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    I really want to take the time to shout out all blogs who take the time to credit the blogs they get their information from.
    I really hate using watermarks on pictures. You know why? I feel like it distorts the image. I hate when I see a picture of I don’t know? Cassie! and it has GETTY IMAGES across her chest. Really makes the picture a waste.
    I totally understand why people do it though. To stop the blog terrorist from stealing your shit. Again I want to say this blog thing is not an easy task. You first have to find your information, then you have to size it or crop it, then you have to put it up and write a blurb about it. If you are a blog that likes to get original content (like myself, sometimes) you have to actually take the picture, or be on the phone with your connect begging for the picture, crop the picture, write a blurb about it. And all of that is just to put it up. What about the time you spend finding the info and then the location to shoot it, download it and do all the little things to make that post.
    Then after all that work, a guy comes along and just takes your pictures gives you no credit and then have the nerve to watermark it with his shit! That is just really nuts to me.
    Thats why I want to start the blog firms.
    The Razzi’s have it even worse, they stay outside all day snapping pics of Jay and Rih Rih for our viewing pleasure ( also to get paper) and we jack their pics and throw it up on our blogs and they get no credit. I dont feel that bad cause each pic they snap gets them like 10g’s. But mad props for all that hard work and annoying the hell out of celebs.
    Now some of us get paid to blog, some of us get paid from our blogs and some of us want to get paid from our blogs. It’s all a traffic game and we are all in this together.
    You send me traffic, I send you traffic (in Tony Soprano voice) eey!
    If the blog firms existed these would be some groud rules.
    1. If you are a blog which means you write content, a daily journal on whatever subject, you have to credit the information source if it’s from another blog.
    Example:

    -If Jimmy takes pictures of Cassie off of Marcus Troy blog, he says its from Marcus troy blog.
    -If Jimmy takes pictures from Lexus or Honda.com he can keep all the props for finding the new car on the site first.
    2. You do not watermark images that you did not take. You are not the originator you CANNOT watermark images that dont belong to you.
    Sometimes you may find random images online in a forum or something that you take and can’t really locate the original source. I understand, we are all guilty of that but it should only happen a couple of times.
    I also understand that some bloggers try and impress their readers like they get all the exclusive content first and they are hard on their grind to make them happy with content. But they are lying man, they put in no work but copy and paste. It really sucks! Thats not a good way to get love in the blog world.
    This post was motivated by seeing all my Cassie pictures from my G7 Canon camera (need to get the G9) all over the net, and some sites not giving the boy traffic. It’s a traffic game baby! We all trying to win.
    1 last thing, I hate (not trying to go kanye on you) those new sites that just started popping up, that aggregate all of our good content. The site just automatically steals your entire content and puts it on their site. (Damn! technology) They have no work to do, they throw up a banner and have ads and then their site gets automatically updated with your shit. Isn’t that just frigging nuts? Some of these aggregated sites gives the source but google hates duplicated content and can’t figure out who is the original source and then you get a bad pr rating( sorry blog mumbo jumbo)
    Sites I love and read every day like Bossip.com gets terrorized by site aggregaters all the time. It’s really shitty.
    If you are a blogger and give credit to a source, I’m cool with you, even if it aint the original source at least your making an effort.
    I am not saying I’m perfect, I am guilty of some shit too, but I try and make a solid effort.
    So again shout out to all the real bloggers!!
    I hope this post motivates people to be better bloggers.
    I am starting THE BLOG FIRM who is with me? (I just had the domain purchased)
    Would the real bloggers please stand up!
    Just my thoughts people!
    “the second realest thing I ever wrote”
    Peace
    From the angry blackberry user waiting for the Blackberry bold Bold.
    MT

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