Blogger Anxiety – Posting

This is the fourth and final post in a series called Blogger Anxiety. Please read the previous post on When Life Gets in the Way.
There are many anxieties surrounding bloggers and posting. Some of the anxieties discussed today are content theft, credibility, target audience, posting times, and a few others.
Content Theft
A typical blog post for me takes at least an hour. Now some punk goes and takes my content and puts it on his site as well. This content-scraper can now interlace the content I created with ads and make money off of my work.
What’s a blogger to do when they find out someone has been stealing their content? One option is to contact the person directly, but this may not work out in all cases.
My biggest problem is that people will take an excerpt of my content and place it on their site without any commentary. I don’t have a problem with people quoting my work, but at least provide some unique spin. Read more…

09. Apr, 2007 





