Comments on: ComicBookNewsWire.com? http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234 Fighting Crime And Looking Good Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Elliott C. Bäck http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-5154 Elliott C. Bäck Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:32:02 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-5154 Hello folks. I object to the parasitic notion--unfortunately spammers have taken over WP Autoblog (google will serve you) as a tool for producing spam. The original idea was just using RSS as an import tool into Wordpress, and the format it generates adds attribution to the original source (item:link) and a "software by" link to my page. Hopefully someone will take over the tool and stick their own name on it and then I can forget it exists. Ironically, Feedwordpress existed a lot earlier than this software, and it does the same thing, but it never caught on. Hello folks. I object to the parasitic notion–unfortunately spammers have taken over WP Autoblog (google will serve you) as a tool for producing spam. The original idea was just using RSS as an import tool into Wordpress, and the format it generates adds attribution to the original source (item:link) and a “software by” link to my page. Hopefully someone will take over the tool and stick their own name on it and then I can forget it exists. Ironically, Feedwordpress existed a lot earlier than this software, and it does the same thing, but it never caught on.

]]> By: Inkygirl http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-5137 Inkygirl Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:45:41 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-5137 ps. That should, of course, have been "I COULDN'T find Tom McLean's e-mail address.."). ps. That should, of course, have been “I COULDN’T find Tom McLean’s e-mail address..”).

]]> By: Inkygirl http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-5136 Inkygirl Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:45:02 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-5136 I've also noticed that posts on ComicBookNewsWire.com are attributing content from my blog to someone else. I've written to Elliott Black (I could find Tom McLean's e-mail address) asking him to fix this. I'm hoping it's just an innocent mistake. Like the person who posted above, I happened upon your page while looking for info on ComicBookNewsWire.com. Debbie I’ve also noticed that posts on ComicBookNewsWire.com are attributing content from my blog to someone else. I’ve written to Elliott Black (I could find Tom McLean’s e-mail address) asking him to fix this. I’m hoping it’s just an innocent mistake.

Like the person who posted above, I happened upon your page while looking for info on ComicBookNewsWire.com.

Debbie

]]> By: JP http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-4998 JP Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:15:20 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-4998 "I’m going to guess that it’s all a horrible mistake of RSS programming (why attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity)." I'm going to have to go for malice on this one, as the site is hosted at ThePlanet.com. Do a search on Google for ThePlanet.com and scrapers, and you'll find a lot of reports of bad activity coming out of this range. ComicBookNewsWire.com did the same nonsense to me tonight, and I happened across your post while looking for some info on these guys. I decided to finally block all of the ThePlanet.com's IP range. It may not be something you want to do, but I've yet to anything legitimate come from there. “I’m going to guess that it’s all a horrible mistake of RSS programming (why attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity).”

I’m going to have to go for malice on this one, as the site is hosted at ThePlanet.com. Do a search on Google for ThePlanet.com and scrapers, and you’ll find a lot of reports of bad activity coming out of this range. ComicBookNewsWire.com did the same nonsense to me tonight, and I happened across your post while looking for some info on these guys. I decided to finally block all of the ThePlanet.com’s IP range. It may not be something you want to do, but I’ve yet to anything legitimate come from there.

]]> By: Sleestak http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-4833 Sleestak Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:55:40 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-4833 I keep ending back up on their site even after I repeatedly asked them to de-link me. Most recently, my content is attributed to Tom Spurgeon and linking back to someone else. Unfortunately search engine results take a reader not to my site but elsewhere. I keep ending back up on their site even after I repeatedly asked them to de-link me. Most recently, my content is attributed to Tom Spurgeon and linking back to someone else. Unfortunately search engine results take a reader not to my site but elsewhere.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-4766 Tom Spurgeon Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:18:40 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2007/01/29/234#comment-4766 Yeah, I had my lawyer ask them to stop, and they promised to. I have nothing to do with them, and neither does Tom McLean at Variety to the best of my knowledge. The most benign explanation would be this is something that's designed to grab a couple of lines of text and there's two glitches -- one that grabs all the text and one that credits it to people who have nothing to do with it. Or it could be somebody acting like a jerk. Yeah, I had my lawyer ask them to stop, and they promised to. I have nothing to do with them, and neither does Tom McLean at Variety to the best of my knowledge.

The most benign explanation would be this is something that’s designed to grab a couple of lines of text and there’s two glitches — one that grabs all the text and one that credits it to people who have nothing to do with it. Or it could be somebody acting like a jerk.

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