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Story: Google SearchWiki Launches, Lets You Build Your Own Search Results Page

from StephenCronin 4 hours ago #

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SearchWiki broke the Numbered Google Results greasemonkey script. :(
But for anyone who's interested, I've posted about how to fix it. :)

http://www.scratch99.com/2008/11/searchwiki-breaks-numbered-google-results-easy-fix/

Sorry, if anyone finds this spammy, but I think this may help some of you...

Story: Trademark Productions Makes Me Want To PUKE! Blog Scrapers Are Copyright Infringers

from StephenCronin 11 days ago #

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At the risk of spamming you all and related to the issue of scrapers in general rather than this specific case, if you're running WordPress, you might like to check out my Feed Entry Header plugin. There are other plugins which do something similar as well.

Using one of these will hopefully a) get a link back to your original article and b) let people know they aren't reading the original (which is why I put the message at the top - people won't bother switching to the original site when they've finished reading and see a message at the bottom).

Story: 7 Ways Self Submission Hurts Yourself on Social Media

from StephenCronin 53 days ago #

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Hi Tad,

Won't repeat the whole comment I left on your blog, but I thought it worth repeating this part:

According to the Sphinn guidelines (http://sphinn.com/guidelines.php), they actually prefer you to submit your own posts:

Yes, you can submit your own stories. In fact, we'd rather you directly submit your own stories you think are of interest to the community than have someone do it for you.

I've done that with a couple of posts and they've gone nowhere. I've also noticed that most of the articles that go hot are not submitted by the author. So it looks like the Sphinn community agrees with what you say, even though that's not the official policy.

Story: UK SEO Personalities Line Up

from StephenCronin 78 days ago #

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If expats are being included, wouldn't Andy Beard qualify?

Story: Google Insights for Search - New Killer Keyword Research Tool

from StephenCronin 107 days ago #

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Yeah, that is one hell of a tool!

Story: 7 FireFox Extensions to Explore Page Source Code

from StephenCronin 115 days ago #

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Great list! I'm a web developer and I didn't know all of these. While they wouldn't make it into my top 5 plugins for web developers, they definitely look useful.

Story: How To Completely Clean Your Hacked WordPress Installation

from StephenCronin 148 days ago #

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This is a really great guide - more complete than most I've seen.

Story: Can Blogging Help You Find A Job

from StephenCronin 170 days ago #

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I could never have got my current job without my other skills and abilities, but my blog played a big part in clinching the deal because the organisation is looking to introduce blogging and wants more blogging expertise...

And actually, that was one of the main reasons I created the blog - to help market myself to potential employers.