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As the author of multiple blogs I often times find it difficult to determine exactly which blog to publish a new article to. Especially as I continue to build content on certain blogs that are still within the “launch” phase of their lifecycle. More often than not, we follow our instinct and publish to that new project, hoping that this is the article that will bring an increase in traffic.
As you continue to build your blog portfolio this can become an increasing problem and one that can cost you dollars. Google’s AdSense has a wonderful tool to help make this decision easier: ad channels. If you aren’t using channels I highly encourage you to take some time out this weekend and establish channels for all of your ad units, across all of your blogs.
After you have established your ad channels you can now go look at what makes the most sense to your checkbook when an article’s home is in question. Out of my two blogs, my personal blog has a higher click-through rate and is therefore the prime target for some of the more questionable articles I write.
Of course, maintain your niche - and think of your readers as well. I definitely wouldn’t abandon Betaflow and post a review of the hottest new web 2.0 application on my personal blog just because I might a little more. But, in times when you just don’t know - ad channels can really help. I recently published an article title “Windows Software You Need,” which would have fit in easily over at Betaflow, but after a quick review of my ad channels it was clear where that article needed to be headed.
Not many of us are blogging to pay the bills, but that is no reason to intentionally hinder yourself. Use all of the tools available to you to determine what best suits your budget, your niche, and your readers.
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Michael Wales is currently a Senior Airman in the United States Air Force awaiting a June-July promotion to Staff Sergeant. Michael also writes a blog at http://www.betaflow.com/ about Web 2.0 companies and new media.
Hi, I have a quick question, hope you can help!
I’m working hard to post every day at my blog, http://www.romancetracker.com, and am pleased to see that my Google search hits are growing every day.
Unfortunately, I have discovered a site that takes every post I write, every day, and reproduces it exactly, word for word! They have even stolen the categories I put the posts under! That site is http://www.101lovetips.com.
What should I do? The site that is stealing from me has no contact information on it at all. I hate to think that their thievery is affecting my Google ranking, and besides, I don’t want them re-publishing my original writing!
Thanks . . .
Whois Record
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Registration Service Provided By: NameCheap.com
Contact: Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
Domain name: 101lovetips.com
Registrant Contact:
Shafir Ahmad
Shafir Ahmad ( Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com)
+65.92706092
Fax: +65.90000000
720 Yishun Street 71
Singapore, P 760720
SG
Administrative Contact:
Shafir Ahmad
Shafir Ahmad ( Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com)
+65.92706092
Fax: +65.90000000
720 Yishun Street 71
Singapore, P 760720
SG
Technical Contact:
Shafir Ahmad
Shafir Ahmad ( Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com)
+65.92706092
Fax: +65.90000000
720 Yishun Street 71
Singapore, P 760720
SG
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
ns1.bignexus.com
ns2.bignexus.com
Creation date: 16 Feb 2005 19:53:39
Expiration date: 16 Feb 2008 19:53:39
and to top it all off, that person’s email address is:
shafir@myvoiz.com
Hope that helps! Although, I’m not sure it will…
Well, there are a few things you can try. They use Adsense so you could contact Google and try to get their account canceled, contact their website host and try to get their hosting turned off, etc.
Lorelle also has a great post on the steps you should take if your content is being stolen. I recommend you check it out.
Unfortunately, there is often very little you can do in these cases. The stealing website is pulling down your RSS feed, parsing it, and posting it on their site.
Without getting into a legal battle with them - which could cost quite a bit of money - try these tips:
1. Change your Feedburner RSS URL. This may only put him off for a day or two, or his bot may autodiscover your feed, so it may not help at all.
2. At the bottom of each of your posts, place a block of text similar to “This post was written by [your name] exclusively for [your blog]. If this content is visible anywhere else - they are stealing.” Make sure you place a lot of inbound links in there for your keywords.
3. Report it to Google. Google may blacklist the site which limit any “punishment” for duplicate content.
I’d also consider putting some good affiliate links in there so at least you make some money if someone finds that site. It’s not really the best solution and not sure if it would work 100% but might make some $$. ?!?
I was thinking of this issue a bit more on my way to work… here’s what I would do - and it’s not the nicest thing in the world:
1) Figure out how he is stealing your data. Do this by setting up another RSS feed and setting your current blog’s auto-discover URL to this new feed. If the content on the stealing website changes to what is on your new feed - he is autodiscovering, if not, he’s using your current feed.
2) Spam the feed he is using with so many ads and affiliate links his content is virtually useless and you may make a few dollars.
This could get kind of difficult if he is using your current feed (not autodiscovery) - since you will have to have your readers transition over to a new feed (that the thief doesn’t know about).
Great ideas everyone, thanks so much!
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