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From http://www.ducttapemarketing.com 5543 days ago

What Happens When Someone Copies Your Posts?

twinsThere's a bit of a debate that goes on in different corners of the blog world about the somewhat common practice of republishing blog posts via RSS feed. The republisher, generally someone trying to create content without any work for the purpose search engine traffic and AdSense revenue, simply creates sites and posts various RSS feeds for the content.

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Written by ShawnHessinger
5543 days ago

Maybe I'm naive, but it seems to me that the effort needed to prevent this activity is more than it is worth to stop it. Also, when it comes to search engine penalties, I tend to rely on the idea that the system is designed to reward those making the online environment a better place. So I wouldn't expect to be penalized for something I haven't done. I also think there is a huge difference between someone posting a portion of my article with a link back to me and simply stealing my stuff without attribution or link juice. Perhaps others don't see this distinction.

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Written by CindyKing
5540 days ago

I agree with you Shawn. And if anyone has difficulties with this, then I think there other issues to consider:

- What exactly are you putting online?

If it is so unique and valuable, it's not the copiers I would be worried about, but the people who could actually improve on what you've put up and give a better offer to your clients.

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