As many of you are aware, one of my new tasks as a staff member with Activerain is to manage trouble tickets as they come in. This in itself is more than a full time job. One of the debates that I have had on several occasions is in regards to plagiarized content. Activerain stands is all about original content. If you read through the Community Guidelines, it specifically deals with this issue. As a reminder, here are a few of those guidelines:
- Respect copyrights. Only upload content/images that you have the right to use (what you have paid for or own), and whose copyright rules allow for commercial use.
- Do not plagiarize (copy and paste) content from another source, and publish it as your own. You must obtain expressed permission from the original source to republish, and give reference to such within the body of your post. Permission to re-print is NOT the same as permission to re-publish. This also applies to publishing other real estate listings that are not your own.
- Do not attempt to selfishly manipulate search engine results through blackhat SEO techniques, such as Keyword Stuffing, or by posting endless copied sections of your local MLS. Violation of this guideline may result in an immediate termination of your account/profile.
- The point system is intended to encourage and reward genuine effort. Points for blogging will only be awarded for your own majority original content. Examples of what doesn't qualify for points: jokes, recipes, inspirational quotes, poems, re-published marketing materials like newsletters, press releases and news articles, information from government websites, bible verses, large copied sections of the MLS, or posts that only contain links and keywords, but offer no value for consumers.
If there are four guidelines that deal directly with original content in one way or another, I think that would make it clear what we stand for. So, if you are looking for more golden stars, and less points being removed, feed the network your original material.
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