You are quite right. I actually think its a great thing and I want to make it easier for yahoo. At the same time I think people should be able to put acls on their feeds. So we are doing that too.
-----Original Message----- From: "Peter Van Dijck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 21:32:08 To:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blip content on Yahoo? Actually reminds me of how website owners would complain in the early days that Google would "scrape" their website. Peter On 11/3/06, Peter Van Dijck <petervandijck@: <mailto:petervandijck%40gmail.com> gmail.com> wrote: > > Is "scraping a feed" the right terminology? A feed is something that means > you don't have to scrape websites top get their content, it means the site > actively wants to share and syndicate it, right? > > I figure that as long as they link back to me and clearly attribute, the > more people use my feed the better, that's what it's there for. But then I'm > biased ;) > > Peter > > > On 10/31/06, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]: <mailto:mike%40blip.tv> > wrote: > > > > Yup, they just scraped the feed. We have preliminary support in the > > new > > version of blip (in development) to tell Yahoo not to scrape a feed. > > We're also working on automated submission *to* Yahoo. > > > > David King wrote: > > > > > > I'd agree - it probably just scraped the feed. Yahoo does that. > > > > > > David > > > > > > On 10/30/06, Gena < compumavengal@: > > > <mailto:compumavengal%40earthlink.net> > > > earthlink.net<compumavengal%40earthlink.net> > > > <mailto:compumavengal%40earthlink.net>> wrote: > > > > > > > > You sure you didn't set up an RSS feed via Yahoo before? I had to > > > > specifically tell Yahoo video to go get my Blip feed. Thing is I > > know > > > > my videos appear on Yahoo but I have a heck of a time finding them. > > > > > > > > Not to say that Yahoo isn't scraping feeds. Some of the other search > > > > engines and other entities are doing that as well. Baidu in China > > use > > > > to snag my stuff all of the time. I never sent them a RSS feed. > > > > Couldn't if I wanted to, I don't speak or read any form of Chinese. > > > > > > > > No salt on the pretzel, mayo, oil and vinegar and Black Cherry with > > > > Ice (ex-pat code for what I miss but can live without here in L.A.) > > > > > > > > Gena > > > > > > > > http://outonthestoo: <http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com> > > > > p.blogspot.com <http://outonthestoo: > > > > <http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com> p.blogspot.com > > > > > > > http://pcclibtech.: <http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com> blogspot.com > > > > <http://pcclibtech.: <http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com> blogspot.com> > > > > http://voxmedia.: <http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video> org/wiki/Video > > > > <http://voxmedia.: <http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video> org/wiki/Video> > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@: <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > <mailto: videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > john coffey > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > After sending up my lastest post to Yahoo video on a > > > > > test run, I noticed it had quite a few of my others > > > > > courtesy of Blip.tv <http://blip.: <http://blip.tv/> tv/>. Could > > > > > someone please > > explain the > > > > > relationship between Blip and Yahoo and whether it is > > > > > redundant to upload to Yahoo after putting it on Blip. > > > > > Many thanks in advance from one overworked RN. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.jchtv.: <http://www.jchtv.com/> com/ < http://www.jchtv.: > > > > > <http://www.jchtv.com/> com/> > > > > > A Philadelphia based vlog about Craic, Travel and Sailing the > > > > Chesapeake Bay! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! 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