tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post3454039896842748845..comments2023-08-26T05:04:33.009-04:00Comments on anti-virus rants: take my content, please!kurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-3135274086520825292008-07-03T09:43:00.000-04:002008-07-03T09:43:00.000-04:00I imagine some small number of these are scrapers ...I imagine some small number of these are scrapers made just because someone was curious if they could make it work. Or maybe they wanted their own RSSReader-like interface on one blog so they didn't have to visit everyone. *shrug*<BR/><BR/>Weird, for sure, no matter what the motivation.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357840241031190415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-52091995601813777732008-07-03T07:55:00.000-04:002008-07-03T07:55:00.000-04:00hmmm, y'know i think i may have seen the same scra...hmmm, y'know i think i may have seen the same scraper you did... i recall one where the attribution was totally borked... it was pretty obvious that it was an automated script that was just not up to the task....<BR/><BR/>even that didn't bother me much though... obviously i'd like the attribution left in place, if for no other reason than it provides context which says these posts come from the same guy and thus belong together, but ehh - whatever, i just don't care enough to do anything about it...<BR/><BR/>in the long run, the person who comes up with a good idea isn't as important as the idea itself...kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-65794656437249084822008-07-03T04:17:00.000-04:002008-07-03T04:17:00.000-04:00I'm quite fascinated by this, as I briefly conside...I'm quite fascinated by this, as I briefly considered doing something similar a while back. As it turns out though, I'm glad I didn't because the guy "running" the scraper site had no idea it <A HREF="http://blog.spywareguide.com/2008/07/content-scrapers-and-security.html" REL="nofollow">wasn't quite</A> as legit as he'd thought it was.paperghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008375028597908359noreply@blogger.com