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	<description>just biding my time until I get to go Home</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on taking flight by Val</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/05/07/2141/#comment-451824</link>
		<dc:creator>Val</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks everyone!!

Especially Vixx about the design - I've been hoping for your approval!  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks everyone!!</p>
<p>Especially Vixx about the design - I&#8217;ve been hoping for your approval!  :)</p>
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		<title>Comment on lock out: x3 by Val</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/05/10/2143/#comment-451823</link>
		<dc:creator>Val</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah go figure, seems like I either have a really good day or a really bad day, never any in betweens lately, haha.

I got the bill today from the guy that did the unlock and he put the price I paid and "paid."  So now I'm like... that was nice, guess I should send them a gift now.  If I submit that to my insurance they'll just laugh.  ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah go figure, seems like I either have a really good day or a really bad day, never any in betweens lately, haha.</p>
<p>I got the bill today from the guy that did the unlock and he put the price I paid and &#8220;paid.&#8221;  So now I&#8217;m like&#8230; that was nice, guess I should send them a gift now.  If I submit that to my insurance they&#8217;ll just laugh.  ;-)</p>
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		<title>Comment on another freaky website (aboutus.org) by FrankZ</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/09/24/1687/#comment-451079</link>
		<dc:creator>FrankZ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Add me to the list of disgusted Web developers. I found out a while ago they had ripped copyright information and images from my site to put on their own. What really took the biscuit was the publishing of my private information. I gave permission to eNom to hold my personal details related to my domain names, but NOT AboutUs.org. To be sure these details should be protected I reread through eNom's terms and conditions which state:
"The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of eNom's Whois information in its entirety, or a substantial portion thereof, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of eNom"
I contacted eNom and asked if these scammers had been given written permission to use MY details, and if not could they contact them and inform them of their illegal activity. Sadly, eNom basically said there was nothing they could do - even though I pointed out it was against their own T&#38;C.
In the UK you have to have permission to hold someones personal information under the Data Protection Act. What a shame there isn't something similar in Washington, USA where AboutUs is hosted - or is there?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Add me to the list of disgusted Web developers. I found out a while ago they had ripped copyright information and images from my site to put on their own. What really took the biscuit was the publishing of my private information. I gave permission to eNom to hold my personal details related to my domain names, but NOT AboutUs.org. To be sure these details should be protected I reread through eNom&#8217;s terms and conditions which state:<br />
&#8220;The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of eNom&#8217;s Whois information in its entirety, or a substantial portion thereof, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of eNom&#8221;<br />
I contacted eNom and asked if these scammers had been given written permission to use MY details, and if not could they contact them and inform them of their illegal activity. Sadly, eNom basically said there was nothing they could do - even though I pointed out it was against their own T&amp;C.<br />
In the UK you have to have permission to hold someones personal information under the Data Protection Act. What a shame there isn&#8217;t something similar in Washington, USA where AboutUs is hosted - or is there?</p>
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		<title>Comment on another freaky website (aboutus.org) by Graham</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/09/24/1687/#comment-450987</link>
		<dc:creator>Graham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi guys and gals, there are some great points being made here. It's clear to see that there are MANY who would like to see aboutus.org banned from google, so here's my two cents...

Despite all the truly laugable spin being pushed by the naive brainwashed cult members that are the employees of aboutus.org it is perfectly clear to see what the site IS and what the site was always intended to be:

Essentially aboutus.org is there to automatically generate deceptive incoming google results using everyone else’s stolen content, domain names and keywords so as to MAKE MONEY from advertising. Nothing any more profound, clever or nobel than that.

Aboutus.org is simply SPAMMING &#38; PLAGIARISM on a more sophisticated and grand scale than anything seen before.

The idea is of course desperately and very feebly riding on the back of the "wiki" concept so as to make it look like "progress", however nothing could be further from the truth (unless of course we are talking about progress in the world of SPAMMING technology and content theft). Simply put, the basis for a WIKI is the human input of original content, NOT automated self population using everyone elses plagiarised content.


I won't get into the technicalities here because what they are doing is indeed very complex and extremely sophisticated with additional changes being made all the time in order to hijack yet more search results using everyone elses content. 

However, I will mention the "opt out" process because despite their claims, it's not quite that painless:

Be warned, if you choose the aboutus.org "no bots" root, or ask them to remove content in any way shape or form, you will then still have an empty page listed with your domain and a link (they will not remove this), you will also have your domain and link then FURTHER added to an EXTRA page deliberately listing opted out domains, further more you may also then very well even find your domain name listed on yet another page with the word “sponsor” in front of it promoting aboutus.org advertising services. (So to recap you opted out and now your domain name is listed on 3 pages instead of 1). Further more, if one of the aboutus.org editors decides to add you to their chat pages you will then be listed FOUR times following an opt out. 

So, to recap, opt-out and you will still be listed / linked, perhaps even MORE SO than before you did! You will of course then see the mutlitple spammy aboutus.org google results related to these extra pages, which is of course their clear intention.

  
SPIN SPIN SPIN: Despite their very well devised and well placed spin all over the web, this CLEARLY aint no "Google" or "Youtube", or indeed any kind of "innovation" what so ever despite their ridiculous rhetoric. This is just plain old fashioned SPAM SPAM SPAM founded in GREED GREED GREED.


