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Sometimes a blog scraper will copy an entire post off an independent or business blog. That duplicate content will include the author's tag and a link back to the author's site (if that link appears in the author's tag.)
Many times though, blog scrapers copy just the portion of the content that is keyword relevant to their [[splog]] topic.
Why the more 'advanced' Blog scrapers do this is simple. By copying only the content that is relevant to their splog topic, they can increase the keyword relevancy of their site(s). Secondly, by not scraping the entire post, they eliminate any outbound links which would reduce their search engine ranking.▼
Additionally, scraped content can appear on literally any type of splog or [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] fed spam site. That means an unsuspecting individual could find their creative or even copyrighted material showing up on a site promoting pornography or other type of content that would be offensive to the original author or his/her audience. This can be damaging to the original author's reputation.▼
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