UPDATE: I received an email from Popgadget and a linkback has been added to their post.
It really irks me when this happens. I’ve had a few people link to my post about Beer-flavored gummies and they were kind enough to link back to my site. For that, I thank those sites.
Now, Popgadget has blatantly ripped me off. They used the same image (I found that image on ebay - notice the logo in the botton right), the image is the exact same size, they linked to the same site I did, and they essentially just rewrote what I wrote. All of this with no link back to me.
You be the judge:
My original post on 7/19/2006
Popgadget’s post today, 9/1/2006
Am I crazy or is that a blatant rip? You would think that a site as big as Popgadget (ranked 620 on Technorati) would have some ethics. Guess not. I even left a comment asking about this and of course it was moderated.
September 7th, 2006 at 4:03 am
you should be thankful. Or post a comment on popgadget saying “yeah cool eh, i posted this like 2 months ago!”.
or sue them…