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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Blogger Resource Has Arrived. -07.16.2013
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Friday, February 8, 2013
DMCA BLOGGER ALERT: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (And "Spam Blogs," Too)
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ALERT: If you are involved in any aspect of blogging, journalism, publishing, communications, or just happen to own a mobile device which can be unlocked (which would permit you to switch carriers when traveling abroad, or for other reasons), you need to be fully apprised of the DMCA - The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - and its implications for your personal life and business career. You may get one of these on your Blogger dashboard, email, or in the form of a summons. Here's what appeared at the top of my dashboard [yikes!]:
I recently received the associated email which follows. It was sent by Google about one of my posts in The Mad Marketing Tactics Blog which may have contained some material which represented a violation of copyright laws or policies. I simply deleted the post, as I was unable to find the complaint message which cited the nature of my offense by using the suggested Chilling Effects Search Page, which was not functioning earlier today.
Chilling Effects accumulates these DMCA complaint letters, eliminates the identity of the sender (this is sometimes called "sanitization,") and doesn't give you an opportunity to contact, correspond with, or directly confront your accuser - an anonymized complainant.
Here's the content of the letter sent by Google to me:
Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog is alleged to infringe upon the copyrights of others. As a result, we have reset the post(s) to \"draft\" status. (If we did not do so, we would be subject to a claim of copyright infringement, regardless of its merits. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.) This means your post - and any images, links or other content - is not gone. You may edit the post to remove the offending content and republish, at which point the post in question will be visible to your readers again.
A bit of background: the DMCA is a United States copyright law that provides guidelines for online service provider liability in case of copyright infringement. If you believe you have the rights to post the content at issue here, you can file a counter-claim. In order to file a counter-claim, please see http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_counternotice&product=blogger.
The notice that we received, with any personally identifying information removed, will be posted online by a service called Chilling Effects at http://www.chillingeffects.org. We do this in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). You can search for the DMCA notice associated with the removal of your content by going to the Chilling Effects search page at http://www.chillingeffects.org/search.cgi, and entering in the URL of the blog post that was removed.
If it is brought to our attention that you have republished the post without removing the content/link in question, then we will delete your post and count it as a violation on your account. Repeated violations to our Terms of Service may result in further remedial action taken against your Blogger account including deleting your blog and/or terminating your account. DMCA notices concerning content on your blog may also result in action taken against any associated AdSense accounts. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel.
Sincerely,
The Blogger Team
Affected URLs:
http://madmarketingtactics.blogspot.com/2010/11/slogans-spores-planted-in-consumers.html
Author's Note (1) at 8th February 2013: I have subsequently deleted the "offending post" hyper-linked above (just to avoid expending the time which would invariably be wasted in 1) researching the complaint; 2) determining its validity, and 3) editing the blog post, if necessary) has subsequently been removed.
Author's Note (2) at 8th February 2013: Several weeks ago I was surprised to find that one of my blogs, which had only been posted to once (and that was just a test!) was suspended by Google/ Blogger for possibly being a "spam blog". In the notification, Google stated that the blog might have been suspended in error due to (paraphrased) "certain kinks and quirks in the robotic search which algorithmically makes these determinations and has been known to make errors."
Google's/ Blogger's notification went on to say that if I emailed them at a particular address, they would respond to me within less than a business day with their determination in an email sent to the address of my choice. As a matter of record, I have sent them a total of eight separate requests during the course of the last several weeks, and have never received an acknowledgement, or an email from them. For inquiring minds, here is the text of the notification that Google sent to me [I'm gently sobbing as I relive this moment of horror]:
A SPAM BLOG? THIS CAN'T BE!
Douglas E. Castle for The Blogging Tips, Tricks And Tools Blog, and for CFI - CrowdFunding Incubator LLC
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DMCA BLOGGER ALERT: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(And "Spam Blogs" To Boot)
(And "Spam Blogs" To Boot)
ALERT: If you are involved in any aspect of blogging, journalism, publishing, communications, or just happen to own a mobile device which can be unlocked (which would permit you to switch carriers when traveling abroad, or for other reasons), you need to be fully apprised of the DMCA - The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - and its implications for your personal life and business career. You may get one of these on your Blogger dashboard, email, or in the form of a summons. Here's what appeared at the top of my dashboard [yikes!]:
I recently received the associated email which follows. It was sent by Google about one of my posts in The Mad Marketing Tactics Blog which may have contained some material which represented a violation of copyright laws or policies. I simply deleted the post, as I was unable to find the complaint message which cited the nature of my offense by using the suggested Chilling Effects Search Page, which was not functioning earlier today.
Chilling Effects accumulates these DMCA complaint letters, eliminates the identity of the sender (this is sometimes called "sanitization,") and doesn't give you an opportunity to contact, correspond with, or directly confront your accuser - an anonymized complainant.
Here's the content of the letter sent by Google to me:
Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog is alleged to infringe upon the copyrights of others. As a result, we have reset the post(s) to \"draft\" status. (If we did not do so, we would be subject to a claim of copyright infringement, regardless of its merits. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.) This means your post - and any images, links or other content - is not gone. You may edit the post to remove the offending content and republish, at which point the post in question will be visible to your readers again.
A bit of background: the DMCA is a United States copyright law that provides guidelines for online service provider liability in case of copyright infringement. If you believe you have the rights to post the content at issue here, you can file a counter-claim. In order to file a counter-claim, please see http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_counternotice&product=blogger.
The notice that we received, with any personally identifying information removed, will be posted online by a service called Chilling Effects at http://www.chillingeffects.org. We do this in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). You can search for the DMCA notice associated with the removal of your content by going to the Chilling Effects search page at http://www.chillingeffects.org/search.cgi, and entering in the URL of the blog post that was removed.
