February 16th, 2010 — Blog, Internet, Stollen-Content, copyright
How do you know if your website content is good? Well I suppose if 4 of your competitors copy & paste your content onto their website, of just copy your website as a whole, that’s a pretty good indication that you’re on the right track 
Have a look at Ciplex’s website. This is a website design company in Los Angeles, quite a nice website – well designed I would say with my very limited knowledge on the subject, but I like the look, and the content is definitely sufficient to give you an idea of what type of services they offer.
Now have a look at Impet Tech
Note how Impet Tech is even using the same flash intro as Ciplex! I haven’t checked it for myself, but I heard that they even have Ciplex clients in the portfolio – lol.
Apparently this is not the only company who ripped off the design off Ciplex, and Ciplex replied to a tweet of mine, saying that its not worth suing about it, since these rip-offs are not competition for them. I understand that, and I actually have a lot of respect for Ciplex. I’d have been so ticked off I might have done something horrible to them 
Now to explain how I found all this out… I saw a advert of a company here in SA that does website design and an array of other things, and decided to see what their own website looks like. Apart from the fact that I felt I was getting arc-eyes when looking at their site, its not too bad. (Yes, I am sarcastic when I say its not too bad). Its one of the most horrible websites I’ve ever seen in my life!
Here it is – close your eyes if its too much. On the other hand, if you’re brave, you can visit the Web Devine website.
Apart from the fact that they cannot do a decent design, they also cannot write their own original content. They stole Ciplex’s content – exactly as is, and stuck it on their own website. They didn’t even bother to remove the name “Ciplex” from a piece of text on their services page!!! How ridiculously lame is that?!
Here is a content comparison:
And then lastly I want to show you the mention of Los Angeles & TwoSpots (other website of Ciplex)
I cannot believe the STUPIDITY of this company. Posting content which they have not so much as READ THROUGH!!! I’m a little embarrassed on their behalf!!
Now how do you catch people who steal your content? And what do you do about it?
Well, finding them is not so difficult… I used Copyscape, but I am sure there are other tools out there too. Once you’ve found them, Lorelle has some advice on how to deal with these copy cats. If its any consolation, the thieves’ websites are usually not half as good as the original, and I doubt their service is any better!
September 9th, 2009 — My Opinion, Technology
Don’t you find it amazing that there are so many people, in so many different countries, each writing in there little space on the web. Each sharing his or her opinion, and then in turn there are people reading their thoughts.
I find it amazing to think that I am part of this revolution! Just think about our parents and grandparents. They could probably not even imagine something like we have today.
Today we have blogs, Facebook, Myspace, and so the endless list goes on and on. We’re literally living in a technological overdose.
To all of you who blog, I want to remind you that we’re all part of something new and incredible. Something which has never happened on earth before. What a priviledge to be part of this.
I’m loving it!
April 17th, 2009 — Blog, Time, Wordpress
My blog has been neglected for quite a long time now – juts more than a year!! Even though I know that I have to update my blog regularly in order to keep a good search engine ranking, it is just not as big a priority as the rest of the things in my life.
I find it quite sad, as I easily maintained a 4/10 Page Rank while my blog was still hosted with Wordpress. However, since moving to my own domain I found it is hard work to get your ranking up, and keep it there!
My work definitely eats the biggest chunk of my day, on top of that I spend quite a lot of time in traffic each day, I have to cook and clean and wash and iron and shop…. and the list goes on.
There are always friends who I need to see, and even that, I don’t do regularly enough.
In my eyes this list pretty much fills up my time, and I cannot fathom how to fit in an extra hour for blogging each day. Strange thing I noticed though, was that I have some friends who manage to do everything which I do, and more, and they STILL have free time left?
I wonder whether these people ever sleep? Do they even just take a break, drink a cup of coffee, and read an article in the news paper? I don’t know, but they’re doing something drastically different from me.
Maybe I should try to take power naps instead of sleeping a whole 8hrs each night? Maybe I should start combining some of my chores? Not sure if that would be such a good idea, as we might end up with tile cleaner in the dinner stew…
If you have any advise which works for you, or seem plausible, feel free to share, as I’m extremely frustrated due to the lack of time in my days!
February 19th, 2008 — About Me, Blog
I’m really bad at following up on awards. Sorry guys (and girls). Recently Kristyn awarded me with an award, so I thought I’d better display it, before you all thought I have something against being awarded
I know, I know, it was on the 12th of Feb already, but Kristyn gave me the “Flower Smeller” banner 
Thank you sooo much Kristyn
The original award is from www.gosmelltheflowers.com
February 1st, 2008 — Blog, Sponsored
I recently signed up with Buzzfuse, a blog traffic service, free as most of the others.
