If you're going to steal someone's work...don't do this...

[DeirdreJ]

OK, this is funny and weird. Not really sure what is going on here. Apparently someone stole a recent article I wrote on my site and put it on theirs, with one spin...they ran it through some article rewriting software or something and...

...well you can see for yourself.

This is MY article (http://learninternetbusinesstoday.com/social-icons-what-the-heck-are-those-thingys/)

This is THEIR reworked article. (http://iconsformyspace.edublogs.org/2009/10/15/what-do-those-icons-mean-learn-internet-business-today/)

Funny actually but I have to wonder why anyone would do this. Aside from the one link, what are they gaining? Plus the rework makes no sense whatsoever. What am I missing?

[jkgourmet]

it actually reads a bit like a translated page - badly translated. But still in English. Barely.

Interesting that the blog is still very incomplete, and that the names, dates, and misc other data are in some foreign language. Greek, maybe? (yes, that's a pun, though it may be literally true as well.)

[Suzi]

Oh - that's made my day. It's one of the funniest things I've read for a while.
I must rememer to assume an 'entire rigorous position' while working!!

Of course, not funny at all that they are stealing your stuff, but at least the result is so awful you can be assured they are not getting any benefit from it...

How did you find it?

Suzi

[David Jackson]

Not funny at all that they are stealing your stuff. How did you find it?

Actually, it's pretty easy to find out where your articles are being published. You can use services like Copyscape Plagiarism Checker, or you can just type the title of your article (in quotations) into your favorite search engine.

David Jackson

[KarenMcG]

I agree, it looks like it's by someone who doesn't use English as a first language.

Unfortunately, it's too bad your work was lifted. The good news, though, it seems the "lift" may not be very beneficial. It's definitely difficult to read and understand...even when you know what it's supposed to say (after reading your original).

[StephenT]

I agree with Suzi, I don't think they are getting much mileage out of your article! It was pretty humorous.

[StephenT]

I just got a post from Problogger this am and it talked about this. Here is the Link (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/10/20/stop-scrappers-and-spammers-fast/)

[Henrik Flensborg]

it actually reads a bit like a translated page - badly translated. But still in English. Barely.

Interesting that the blog is still very incomplete, and that the names, dates, and misc other data are in some foreign language. Greek, maybe? (yes, that's a pun, though it may be literally true as well.)

Looks Finnish to me.

Nothing useful will come from such an impossible to read blog post - except for ad exposure

[lisamariemary]

Omigosh, that's hysterical!!!

Which 'one link' did you mean? There is the banner ad and three links to different edubloggers. Weirdness.... especially what the link text is and how sorely it doesn't ....oooh - what if all three of those other blogs are his?

Hmm.... yep, looks like it. Same goofy 'English' on all three other blogs.

Reading some of that was so funny!!

I love your blog, btw!! I'm usually very anti-big-header, but, for some reason, on your site - I love it! Ha - go figure! Off to follow you on Twitter....