Splog is a spam blog which steal content from other blogs, in many cases they never refer to original source and take a full credit for a story or content. There are three major types of splogs: splog made to generate traffic and make money from affiliate & pay-per-click programs (Google AdWords, AdBrite, Yahoo Ads, Bidvertiser etc), splogs to generate traffic and redirect users to other websites and services, splogs to fill content with different links for SEO purposes.

Recently I discovered that several blog posts I wrote appeared on some other blog. It was obvious that my best & the most popular posts were picked by hand and copied word to word. I was lucky to discover that guy information was listed on Whois when I checked his domain, can you imagine! This jackass never put privacy on his 100% illegal site. So, I emailed him:

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Google is working to create content payment business model for publishers who will be able to charge visitors to read content and offer subscriptions. “Google believes that an open web benefits all users and publishers, however, open not mean free.  We believe that content on the Internet can thrive supported by multiple business models — including content available only via subscription” the company said in a document to the Newspaper Association of America.

New system will allow to charge visitors from penny to several dollars using Google Checkout and other payment platforms within a year.
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