The sign up process was hassle free, and reasonably simple. Their interface is OK – I would’nt give it a too high score though – maybe 6/10?
signed up for a basic account, which is free, but there are also paid packages, which offer a few more services.
I’m always trying out new ways to enhance the traffic flow to my blog, and I’ve had some great success with social bookmarking sites.
StumbleUpon is a huge favourite of mine, but I’m willing to give BuzzFuse a try, and I will let you know what the outcome is.
January 29th, 2008 — Fun
Just something ‘fun’ I found out of boredom 82
January 28th, 2008 — Dizzy Dee, My Opinion
I guess we’ve all come to face the big question of “how credible is this information really” when reading something on a blog or website. We’ve all had our doubts about the source, and sometimes the Photoshop abilities of the image editor.
There are so many scams and nonsense stories going around on e-mail that we’ve all built up a resistance to mails showing any medical problem, telling us that we’ve won something, or asking for our bank details.
We’ve become so used to all this, that we’re ‘programmed’ to ignore these different forms of spam. There is something like blog spam as well – especially since people started paying money for blogging about their services. I myself post paid posts, and I agree that these posts can seriously confuse readers of the writers opinion, likes and dislikes. I’ve decided to tag all my paid posts appropriately, and thus you can easily distinguish these from the non paid posts. Personally, I like reading paid posts . It gives me new ideas of how to present the content, and how to go about advertising without sounding like a Homemark shopping channel ad.
Still, when we google a topic these days, most of the results are made up of blogs. The problem with this is, blogs are very opinionated, and we can’t always ‘trust’ the content. Though some of us might find it extrememly interesting to read about others’ opinions, we can’t necessarily believe everything we read there.
I use wikipedia if I really need to know the facts about something, and find that quite helpful, but still, bloggers’ credibility is being stripped away more each day. I could tell you that I have a pet lion, and that I ride on its back to work each day, and you might very well believe me! We used to tell that story while living in England, and people really believed it!! I would also probably believe a lot of myths about foreign countries if they had told me. So somehow we have to find the truth in this maze of lies and warped images. We have to try and figure out who’s trustworthy, and if they will stay that way.
Then again, if you don’t want the facts, you can just enjoy reading all the make belief tales and have a merry time.
But that’s only my opinion 
January 24th, 2008 — Dizzy Dee, News, Parenting, South Africa
Every now and again one person in society shocks people around them so much, that they literally don’t know what to say. There’s a stunned silence, and then suddenly people start getting their opinions together and then lash out at that person.
We’re probably all like that: If we hear of something, or see something that is totally against everything we believe in, we don’t keep quiet. We fight. We will do everything in our power stop this person, or convince them that they’re in the wrong.
For the first time today, I read about Mr.Fayzal Mahamed’s weird philosophy. (Please be warned that link is for adults only in my opinion.) This man from Johannesburg, South Africa has written on various blogs and forums why exactly it is he masturbates his son who suffers from severe cerebral palsy. To me this is just so sick. I feel that this poor child should be moved to place where he can be cared for in a decent legal way, and the time spent with his father should be monitored by someone. I can’t believe that people are actually justifying this act! This is nothing less than rape!!
January 22nd, 2008 — Blog, Dizzy Dee, South Africa
I have my blog listed on Amatomu, a blog directory specifically for South African blogs, today, as I was checking my rank, I saw I was 11th. It wasn’t until a friend pointed it out that I saw I beat Steve Hofmeyr’s blog by 3 places!?!? Can you believe that?! For the internation readers, Steve is a local artist (quite popular too!).
Obviously I’m not a household name as he is – after all he starred in “Agter Elke Man” nearly 3 decades ago, where he stole a lot of hearts as “Bruce”. He’s also been on 7de Laan, a local soap opera (Translated … LOL… 7th Avenue? Haha, that sounds too funny!!) as the crim with whom Paula fell in love.
Well today, my blog is making history – even if its just my opinion!
I never dreamt my blog would beat “Steve se spoeg blok”.
January 15th, 2008 — Dizzy Dee
This blog has been awarded The Spreader of Love Award created by The Love Blog (http://iamlove.blogspot.com), for an outstanding demonstration of blogging love.
Here’s the list of blogs which I nominate for this very same award…
1. Beth
2. Kristyn Marie
3. Tom’s Hideaway
4. Hezamarie
5. Kruidjie Roer My Nie
6. SA Essay
Thank you all for supporting me, and reading all my scribbles. I appreciate your kind and funny words. Thank you for taking your time to share you experiences with me as well. I thoroughly enjoy each and every of your blogs!
There is no catch in this – you dont have to pass it on if you dont want to. Its just to let you know that I appreciate your visits, and I appreciate your blogs as well.
