Month: February 2009

How to deal with plagiarists and content scrapers?

Plagiarism and content scraping have been a perennial problem for most bloggers.

Plagiarists are the “copy-and-paste” people who directly lift someone else’s content and who republish it as their own.

Actually, copying an entire article is not really wrong as long as the source is properly credited. But if a blog is a mere mashup or collection of someone else’s content — even if the source is credited — then that is already “scraping.”

In most cases, these scrapers use robots or automated systems that browse the RSS feed of one blog then repost the content on the scraper’s blog. Worse, these scrapers plaster the blog with Google Adsense ads which means they earn by stealing the content of other bloggers.

In their Inside Adsense blog, Google posted solutions to help address these issues.

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How to link Google Adsense and Analytics

Last year, we announced the launch of the integration between Google Adsense and Analytics. We identified five things how this integration can help site publishers earn more from Adsense.

These are the ability to know the:

  1. Specific content on one’s blog or site that delivers income;
  2. Geographic location of ad clicks;
  3. Referring source;
  4. Time the ad clicks were made; and
  5. Browser and technologies used by the visitors who click on ads

So how can you link your Google Adsense account with Google Analytics? Here are the steps.

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Make more money online with Adsense for Domains

Most of you now know how to make money with Google Adsense. Recently, there’s an addition to the program that will help you earn more. Google Adsense for Domains is here and is now enabled for accounts of publishers in the Philippines.

How do I earn from Adsense for Domains?

You put Adsense ads on your undeveloped websites which, when clicked on by visitors, will earn you money.

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What are Unsafe and Unsound practices of banks?

Banks have been the perennial option for Filipinos as regards keeping their money. Aside from the fact that deposits are liquid — meaning you can go to a bank anytime during banking hours to request a withdrawal — there is also a sense of guarantee because deposits up to P500,000 are insured by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC).

But now that we’re seeing rural banks fail one by one, we wonder: Is our money really safe in banks?

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Politician-scammer: Mayor Celso de los Angeles of Legacy Group

Legacy Group owner Celso de los Angeles is, without a doubt, a cunning but wise businessman. Just last week, he proposed to end the “hardships” of investors of his failed “double your money” schemes by announcing that the company will file for insolvency so its assets can be divided among them.

Legacy: Celso delos AngelesAccording to De los Angeles, “instead of clients fighting over the company’s assets, it would be better to surrender all of our assets to court.” The court will then supposedly appoint a receiver who will liquidate all of Legacy’s assets and properties, the proceeds of which will be divided equitably among creditors and investors.

Wow, what a sweet and kind gesture from Mr. de los Angeles.

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Salaries of work-at-home jobs in the US

Out of more than 154 million Americans who are working, 14 million of them are telecommuting — that is, working at home — according to this Yahoo! article.

That’s almost 10% of the labor force already — a high figure — and given further advancements in technology, people’s preference to stay and work at home, and company’s desire to save on costs, this number is still expected to rise.

So what stay-at-home jobs are lucrative? Here are seven of them.

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