And even better, they’re making money by taking our content and then putting Google ads on it. Check this out to see what I mean:
http://en.bitacle.org/blogs/viewblog/xgeipfww0/33?usrmode=1
That’s my post from yesterday. Does it say ‘Plain Jane Mom’ anywhere? Nope. Creepy, right? Here are more:
And there are plenty more, but I’m tired of using their shit site to find them. Since they just subscribe to your RSS feed and use that to build their site, the “fix” is to change your RSS feeds to summaries only, not full posts.
Legitimate aggregators like Technorati display only excerpts of your content, and I have no problem with that. Does bitacle irritate anyone else, or is it just me? Is this just a necessary evil? They’re selling Adsense ads on our content. Is everyone already aware of this and thinks it’s OK? I’m amazed at their gall myself, but I need to hear what y’all think.
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