If You Blog, Be Original.
Posted on June 4th, 2007 by Simon ChenI’ve spent a good deal of time over the last month with some very smart blogging experts in the US. People like Dave Taylor and Sherman Hu. Both highly respected individuals.
I remember sitting down with Dave Taylor and him pulling apart this blog - both from a technical and content perspective.
What really jacks me off though is blatant plagiarism - like this basic rip off from Seth Godin below. And what disappoints me even more, is that the authors other site, perhaps his core site, is Taguchi Now!, which appears on the surface, as highly reputable.
At the moment, we’re on a quest to engage the smartest Taguchi Experts on the planet. That’s why I met up with David Bullock in Nashville the week before last. And why I researched Mario’s site when it came to my attention.
People that know me, know I’m a real big fan of Seth Godin. His blog is one I digest almost daily. Here’s his original post on 31st May. And here’s Mario’s “original” post, on the 1st June, 2007.
I would have thought that someone like Mario would have known better. Obviously not. The far reaching power of the web means that someone who has never even met you can form an opinion, determine your sentence and convict you before they’ve even met you.
I know I have.
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June 5th, 2007 at 2:29 am
No question, there are a lot of lazy bloggers who assume that if they’re in a sufficiently remote universe from the original source, they can copy and paste with impunity. This fails for two reasons, one technical and one ethical: Google can find duplicate content, and penalize them, and even if it can’t, stealing is not a solid way to build a business…
June 6th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Dave, agreed. And what I find somewhat amazing is that Mario allowed me to leave a comment to his so called original post and obviously hasn’t seen it. Which proves to me that he’s just not serious about blogging. Stealing content for your very first post is no way to start.
June 6th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I apologize for the confusion. I would never copy and paste the words of my good friend Seth Godin on my blog. I asked my webmaster to start my blog and to paste a couple of Seth’s postings to test it and he left them there. Anyhow, it is fixed now. Thank you for monitoring.
Mario
PS. Give my regards to David Bullock. He was (and still is) my best student.
June 8th, 2007 at 1:32 am
The Power Of Blogging is illustrated with this exchange.
People will be known by their works. The internet is no different.
Be orginal and tell the truth. Otherwise people will blog about it.
David Bullock
June 14th, 2007 at 10:17 am
It’s certainly an odd way to test a site - a dumb instruction, it seems, rather than one with malicious intent. Better to use nonsense text as printers do. It’s also an object lesson in not relying on “webmasters” (such a quaint term these days) to know the implications of copying and pasting someone else’s work into a blog. A “webmaster” who does not understand and use social media is as useful these days as a buggy whip.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:21 am
BTW, glad you got to see and talk with my mate Dave. In a world of self-proclaimed “internet gurus”, Dave is the real deal, doing the internet thing longer than most of us and very smartly too.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Des, I agree. And I certainly dont buy any of the story that blames the webmaster. Your actions reflect your integrity (offline and online) and if this was allowed to happen, then what else must go on?
June 18th, 2007 at 11:52 am
So you really believe that my blog that was supposed to be a verbatim copy of Seth’s? Amazing. Anyway, as they say, there is no bad publicity, just publicity.
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