Comments on: Guest blogging for (a lot of) backlinks

By: Compvision

Compvision — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:41:11 +0000

I read something about guest blogging and was doing some more research about it and found this. Very interesting post. Specially the part about the duplicate content, because I had wondered if what effect it could possibly have and this answered it perfectly. Thanks a lot for that Richard…

By: Sutures

Sutures — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:02:08 +0000

it's probably not easy to get in touch with hundreds and thousands of site owners to police their links.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:44:08 +0000

interesting findings. we have had problems with scraping of our content as well. thanks for the article.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:28:11 +0000

Thanks so much – I had no idea there was a term for what I saw happening with our website. And thanks for the different look at it!

By: Chris Page

Chris Page — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:20:32 +0000

I’m just starting out so this makes an interesting and worthwhile read. Thanks.

By: Presell Page Man

Presell Page Man — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:11:25 +0000

Now this is an interesting approach! While I don’t agree on dupe content links being the same value I see that (devalued) stuff adds up a lot here

Thanks for putting this together!

Presell Page Man

By: Dolphin

Dolphin — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:09:05 +0000

Good post, enjoyed this one. I hope one day to be worth scraping!

By: Iris Rounds

Iris Rounds — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:09:51 +0000

Great information! I found the link to this article from a tweet sent to Lynn Terry on Twitter!!! (That was tongue-twister.)

By: richardbaxterseo

richardbaxterseo — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:29:48 +0000

@Nick – that’s the the worst kind. Looks like it doesn’t matter so much when it’s an exact copy, but when the hyperlinks are changed it’s a whole different kettle of fish!

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:50:24 +0000

What is even worse is when someone scrapes content and changes the hyperlink. I have had this happen to me.

By: Adrian Land

Adrian Land — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:58:49 +0000

Good post, enjoyed this one. I hope one day to be worth scraping!

By: Jeremy Schooley

Jeremy Schooley — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:37:27 +0000

I noticed a similar thing while promoting a few of our blogs on social media sites such as Digg or Reddit. The posts that managed to hit the front page of Digg got scrapped like crazy.

By: Jerry Okorie

Jerry Okorie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:59:08 +0000

It’s always a joy to read your posts. I have been capitalising on the footer links of blog posts and it really does have a positive impact.Thanks Rich

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:52:12 +0000

thanks for the article Richard. Personally I think scraper sites just pollute the web, so I wouldn’t mind seeing them all just go away. Since that’s not likely, your insights help alleviate the annoyance factor of scraper sites. The “sign off” is really a great idea and makes the most sense – it’s no different than having any article appear that has a mini bio block in it, but with the added bonus of those links.

By: Jon Payne

Jon Payne — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:24:07 +0000

Fantastic post Richard. Thanks for the detail and data. Opinions are a dime a dozen, its nice to see someone share specific examples and data here!

By: Brandon Buttars

Brandon Buttars — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:19:06 +0000

This is a great post. I never thought of using that to your advantage. I really love the posting of other content on the bottom. Great idea.

By: MLDina

MLDina — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:13:20 +0000

If nothing else, the scraper sites provide more readers the opportunity to find your post. While they should of course provide links to the original post, it’s probably not easy to get in touch with hundreds and thousands of site owners to police their links.

Guest posting is a great idea for getting traffic, even if your post is scraped!

By: Zahid

Zahid — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:47:13 +0000

I remember I started a niche scrapper site and I started receiving emails from blog owners that I was taking away their readers and I was only taking first 200 characters of the paragraph. Anyways, I dumped the website because I felt bad for them… my website was PR 4 and they all had PR 2 and instead of thanking me, they complained because they were getting free traffic…

Just my 2 cents. Thanks for the comprehensive research.

By: Ikroh

Ikroh — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:48:19 +0000

Very interesting! Thank you for taking the time to document your findings. I agree with Robert & Richard very annoying when someone scrapes your info and removes the links!

By: richardbaxterseo

richardbaxterseo — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:14:35 +0000

Hi Robert – it sure is! Be sure to get those footer links in, they pass more value than you might think…