[Nick's Writing Blog] Blog Copy: A New, Free Monitoring Service for Bloggers
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Aug 10, 2010, 1:18:54 PM8/10/10
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If you have a blog, Blog Copy is a new website you should definitely check out. The site monitors what text and pictures are being copied from your blog.
To use Blog Copy, you first have to register on the site. This is free and takes only a few moments.
Before Blog Copy can start monitoring your blog you have to do one other thing as well, which is add a snippet of code to your blog's HTML. This is, of course, explained on the website. It's quite straightforward, and does not require any skills beyond copying and pasting.
Once the code is installed, you will be able to log in to the Blog Copy website at any time and see what your readers have been copying, and several other statistics too.
I should perhaps make clear that you won't discover who exactly copied your work or what they did with it. The aim of Blog Copy is not copyright-protection, but rather to provide feedback on what sections of your blog your readers find the most interesting/useful. This is obviously valuable in terms of helping you decide what to write about in future.
It is, incidentally, fascinating to discover what gets copied from your blog - I wouldn't even have known this was possible prior to signing up with Blog Copy. The site's rather plain design won't win it any awards, but I've been impressed with how well it works and the usefulness of the information provided. And all for free, of course!
* Disclosure notice: This is a sponsored post, for which I am receiving a fee. This has not affected my review of BlogCopy in any way, though.
To use Blog Copy, you first have to register on the site. This is free and takes only a few moments.
Before Blog Copy can start monitoring your blog you have to do one other thing as well, which is add a snippet of code to your blog's HTML. This is, of course, explained on the website. It's quite straightforward, and does not require any skills beyond copying and pasting.
Once the code is installed, you will be able to log in to the Blog Copy website at any time and see what your readers have been copying, and several other statistics too.
I should perhaps make clear that you won't discover who exactly copied your work or what they did with it. The aim of Blog Copy is not copyright-protection, but rather to provide feedback on what sections of your blog your readers find the most interesting/useful. This is obviously valuable in terms of helping you decide what to write about in future.
It is, incidentally, fascinating to discover what gets copied from your blog - I wouldn't even have known this was possible prior to signing up with Blog Copy. The site's rather plain design won't win it any awards, but I've been impressed with how well it works and the usefulness of the information provided. And all for free, of course!
* Disclosure notice: This is a sponsored post, for which I am receiving a fee. This has not affected my review of BlogCopy in any way, though.
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Posted By Nick to Nick's Writing Blog at 8/10/2010 06:03:00 PM
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