One of the things I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving are the people who code, write, and give form to the internet. I am a huge defender of intellectual property rights as well as compensating those with links who author, post, and code on sites around the web.<\/p>\n
I am honored to be able to write here and be one of the dawgs. I still feel intimidated by some of the great folks I get to write with here. I am well compensated for my efforts both with an audience and a place on the right hand of Odysseus’s blog with a link. With that in mind, please know that what I am about to say is out of respect for your generosity, Greg. <\/p>\n
I am not a nameless faceless content generator. I am an author. I could not ask for more freedom and respect than Greg offers to us. Thank you, sir. <\/p>\n
I am seeing three trends that are violating my respect of authors and creators in the real estate space and I want to get them off of my chest. Thanks for your patience while I do.<\/p>\n
Ugly Trend #1: De-emphasizing of Authors on Group Blogs.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you author a post on a blog that I have anything to say about, you will receive credit and links for your efforts. Simple as that. The current trend of consciously shifting the focus onto the domain and away from authors is offensive to me. Enough said.<\/strong> I got upset when Trulia no followed links to sites that gave them content (err..listings) and said something. Taking author links away from those who write is no different than no following them and I feel the need to be consistent. Good enough to hire, not good enough to marry? No thanks. <\/p>\n Ugly Trend #2: Content Stealing via RSS Feed <\/strong><\/p>\n My buddy Kevin Koitz just guest posted<\/a> on my Search blog about WordPressDirect and the increased ease of splog creation and the fact that it takes authenticity away from a blog \/ site. My antidote on WP blogs? 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