[logosrated]

Originally Posted by severin

Well, as long as you enjoy humor - this thread has now overtaken your own site as #1 on Google for Logosrated and Logos Rated. You should find that hilarious, as you've optimized your site for 'Logos Rated'.

Some other funny stuff too - the article you linked is available on at least 140 other sites. It's not a good article - it's keyword spam submitted to article subscription services all over the webs. There's at least 140 other people who beat you in posting it, and if you think Google will pick your keyword scrapped nonsense over their keyword scrapped nonsense, you need your head examined. Little thing called duplicate content filtering. Accordingly, forget the forum spam links - they ain't going to work - Google will ignore you, just like I should have.

You really need to stop. I'm begging you.
Tear. Down. Your. Site.

I don't give a shit about the article on google. the content of the article is important, the tips and stuff. beg me more, I might take your word into consideration.

[Do Gooder]

you could actually try doing something decent... like logopond LogoPond - Identity Inspiration -

instead of trying to make a fast buck.

[logosrated]

Originally Posted by Do Gooder

you could actually try doing something decent... like logopond LogoPond - Identity Inspiration -

instead of trying to make a fast buck.

do you have anything against the purpose of my site? if you do please tell me and we can talk.

[Do Gooder]

i think severin has summed up my view rather well.

re-read his posts.

[logosrated]

fast bucks? I've spent lots of money on the site man. severin only talked about copyright

[severin]

Originally Posted by logosrated

I don't give a shit about the article on google. the content of the article is important, the tips and stuff. beg me more, I might take your word into consideration.

Ahh, the content and stuff. So let me ask you - did you honestly think that a forum called Designers Talk attracts users that can learn anything from an article that, if it contained any information (which it doesn't), could be found on 140 other sites all over the interwebs?

Do you honestly think that people that hang out at a forum called Designers Talk would be interested in hiring a logo design company over the pipes, making sure you get a few sheckles via an affiliate link?

As the answer to both those questions is 'no', then you're only interested in driving Google juice to your site Logos Rated. And as I told you, you're wasting your time.

There's not one scrap of original content on it. Big G no likey...

[logosrated]

Originally Posted by severin

Ahh, the content and stuff. So let me ask you - did you honestly think that a forum called Designers Talk attracts users that can learn anything from an article that, if it contained any information (which it doesn't), could be found on 140 other sites all over the interwebs?

Do you honestly think that people that hang out at a forum called Designers Talk would be interested in hiring a logo design company over the pipes, making sure you get a few sheckles via an affiliate link?

As the answer to both those questions is 'no', then you're only interested in driving Google juice to your site Logos Rated. And as I told you, you're wasting your time.

There's not one scrap of original content on it. Big G no likey...

people are in fact interested I just checked stats. I came here to get professional opinions on the logos, read my first post again. you are putting words in my mouth.

[severin]

Originally Posted by logosrated

people are in fact interested I just checked stats. I came here to get professional opinions on the logos, read my first post again. you are putting words in my mouth.

I would have thought that this is obvious - people are checking the links to see what the fuss is all about. But okay, let's take a look at what you claimed up thread:

I'm not gaining from those articles and I'm no competitor to those companies so I'm no rip off.

Well, as we now know you're whoring affiliate links to the sites you claim to be reviewing, that's a lie - you are 'gaining'. As we also know that you had stolen content all over your site - until take down demands arrived in your e-mail - you're a copyright thief. And as the article you just linked is an article from a subscription service - where folks like you can download free articles for SEO purposes, without having to actually write anything - we now know you're a spammer.

You need to stop now.

[logosrated]

are you the FBI of the internet?? go get a life dude. I'm not working on SEO yet its too early. I'm not a thief, I made mistakes and changed the content, I spent $3000 to get the logos so I have the right to put affiliate links on my site coz its y site I can do whatever I want. I know what I'm doing and stop bitching with me. I wont bring the site down, theres nothing you can do so piss off moron. I started this thread and I'm closing it.

[severin]

Originally Posted by logosrated

snipped bleating

As much as I got a sick satisfaction smacking you around like a Pinata - i was actually starting to feel a little sympathy. Thankfully, your cheeto stained fingers pounding out an indignant 'up yours' put an abrupt end to that.

And somehow, despite being a moron, I still get to post even after you claimed you'd closed the thread. Seems that, on top of it all, you don't even know how forums work.

Fancy that.

[logosrated]

Originally Posted by severin

As much as I got a sick satisfaction smacking you around like a Pinata - i was actually starting to feel a little sympathy. Thankfully, your cheeto stained fingers pounding out an indignant 'up yours' put an abrupt end to that.

And somehow, despite being a moron, I still get to post even after you had claimed you'd closed the thread. Seems that, on top of it all, you don't even know how forums work.

Fancy that.

the GOLD metal goes to severin. well done, your the champion of forums and you know everything and I know nothing. logosrated.net is the worst disaster in the history of design and stuff. but in the end of the day you have gained nothing, you just wasted your time talking to a guy who knows nothing and also has the worst website ever. One last thing be a man and don't reply, cose this thread is finished for good. Before I close the door I'm going to shutdown the site for one hour, I have a habit of answering to those who beg me. I'm not joking the site is down and I mean down, see for yourself. logosrated.net

[severin]

Rated - other than one solitary post on another thread, you'll find that all of my time spent here has been focused on you. If you had any brains, you'd have realized that such attention would indicate a personal interest. And it did.