Of course the ONLY positive effects of aboutus.org are felt by the sites shameless owners, whilst the wholly NEGATIVE effects are clearly felt by everyone else:


Aboutus.org is NEGATIVE to all WEB SURFERS (getting crappy deceptive spammy results pointing to aboutus.org rather than the sites they are actually looking for). 

Aboutus.org is NEGATIVE to WEBSITE AUTHORS (losing their ranking, having their results hijacked, having their original content, domain name, keywords STOLEN and abused for profit by criminals)

Aboutus.org is NEGATIVE to search engines like GOOGLE (poisoning and destroying the critical quality of all search results on a humongous scale)

Advertisers beware, if you advertise with aboutus.org then your brand will be judged accordingly.

Complain to Google now "search for report spam to google" and get aboutus.org BANNED so they can crawl off and die in a dark corner of the internet along with all the other nasty evil spammers.

Thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi guys and gals, there are some great points being made here. It&#8217;s clear to see that there are MANY who would like to see aboutus.org banned from google, so here&#8217;s my two cents&#8230;</p>
<p>Despite all the truly laugable spin being pushed by the naive brainwashed cult members that are the employees of aboutus.org it is perfectly clear to see what the site IS and what the site was always intended to be:</p>
<p>Essentially aboutus.org is there to automatically generate deceptive incoming google results using everyone else’s stolen content, domain names and keywords so as to MAKE MONEY from advertising. Nothing any more profound, clever or nobel than that.</p>
<p>Aboutus.org is simply SPAMMING &amp; PLAGIARISM on a more sophisticated and grand scale than anything seen before.</p>
<p>The idea is of course desperately and very feebly riding on the back of the &#8220;wiki&#8221; concept so as to make it look like &#8220;progress&#8221;, however nothing could be further from the truth (unless of course we are talking about progress in the world of SPAMMING technology and content theft). Simply put, the basis for a WIKI is the human input of original content, NOT automated self population using everyone elses plagiarised content.</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t get into the technicalities here because what they are doing is indeed very complex and extremely sophisticated with additional changes being made all the time in order to hijack yet more search results using everyone elses content. </p>
<p>However, I will mention the &#8220;opt out&#8221; process because despite their claims, it&#8217;s not quite that painless:</p>
<p>Be warned, if you choose the aboutus.org &#8220;no bots&#8221; root, or ask them to remove content in any way shape or form, you will then still have an empty page listed with your domain and a link (they will not remove this), you will also have your domain and link then FURTHER added to an EXTRA page deliberately listing opted out domains, further more you may also then very well even find your domain name listed on yet another page with the word “sponsor” in front of it promoting aboutus.org advertising services. (So to recap you opted out and now your domain name is listed on 3 pages instead of 1). Further more, if one of the aboutus.org editors decides to add you to their chat pages you will then be listed FOUR times following an opt out. </p>
<p>So, to recap, opt-out and you will still be listed / linked, perhaps even MORE SO than before you did! You will of course then see the mutlitple spammy aboutus.org google results related to these extra pages, which is of course their clear intention.</p>
<p>SPIN SPIN SPIN: Despite their very well devised and well placed spin all over the web, this CLEARLY aint no &#8220;Google&#8221; or &#8220;Youtube&#8221;, or indeed any kind of &#8220;innovation&#8221; what so ever despite their ridiculous rhetoric. This is just plain old fashioned SPAM SPAM SPAM founded in GREED GREED GREED.</p>
<p>Of course the ONLY positive effects of aboutus.org are felt by the sites shameless owners, whilst the wholly NEGATIVE effects are clearly felt by everyone else:</p>
<p>Aboutus.org is NEGATIVE to all WEB SURFERS (getting crappy deceptive spammy results pointing to aboutus.org rather than the sites they are actually looking for). </p>
<p>Aboutus.org is NEGATIVE to WEBSITE AUTHORS (losing their ranking, having their results hijacked, having their original content, domain name, keywords STOLEN and abused for profit by criminals)</p>
<p>Aboutus.org is NEGATIVE to search engines like GOOGLE (poisoning and destroying the critical quality of all search results on a humongous scale)</p>
<p>Advertisers beware, if you advertise with aboutus.org then your brand will be judged accordingly.</p>
<p>Complain to Google now &#8220;search for report spam to google&#8221; and get aboutus.org BANNED so they can crawl off and die in a dark corner of the internet along with all the other nasty evil spammers.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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		<title>Comment on taking flight by abby</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/05/07/2141/#comment-450583</link>
		<dc:creator>abby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lovely work! Very cute and upbeat. Makes me want to go play outside! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lovely work! Very cute and upbeat. Makes me want to go play outside! :)</p>
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		<title>Comment on Earthquake!! by mommy&#8217;s day 2008 at spoken for</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/04/18/2128/#comment-449884</link>
		<dc:creator>mommy&#8217;s day 2008 at spoken for</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 4am, I awoke to the squeezing again, like the morning of the earthquake. This time it was my upper arm. I screamed, &#8220;what is wrong with you!?&#8221; LOL He says, [...]</description>
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