Posted on 30 March 2007
I was shocked this morning to discover that Yahoo has plagiarized content from another website - in the exact order and have not credited the original website!!
They have copied the top 10 listings from the website which lists 100 hoaxes and no recognition / mention of the author. Yahoo has been guilty of plagiarizing content before: Yahoo India plagiarizes content from an Indian blogger
Here is the yahoo article on “Ten of the best April Fool’s Day hoaxes: US museum”
Original article: Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time
This is shocking!! Published on Thu Mar 29, 4:19 AM ET - the yahoo article already has 728 votes giving an average rating of 4.5/5 - and yahoo is making loads of money through their content!! I think museumofhoaxes.com should sue Yahoo for copyright violation!
UPDATE: Jeremy Zawodny and Ian @ twopointtouch.com have replied that the the news was syndicated from AFP. Ian also gave the url: http://www.afp.com/english/home/ to contact AFP. I have contacted AFP for further clarification on why the original website was not credited.
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Posted on 27 March 2007
Amazon has just announced that it has released “Contextual Links” in Beta!
This was a long time coming…. They should have done this ages ago… anyway..
This means that you can insert a simple javascript code into your websites and it will automatically find relevant amazon products to link to on your website ANd you earn the commission!
Here are the 4 simple steps to follow:
1. Visit Associates Central->Build Links->Context Links
2. Specify the maximum number of links you’d like on each page
3. Optionally customize the display of the links with a couple clicks
4. Copy/paste the generated code into your pages
You have the following customization options:
the number of links on each page
which portion of the page will be linked
which Amazon product categories are linked
the matching of exact product names only
if preview windows will appear when your site visitors hover over the links, and the style of those windows
the options of single underline, dashed underline, and double underline link formats to indicate to your site visitors that they are Context Links
You may see some links here –> to Harry Potter dvds.
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Posted on 01 March 2007
Nick mentioned about the launch of spotplex, a site currently in beta.
I tried to get the spotplex code for my blog, but registration is via invitation only.
If anyone has the ability to send out invites, can I get an invitation please ?
Thanks 
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