You see, I've been a lurker on this forum for years. I've enjoyed reading the sometimes acerbic humor and opinions from parts of the world I'm not familiar with. It's a fun forum - unlike many others I frequent - and I've had many a laugh reading threads devoted to a myriad of topics including my profession - design. I've just never registered until the day before yesterday.

During those years, I've ran my own website, for which I write a lot of stuff. Blog, articles, design tips, what have you. I spend a lot of time writing my articles - a lot of time - sometimes months in aggregate. I parse every word - I want the articles to perform well in SEO but also be informative and nice to read for designers and clients alike. It is a job I take very seriously.

Imagine how I felt when I found my articles on your site - yes, my articles, Rated. This was not a mistake or an error. You had stolen my work - design articles that I had spent weeks on - cutting and pasting them into your own site. You found my articles through a key word search that you wanted to rank well for, and figured that if you had found my articles, then they'd help people find your site under similar searches. So you helped yourself. In a few seconds you had stolen articles that had taken me weeks, if not months, and now you were laying claim to my work. No permission. No credit. Theft.

When you were approached about this - you claimed you had permission to use my articles. But we both know you didn't. You hadn't asked - you just took. All in all, Rated, you were a very bad boy. If you had have apologized, you'd never have heard from me again. I wouldn't have smacked you from one end of this forum to the other. I would have left you alone. But you didn't. I asked you to stop. Repeatedly. But like some Energizer Bunny, you kept coming back, making excuses and telling lies. I actually don't care about your site one way or another. Nor do I care about the (very) few dollars you may make from affiliate links. Your site doesn't matter. But if there's something I hate more than a thief, it's an unrepentant thief.

And if there's a lesson here, it is this. When you're building a website, do not steal other people's work. Be it design, logos or articles. Build your own. The internet has made the world a lot smaller of a place and you will be found out. I located my articles on your site within a few days of them being posted. I'm not the "FBI of the internet" but I am very good at finding stuff that's stolen from my site. That's because you're not the first. Nor will you be the last. And when you've been caught, simply remove the articles or designs and move on. Do not try to justify your actions or tell me that you have permission to use my articles when you don't.

Especially on a forum where designers and other creatives hang out.

Now go away Rated. And be a good boy.

[Paddy]

Pwned much?

[illvibe]

Well that made for a great ending. What a super thread it's been folks. Thank you all...

[woodss]

He's viewing this thread as I type ... I'm interested in a reply

[Do Gooder]

an apology would be fitting

[designneverdies]

bravo severin. You sir, kicked his ass. Well done. Oh Logosraped, why take your site down for an hour? what the hells that gonna do?

[logosrated]

Originally Posted by severin

Rated - other than one solitary post on another thread, you'll find that all of my time spent here has been focused on you. If you had any brains, you'd have realized that such attention would indicate a personal interest. And it did.

You see, I've been a lurker on this forum for years. I've enjoyed reading the sometimes acerbic humor and opinions from parts of the world I'm not familiar with. It's a fun forum - unlike many others I frequent - and I've had many a laugh reading threads devoted to a myriad of topics including my profession - design. I've just never registered until the day before yesterday.

During those years, I've ran my own website, for which I write a lot of stuff. Blog, articles, design tips, what have you. I spend a lot of time writing my articles - a lot of time - sometimes months in aggregate. I parse every word - I want the articles to perform well in SEO but also be informative and nice to read for designers and clients alike. It is a job I take very seriously.

Imagine how I felt when I found my articles on your site - yes, my articles, Rated. This was not a mistake or an error. You had stolen my work - design articles that I had spent weeks on - cutting and pasting them into your own site. You found my articles through a key word search that you wanted to rank well for, and figured that if you had found my articles, then they'd help people find your site under similar searches. So you helped yourself. In a few seconds you had stolen articles that had taken me weeks, if not months, and now you were laying claim to my work. No permission. No credit. Theft.

When you were approached about this - you claimed you had permission to use my articles. But we both know you didn't. You hadn't asked - you just took. All in all, Rated, you were a very bad boy. If you had have apologized, you'd never have heard from me again. I wouldn't have smacked you from one end of this forum to the other. I would have left you alone. But you didn't. I asked you to stop. Repeatedly. But like some Energizer Bunny, you kept coming back, making excuses and telling lies. I actually don't care about your site one way or another. Nor do I care about the (very) few dollars you may make from affiliate links. Your site doesn't matter. But if there's something I hate more than a thief, it's an unrepentant thief.

And if there's a lesson here, it is this. When you're building a website, do not steal other people's work. Be it design, logos or articles. Build your own. The internet has made the world a lot smaller of a place and you will be found out. I located my articles on your site within a few days of them being posted. I'm not the "FBI of the internet" but I am very good at finding stuff that's stolen from my site. That's because you're not the first. Nor will you be the last. And when you've been caught, simply remove the articles or designs and move on. Do not try to justify your actions or tell me that you have permission to use my articles when you don't.

Especially on a forum where designers and other creatives hang out.

Now go away Rated. And be a good boy.

so you are saying the articles on logofactory are written by you?

[designneverdies]

unless the definition of the word MY has changed in the last 10 hours then yes i think he might be.

[logosrated]

if those were your articles then I owe you an apology, I would have stopped the discussion if you had told me that in the first place. anyway believe me, first of all I didn't come here for better ranking or SEO, I explained what I wanted in my first post, secondly I didn't say I had permission to republish YOUR articles, what I said was I had permission from logoworks, logojeez, corporated logo and few others to republish some of their stuff. Third, I'm not a thief after your first email I got rid of your articles and in reply to your email I apologized.