Comments on: Just Another Wordpress Blog… http://www.meryl.net/2007/09/just-another-wordpress-blog/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: John Lampard http://www.meryl.net/2007/09/just-another-wordpress-blog/#comment-471672 John Lampard Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:23:01 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/09/25/just-another-wordpress-blog/#comment-471672 <p>And then on the other hand are "splogs" (I think the term is) that only feature Google adsense and nothing else, aside from a blog title consisting of keywords or made up of popular search engine terms!</p> And then on the other hand are “splogs” (I think the term is) that only feature Google adsense and nothing else, aside from a blog title consisting of keywords or made up of popular search engine terms!

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/09/just-another-wordpress-blog/#comment-466459 Meryl Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:38:40 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/09/25/just-another-wordpress-blog/#comment-466459 <p>After I posted this, I received my weekly Publicity tips newsletter that addresses this very same topic! Here's an excerpt:</p> <p>What to do?</p> <p>Ignore it. That's what all the article experts I've contacted are doing.</p> <p>Rebecca Morgan, editor of SpeakerNetNews, the excellent ezine for speakers at http://www.SpeakerNetNews.com, gives the best explanation I've seen:</p> <p>"Stopping this would be a full-time job. There is no way to contact the owner from the site, so you have to look them up in Whois.com. They are often located in Eastern European countries or Asia. Emailing them gets no response. Contacting their ISP to take down the site will just mean they’ll be live from another site the next day."</p> <p>Eric Gruber of http://www.ArticleMarketingExperts.com agrees.</p> <p>"I've been getting a lot of questions like that lately. And I tell them that if their articles are on About.com and MarketingProfs.com, what are they worried about? These other sites do not generate traffic from their prospects."</p> <p>Good point. Besides, what are the chances a prospect would email you and point out to you that your article appeared on a yucky site where they were lurking? If they did read your article and click through to your website and maybe even buy something, their money is as good as anybody else's.</p> <p>Reprinted from "The Publicity Hound's Tips of the Week," an ezine featuring tips, tricks and tools for generating free publicity. Subscribe at http://www.publicityhound.com/ and receive by email the handy list "89 Reasons to Send a News Release."</p> After I posted this, I received my weekly Publicity tips newsletter that addresses this very same topic! Here’s an excerpt:

What to do?

Ignore it. That’s what all the article experts I’ve contacted are doing.

Rebecca Morgan, editor of SpeakerNetNews, the excellent ezine for speakers at http://www.SpeakerNetNews.com, gives the best explanation I’ve seen:

“Stopping this would be a full-time job. There is no way to contact the owner from the site, so you have to look them up in Whois.com. They are often located in Eastern European countries or Asia. Emailing them gets no response. Contacting their ISP to take down the site will just mean they’ll be live from another site the next day.”

Eric Gruber of http://www.ArticleMarketingExperts.com agrees.

“I’ve been getting a lot of questions like that lately. And I tell them that if their articles are on About.com and
MarketingProfs.com, what are they worried about? These other sites do not generate traffic from their prospects.”

Good point. Besides, what are the chances a prospect would email you and point out to you that your article appeared on a yucky site where they were lurking? If they did read your article and click through to your website and maybe even buy something, their money is as good as anybody else’s.

Reprinted from “The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week,” an ezine featuring tips, tricks and tools for generating free publicity. Subscribe at http://www.publicityhound.com/ and receive by email the handy list “89 Reasons to Send a News Release.”

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