Digital Fingerprint
From Wikipedia
Spam blogs, sometimes referred to by the neologism splogs, are artificially created weblog sites which the author uses to promote affiliated websites or to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites. The purpose of a splog can be to increase the PageRank or backlink portfolio of affiliate websites, to artificially inflate paid ad impressions from visitors, and/or use the blog as a link outlet to get new sites indexed. Spam blogs are usually a type of scraper site, where content is often either Inauthentic Text or merely stolen (see blog scraping) from other websites. These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the splog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites.
There is frequent confusion between the terms "splog" and "spam in blogs". Splogs are blogs where the articles are fake, and are only created for search engine spamming. To spam in blogs, conversely, is to include random comments on the blogs of innocent bystanders, in which spammers take advantage of a site's ability to allow visitors to post comments that may include links.
I've been the target of quit a few splogs lately. I'm not always aware that I've been the victim of content theft, but sometimes I get ping-backs that clue me into the theft.
I don't consider someone quoting from something I wrote as part of a larger piece to be content theft. No do I consider any ping-backs or track-backs from legitimate blogs to be content theft. Matter of fact, I welcome both from legitimate blogs.
I don't, however, appreciate someone using what I wrote to make money for themselves. In an effort to combat the efforts of splogs, I've installed Digital Fingerprint into my blog. I'll let you all know if it works.
