The page views are critical to not only our sites, but also our sponsors. <br><br>The decision to publicly post on this topic was primarily based on the fact that the only contact I could find was a "webmaster@" address and your contact form. I have not had great results getting a response from anonymous webmasters in the past. I also decided to address this topic on behalf of all v12n bloggers past, present, and future. Erica,

Thanks for the reply and decision to make changes on networkvirtualization.com. Dracolith's comments do make some great points, and I am also considering multi RSS feedS so that sites like yours can result in a win/win for both sides. I feel I speak for the v12n blogging community by saying providing a preview that links to the original content is the critical factor. The page views are critical to not only our sites, but also our sponsors.

The decision to publicly post on this topic was primarily based on the fact that the only contact I could find was a “webmaster@” address and your contact form. I have not had great results getting a response from anonymous webmasters in the past. I also decided to address this topic on behalf of all v12n bloggers past, present, and future.

]]> By: Erica Howron http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 Erica Howron Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:14:49 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-2704 Thanks for the feedback. We have taken down your content while we review your examples of acceptable use. <br><br>We were not aware of the undesired behaviour of the addthis links pointed out by Dracolith in a comment to this post. He is right and we have removed the addThis service. Not surprisingly, we agree with his other points.<br><br>If we may say so, we do prefer to resolve complaints via email or feedback form on our site, but we are not in a position to complain, if you prefer a post ... if other feel that we do not properly attribute, please let us know.<br><br>Erica Howton<br>Webmaster <a href="http://NetworkVirtualization.com" rel="nofollow">NetworkVirtualization.com</a> Thanks for the feedback. We have taken down your content while we review your examples of acceptable use.

We were not aware of the undesired behaviour of the addthis links pointed out by Dracolith in a comment to this post. He is right and we have removed the addThis service. Not surprisingly, we agree with his other points.

If we may say so, we do prefer to resolve complaints via email or feedback form on our site, but we are not in a position to complain, if you prefer a post … if other feel that we do not properly attribute, please let us know.

Erica Howton
Webmaster NetworkVirtualization.com

]]> By: Dracolith http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 Dracolith Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:05:47 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-2701 Observation: much of what that specific site displays is fairly short, and they include a link to the original article after the text they display a link "Original article"<br>I'm suspecting most weblogs only post a summary in their RSS feed.<br><br>And that they think they're aggregating.<br> <br>That particular site displays some wild "Add This" links that point to their site instead of the original article.<br><br>Overall I consider the practice of suppressing (or failing to fully prominently disclose) the source article unacceptable and extremely unethical, they should say up front exactly where the content came from, which means the original link to the article should be prominent, not hidden at the bottom, and "add this" links should bookmark the actual article, not their page about it. <br><br>My suggestion for weblog posters, although it might be an inconvenience to some readers, is to provide a public "summarized" RSS feed, and a separate "full" RSS feed, force users to go through a click-through agreement to access, to get their personal URL for a _full_ RSS feed for their newsreader.<br><br>And possibly include the original URL and a copyright statement inside the "article text" portion of the RSS feed (beyond what's normally displayed on the weblog pages).<br><br>And be ready with the book handy to throw at anyone making such blatant abuse of the full feed.<br><br>Removing copyright statements inserted into the original article text (if they do it) I suspect would be more than worthy of a DMCA takedown request letter, I would suspect. Observation: much of what that specific site displays is fairly short, and they include a link to the original article after the text they display a link “Original article”
I'm suspecting most weblogs only post a summary in their RSS feed.

And that they think they're aggregating.

That particular site displays some wild “Add This” links that point to their site instead of the original article.

Overall I consider the practice of suppressing (or failing to fully prominently disclose) the source article unacceptable and extremely unethical, they should say up front exactly where the content came from, which means the original link to the article should be prominent, not hidden at the bottom, and “add this” links should bookmark the actual article, not their page about it.

My suggestion for weblog posters, although it might be an inconvenience to some readers, is to provide a public “summarized” RSS feed, and a separate “full” RSS feed, force users to go through a click-through agreement to access, to get their personal URL for a _full_ RSS feed for their newsreader.

And possibly include the original URL and a copyright statement inside the “article text” portion of the RSS feed (beyond what's normally displayed on the weblog pages).

And be ready with the book handy to throw at anyone making such blatant abuse of the full feed.

Removing copyright statements inserted into the original article text (if they do it) I suspect would be more than worthy of a DMCA takedown request letter, I would suspect.

]]> By: ccostan http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/comment-page-1/#comment-2700 ccostan Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:31:46 +0000 http://vmetc.com/2009/06/27/if-it%e2%80%99s-not-blog-syndication-or-aggregation-then-it%e2%80%99s-stealing-and-aggravating/#comment-2700 Well Said. I *WILL* be surprised if anything changes on that site though. Well Said. I *WILL* be surprised if anything changes on that site though.

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