Welcome to my family history blog. Finding more about my family's history is very rewarding as well as being interesting and educational.
I created this blog to share my thoughts, experiences, tips and resources in my search for my ancestors' history and maybe, help you in your research as well. I am particularly interested in the history of Upper Canada and the Loyalist period in history.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Who Is "Genealogy" And What Can We Do To Protect Our Blogs?

Thomas MacEntee brought this subject to our attention last summer on the group on Facebook as well as at Geneabloggers. Splogs are created to direct traffic to their site which is full of stolen content. I was on Your Family Tree, a splog that Thomas MacEntee alerted us about and it was like deja vu, a lot of blog posts that I've read before. I haven't seen any of my posts out there yet but I searched and found a Follow Friday Geneabloggers post that mentioned my blog. I didn't take time to go through over 1800 genealogy posts that were there, so there probably is one. To people that aren't bloggers, the site looks like an authentic research site, but once you start searching, it is obvious that none of the material on the site is original.

I have posted my Creative Commons License on my website but I don't think anyone from these sites actually go to the sites to read them, so I am going to be putting my license on every blog post. It clearly states that it is not to be used on a commercial website. I hope that this makes them think twice about adding my content to their sites.



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Ancestral Notes by Earline Hines Bradt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
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4 comments:

  1. Earline, I just wanted to say, I love your new format. So easy to read.

    Regarding your post, I accept the fact that people will possibly use my photos and blogs, so I put no restrictions on my site. Otherwise, I would go nuts. I do hate that Google captures the blog, and it is out there for all to see (I wrote about this a few weeks ago). So now, this comment will be out there in cyberspace!
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  2. Thanks, Barbara, this template isn't the fanciest, but it is easy to read for those(like me)with bad eyesight.
    If it was just my content, I wouldn't be too worried, but I am responsible for other people's work on my blog and I want to protect their interests as well.
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  3. My eyesight too, so another thanks. Even the word verifications sometimes get me. Now I understand about your concern on your blog. I'm just doing mine.
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  4. What a good idea - we should all probably do the same!
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