Comments on: RSS Ethics: Stealing Content or Adding Value? http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/ Advice for Internet Marketers with Ethics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:06:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Antone Roundy http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/#comment-811 Antone Roundy Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:52:17 +0000 http://whitehatcrew.com/blog/?p=100#comment-811 That makes sense. BTW, When I said "easy", I meant that a PHP programmer shouldn't have any trouble hacking WordPress to make it possible to, for example, exclude some posts from a special RSS feed used only for syndication. There may even be plugins already that would enable that sort of thing. If not, if you're doing a big syndication deal, hiring somebody to do the programming would be easily affordable. That makes sense.

BTW, When I said “easy”, I meant that a PHP programmer shouldn’t have any trouble hacking WordPress to make it possible to, for example, exclude some posts from a special RSS feed used only for syndication. There may even be plugins already that would enable that sort of thing. If not, if you’re doing a big syndication deal, hiring somebody to do the programming would be easily affordable.

]]> By: Ryan Healy http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/#comment-810 Ryan Healy Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:35:34 +0000 http://whitehatcrew.com/blog/?p=100#comment-810 I don't know what all the rules entailed (or if he knows about how to mark only certain posts for syndication), but I do know that one rule was that no guest posts could ever be published on his blog. Every blog post had to be written by him and only him. I assume this was to guarantee the quality of the posts that would then be syndicated on the "big name" site. I don’t know what all the rules entailed (or if he knows about how to mark only certain posts for syndication), but I do know that one rule was that no guest posts could ever be published on his blog. Every blog post had to be written by him and only him. I assume this was to guarantee the quality of the posts that would then be syndicated on the “big name” site.

]]> By: Antone Roundy http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/#comment-808 Antone Roundy Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:06:29 +0000 http://whitehatcrew.com/blog/?p=100#comment-808 Ryan, That's interesting about the restrictions on what he could publish. It'd be easy enough to mark a post as "not for syndication" to automatically exclude content they didn't want to syndicate. I wonder whether the concern was only about the content that got syndicated, or whether the owners of the other site just didn't want to be associated with a site that published certain types of things. Ryan,

That’s interesting about the restrictions on what he could publish. It’d be easy enough to mark a post as “not for syndication” to automatically exclude content they didn’t want to syndicate. I wonder whether the concern was only about the content that got syndicated, or whether the owners of the other site just didn’t want to be associated with a site that published certain types of things.

]]> By: Ryan Healy http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/#comment-806 Ryan Healy Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:58:52 +0000 http://whitehatcrew.com/blog/?p=100#comment-806 Syndication is mostly a good thing, especially when done ethically as you describe. It's the syndication by splogs (spam blogs) that's bad. I know one guy who got a syndication deal with a widely read web site and it came with rules for what he could and could not publish on his blog. Of course, the syndicating site now drives a TON of traffic for him. Pretty cool gig, although I'm not sure I'd want to do it. :-) Ryan Syndication is mostly a good thing, especially when done ethically as you describe. It’s the syndication by splogs (spam blogs) that’s bad.

I know one guy who got a syndication deal with a widely read web site and it came with rules for what he could and could not publish on his blog. Of course, the syndicating site now drives a TON of traffic for him. Pretty cool gig, although I’m not sure I’d want to do it. :-)

Ryan

]]> By: Wilfred Joseph http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/#comment-276 Wilfred Joseph Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:07:25 +0000 http://whitehatcrew.com/blog/?p=100#comment-276 You made some good points. I think that if the Syndicated article is in keeping with what and is of a equal or better quality than your post it's OK. They will get the desired Google boost and back links for improved SEO. You made some good points. I think that if the Syndicated article is in keeping with what and is of a equal or better quality than your post it’s OK. They will get the desired Google boost and back links for improved SEO.

]]> By: Antone Roundy http://WhiteHatCrew.com/blog/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value/#comment-220 Antone Roundy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:36:57 +0000 http://whitehatcrew.com/blog/?p=100#comment-220 Here's something ironic for you: I got a trackback from a splog that published an excerpt from this post...surrounded and overwhelmed by 3 AdSense units (about twice as much AdSense as content). No comments or original content of course. Here’s something ironic for you: I got a trackback from a splog that published an excerpt from this post…surrounded and overwhelmed by 3 AdSense units (about twice as much AdSense as content). No comments or original content of course.

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