Great idea - if the bloggers could pre-empt the copy/paste keeners by posting a link to their latest blogs here, WATRB, QPR Fan's Network etc. this should help. The view of this blogger (Adam McLane) on this topic (I have posted both the blog link and the article as I found this particular blog webpage (others too) quite slow to open - another reason to copy/paste content? "Hi. I'm Adam and since 2004 this is my blog. I'm a husband, dad, and a whole bunch of other things." please log in to view this image http://adammclane.com/2011/04/29/how-to-repost-a-blog-post-with-style-and-grace/ 24 replies to this article (which could have some relevant interesting content), but I could not get that link to open. "How to repost a blog post with style and grace Since I first wrote about people stealing my content last November, âHow to blog, write, and speak with integrityâ Iâve gotten lots of contacts asking me how to properly repost or cite blog posts, web articles, and news stories. Here are some tips for reposting internet content with style and grace. Never repost an entire article without permission from the site owner. First, its a breach of etiquette. Second, nabbing someoneâs content without their consent is theft of their intellectual property. Third, even if you link back, most agree that search engines will punish both domains for duplicate content. How do you get permission? You ask! Email the author or use their contact form or just leave a comment on the post. Most will, happily and free of charge offer you their content. Use an excerpt of no more than two paragraphs. Chose the part of the article that reasonated with you the most or makes the point most clearly, and excerpt it. You can wrap the excerpt in the context of a point you are writing about or simply post the excerpt with a question or thought for discussion. Bloggers consider this a high compliment. And news agencies (and other sources very sensitive about their intellectual property) wonât be concerned that you are trying to gain traffic off of their content. Set your excerpt apart graphically. For any quote of more than two sentences use the block quote feature of any blog editor. To make it even more clear that Iâm quoting something, I like to italicize the whole piece. Link directly to the source content. Typically, I link to the source two times just to be absolutely certain my readers know the excerpt is not mine and where to find the source. I set the the quote up (or follow-up) with linking the article to the authors name. âI was reading Adam McLaneâs dare for pastors the other dayâ¦â Then, after Iâve posted the excerpt, I link to the source with the words âSourceâ or âRead the rest.â Hat tips and Trackbacks are still good manners. A hat tip is simply a gesture that another person provided the idea for your post or otherwise recognizing another person for contributing to your post. (ht to Adam McLane) A trackback alerts the blog owner that youâve linked to them. On some sites, the trackback appears as a comment on the original post while on other sites it never appears publicly but is tracked by the owners site software. In WordPress, I manually enter a trackback for every link I put in a post to a news site or blog. I hope these tips are useful. Each of these things only takes a few moments but makes a big difference in creating professional quality content. More importantly, to your readers it communicates that you arenât a slob with other peopleâs intellectual property. Have more questions about this topic? Leave a comment!"
