Just last week I saw two VA websites with *identical* service info, rate info (except the hourly was different), even the TYPOS were the same! For goodness sake...
Has anyone else noticed this? (Website content clearly built off of and often totally copied from another website.) Worse, have you ever found your own content on another site?
I'm not talking about those VA definitions, pledges, etc. that are everywhere because those are clearly used with permission - they drive me nuts too though, honestly! We're all business owners, we can write our own definitions and pledges! Right? I mean, can't we??
I hate to be snarky but this is just silly - when I see a site for a VA who says 'we provide website design, content editing, etc...' and their entire content is ripped off!
Better yet, they didn't even fix the typos - it was a straight copy and paste job. Not exactly going to bowl the potential clients over with that now, are they?
The internet is the same as any other business medium. You wouldn't go steal a logo, theme song, or design element from an existing competitor office down the hall from your own - so what is it about the net that makes it appear to be a free for all of information to some people?
If you're going to own your own business you've *got* to act like a business owner and business owners either do it themselves, from scratch - or hire someone who can do the job right.
End of story.
Forgive the rant.
Oh, and you can definitely assume the title of this thread is completely sarcastic - in no way is it *ever* OK to steal anything, including content.
Re: If you're going to steal content at least fix the typos.
Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
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