If it is brought to our attention that you have republished the post without removing the content/link in question, then we will delete your post and count it as a violation on your account. Repeated violations to our Terms of Service may result in further remedial action taken against your Blogger account including deleting your blog and/or terminating your account. DMCA notices concerning content on your blog may also result in action taken against any associated AdSense accounts. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel.
Sincerely,
The Blogger Team
Affected URLs:
http://madmarketingtactics.blogspot.com/2010/11/slogans-spores-planted-in-consumers.html
Author's Note (1) at 8th February 2013: I have subsequently deleted the "offending post" hyper-linked above (just to avoid expending the time which would invariably be wasted in 1) researching the complaint; 2) determining its validity, and 3) editing the blog post, if necessary) has subsequently been removed.
Author's Note (2) at 8th February 2013: Several weeks ago I was surprised to find that one of my blogs, which had only been posted to once (and that was just a test!) was suspended by Google/ Blogger for possibly being a "spam blog". In the notification, Google stated that the blog might have been suspended in error due to (paraphrased) "certain kinks and quirks in the robotic search which algorithmically makes these determinations and has been known to make errors."
Google's/ Blogger's notification went on to say that if I emailed them at a particular address, they would respond to me within less than a business day with their determination in an email sent to the address of my choice. As a matter of record, I have sent them a total of eight separate requests during the course of the last several weeks, and have never received an acknowledgement, or an email from them. For inquiring minds, here is the text of the notification that Google sent to me [I'm gently sobbing as I relive this moment of horror]:
Douglas E. Castle for The Blogging Tips, Tricks And Tools Blog, and for CFI - CrowdFunding Incubator LLC
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
What Is Your Website's (Or Blog's) "Q RATING"?
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In Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the principal objectives are to 1) maximize the number and length of unique and return visits to your website (or blog), and 2) create the greatest possible authority ranking for your site (as measured by such ranking services as Alexa). Putting aside the old-school mechanical tricks of keyword-stuffing, adding re-spun pages to your site to increase its size, obtaining backlinks into your site from high PR-ranked blogs, directories and other e-media, submitting and resubmitting your site’s address to multiple search engines and utilizing aggressive social media campaigning, the ultimate key is to increase your site’s “Q Factors,” thereby increasing its “Q Rating.”
Following are some highly useful guidelines in increasing your site’s Q Rating. It is best to keep these factors in mind during every step you take in designing and adding content and other informational resources to your site. The higher your site’s Q Rating, the better it will generally be rated in all of the other areas that matter.
Here’s a simple checklist of the factors which either positively or negatively influence your site’s Q Rating - the idea is to constantly work on increasing the positives and on decreasing the negatives:
High-quality factors:
Low-quality factors:
The task for all website and blog owners is to maximize the Q Rating of their sites, and to avoid relying on either robotic or automated “shortcuts” in establishing the visibility of your sites. When you increase your Q Rating, you increase your longer-term “core” site strength, and minimize the likelihood of getting your site blacklisted by search engines or directories that truly want to give their clients honest results.
A service which issues Q ratings to websites and blogs is SearchSight. You may submit your site to them at no cost, and have them give you their assessment of your Q Rating.
Time to “Q it up!” fellow website owners and bloggers.
Douglas E. Castle
CFI - CrowdFunding Incubator
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Website Quality Factors, or “Q Factors” And The “Q Score”
In Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the principal objectives are to 1) maximize the number and length of unique and return visits to your website (or blog), and 2) create the greatest possible authority ranking for your site (as measured by such ranking services as Alexa). Putting aside the old-school mechanical tricks of keyword-stuffing, adding re-spun pages to your site to increase its size, obtaining backlinks into your site from high PR-ranked blogs, directories and other e-media, submitting and resubmitting your site’s address to multiple search engines and utilizing aggressive social media campaigning, the ultimate key is to increase your site’s “Q Factors,” thereby increasing its “Q Rating.”
Following are some highly useful guidelines in increasing your site’s Q Rating. It is best to keep these factors in mind during every step you take in designing and adding content and other informational resources to your site. The higher your site’s Q Rating, the better it will generally be rated in all of the other areas that matter.
Here’s a simple checklist of the factors which either positively or negatively influence your site’s Q Rating - the idea is to constantly work on increasing the positives and on decreasing the negatives:
High-quality factors:
- Unique content that is an excellent resource.
- Your product or service presented optimally - this means with time and effort spent on description, photos, or whatever else is required.
- A brand name.
- A dedicated IP.
- Long-term domain name ownership.
- No adverts on the front page.
- High-quality website code that validates and has a good accessibility score.
- A dedicated server.
- A dedicated nameserver.
- Good traffic - especially via SERPs clickthroughs.
- Avoidance of all 'obvious SEO' measures on the site or in the content.
Low-quality factors:
- Duplicate content, scraped content, extensive RSS feed content, content with too many 'possible duplicate' signals, content with too many 'low-quality' signals.
- A low-cost domain such as .info, as these were sold cheaply by the million.
- A shared hosting server with 3,000 other sites on the server.
- Lots of adverts on the front page.
- Low-quality website code which is full of errors, and a poor accessibility score.
- No address and contact details on the site.
The task for all website and blog owners is to maximize the Q Rating of their sites, and to avoid relying on either robotic or automated “shortcuts” in establishing the visibility of your sites. When you increase your Q Rating, you increase your longer-term “core” site strength, and minimize the likelihood of getting your site blacklisted by search engines or directories that truly want to give their clients honest results.
A service which issues Q ratings to websites and blogs is SearchSight. You may submit your site to them at no cost, and have them give you their assessment of your Q Rating.
Time to “Q it up!” fellow website owners and bloggers.
Douglas E. Castle
CFI - CrowdFunding Incubator
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