“Duplicate content", a topic that has had much debate for a number of years now  . A topic that has plagued SEO for years is this idea of a penalty for duplicate content. The question being asked is; “Does Google, or any search engine, penalise duplicate content?”

Is scraped content a pain for you? Is your site being scraped of its content on a daily basis? The internet is a vast and magnificent place for knowledge. It has been a place where you can find almost anything. It has been said, if you can't find it on the internet, it does not exist. That being said, the internet is also a sewer of fraud, theft and corruption. Many original content sites have had their content scraped or stolen, then posted on some other site without their express consent or any credit given. For many years there has been debate as to how to stop this, if it can be stopped.

Every year on Heritage Day we attend a Volleyball competition. I have been playing volleyball for years, but age is now creeping up on me, so the speed and agility is not there anymore. Yet our team won both the men's and the mixed groups. Quite an achievement. What then has this got to do with blogging?

Welcome to the September 21, 2009 edition of web developers. We have a wide variety of posts to read. From Cybercrime and Social Networks to Education Technology for parents. Have you ever used WolframAlpha, well read the post about 25 tips for WolframAlpha.

Have dun and enjoy.

A while back I wrote some posts on speciality search engines. Where I outlined some neat search engines that one should always have in your research arsenal. Some were Topic specific some were product specific, like the list of PDF search engines. Well here is a search engine that you...

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I recently wrote a blog post on Things I wish I knew before I started blogging. It is a great resource on things to do and...

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Every blogger, whether your are a professional a-list blogger, or a casual blogger, had to start somewhere. But like me, many just jumped into blogging without even a thought as to what blogging is all about. There are things I wish I had known before I started. Things I wish I had done before I started.

Found this on Winston the Pigeons Facebook page. Brilliant.



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Can Winston the pigeon fly faster than you can send email?

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According to reports and blogs on the web, IBM is dumping Microsoft Office in favour of its own version of Open Office, Lotus Symphony. It has issued a ban, prohibiting it’s employees from using any Microsoft Office software.

History teaches us that history teaches us nothing. I’m sure we have all heard that. But why does it have to ring so true. If you have been blogging for any amount of time, you would readily admit that you have made many mistakes. That's not bad in itself. What is sad though,  is when you do not learn from your mistakes.