Comments on: A Disaster: TheWebList.net Rips Popurls Off http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/08/07/a-disaster-theweblistnet-rips-popurls-off/ [Technology, Reviews, Programming, Gaming, Movies, TV, Videos, Links, etc] Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thomas Marban http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/08/07/a-disaster-theweblistnet-rips-popurls-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2069 Thomas Marban Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:48:03 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/08/07/a-disaster-theweblistnet-rips-popurls-off/#comment-2069 hi folks, just my two cents here on the ongoing discussion about recent popurls rip-offs. besides the fact that i feel quite honored for obviously having created a new trend in building hive-mind dashboards i'd say that it really makes a difference whether someone rips my site (n' code) and puts it into an adsense cluster or at least tries to build his own version based on a new design, other content sources, new search features, etc. and gives at least a little credit in the footer. i'm not interested in doing research which site copies what parts of the original popurls just like kevin won't spend a minute on googling for other digg clones. in fact i'm not offering yet another rss-reader but an editorial selection of ever-changing sources to the latest buzz on the web and keeping this up to date through constant observation of the scene is the real work behind it. popurls was -first to mind- and as long as it keeps growing every day thanks to all the loyal visitors (20k/d) there will always be a place for copycats in it's slipstream. but don't be evil ;) hi folks,
just my two cents here on the ongoing discussion about recent popurls rip-offs. besides the fact that i feel quite honored for obviously having created a new trend in building hive-mind dashboards i’d say that it really makes a difference whether someone rips my site (n’ code) and puts it into an adsense cluster or at least tries to build his own version based on a new design, other content sources, new search features, etc. and gives at least a little credit in the footer.
i’m not interested in doing research which site copies what parts of the original popurls just like kevin won’t spend a minute on googling for other digg clones.
in fact i’m not offering yet another rss-reader but an editorial selection of ever-changing sources to the latest buzz on the web and keeping this up to date through constant observation of the scene is the real work behind it.
popurls was -first to mind- and as long as it keeps growing every day thanks to all the loyal visitors (20k/d) there will always be a place for copycats in it’s slipstream. but don’t be evil ;)

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]]> By: Amy http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/08/07/a-disaster-theweblistnet-rips-popurls-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 Amy Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:57:30 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/08/07/a-disaster-theweblistnet-rips-popurls-off/#comment-1976 Why websites rip each other off like that I'll never know. Why websites rip each other off like that I’ll never know.

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