Comments on: How Not to Launch a Blog – The story of an Amateur Blogger

By: Ted Chan

Ted Chan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:43:55 +0000

Just read this a year or so late, but thought it was interesting. Very nice blog.

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:08:55 +0000

Sorry you had to deal with this.I hate it when people cannot be original. I agree that there are only a few ways to do a blog, but you canalways make it somewhat original.

By: free ipod touch

free ipod touch — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:57:04 +0000

While imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it’s still just so irritating to have someone copy what you’ve worked hard to achieve.

By: Free Ipod Touch

Free Ipod Touch — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:38:15 +0000

I agree Jen, I get steamed when I see my work/content being used by someone else.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:50:52 +0000

I just don’t understand how people don’t see content theft as THEFT. While it’s somewhat flattering to have someone think your design is worth stealing, it’s just so rude and lazy.

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Wed, 02 May 2007 15:52:51 +0000

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By: Online Business Blog » Archives » Kick start your blog marketing with 7 unknown strategies

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:32:12 +0000

[...] because he cloned the design of problogger.net. This story is about Amblogger.net who created a buzz by copying the design of Problogger.net. This Amateur blogger Vince Chan launched his blog by copying the design of Problogger.net. I [...]

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:48:11 +0000

Hey Henry – thanks for the comment but this is a pretty old post – 1 year yesterday. We’ve resolved it now :-)

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:13:04 +0000

Personally I don’t see what you think you can copyright. The color of your bars and bg colors below them and the text color? Lets get realistic. There is no extensive design here nor is there elements on the blog that can really be copyrighted.

Web designers are always looking around for nice color combinations that appeal to them. Yes, he probably came to your site looking for info, seen your sidebar and said I like those colors and used them. Other than that I think if you want copyright protection, your design needs to be much less generic.

Right now all I see you doing is sending a bunch of traffic his way over something that should really be a non issue. Copyright is for original creative works, not the way you combined 3 colors on your sidebar.

Blogging in its very nature, is a huge community with 1000′s of people using the same designs and layouts – what would make Vince think there was something wrong with using your color scheme and sidebar layout?

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:34:39 +0000

Darren,
Looks like our friend has gone and done it again. His blog Investorial.com lifted the stylesheet from Ben Bleikamp over at insidewii.net

Pretty sad that he didn’t learn his lesson the first time.

By: Bloggers Buzz

Bloggers Buzz — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:09:18 +0000

[...] It seems once a thief, always a thief. Way back in the not so distant past of January this year a blogger by the name of Vince Chan stole the design of Darren Rowse’s Problogger. After somewhat of a storm in the blogosphere Vince yielded to the weight of public opinion and changed his design. [...]

By: ealhdun

ealhdun — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:42:54 +0000

perfect site good information, very nice news and etc… tnx

By: A Jack of All Blogs » Blog Archive » Another Stupid Shit

A Jack of All Blogs » Blog Archive » Another Stupid Shit — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:08:31 +0000

[...] The dust has barely settled on the Vince Chan AmBlogger fiasco (you remember Vince — he thought it would be a good idea to steal Darren Rouse’s ProBlogger template), and now the JOAB posse is back in effect. [...]

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:07:28 +0000

yes unfortunately it seems to be becoming more popular to do this. I’ve tried to reason with them also but have heard nothing. Very frustrating. I’m a bit over fighting over it though – if people can live with themselves for doing so and are willing to live with the consequences of being caught out then I guess they’ll continue to do it….

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:59:06 +0000

I hate to break it to you darren, but AmBlogger isn’t the only one stealing your template:

Check out http://www.ipodbloggers.com/

By: Robert Synnott » Blog Archive » Publicity for the Noughties

Robert Synnott » Blog Archive » Publicity for the Noughties — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:36:45 +0000

[...] This obscure person stole a template from this widely read blog, with minor changes made. Of course, designer of blog finds out and is annoyed. There follows a stream of publicity for the obscure person. Note that all the comments on his blog are on these two posts relating to the incident. Another success. And again, not easy to repeat. [...]

By: Beginner’s Blog » Hello World! Q&A with myself

Beginner’s Blog » Hello World! Q&A with myself — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:20:58 +0000

[...] Yes. Late last year I stumbled on a blog called College Startup which led me to a number of other blogs about blogging. Blogs like ProBlogger by Darren Rowse, MakeEasyMoneyWithGoogle by Eric Giguere, Performacing, and a few others. I’ve read about how people developed their blogging careers, their great advice to novice blogger wannabes, do’s and don’ts of blogging, blog monetization capabilities, etc. What I learned from them is that if you have passion and commitment, can write and have common sense, you can do it. And you can earn some money from it. Or, if you are good, you can even have a pretty good life from blogging. Also, you really can’t lose. Even if you fail – it’s a good learning experience and doesn’t cost you much. [...]

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Successful Blog — chartreuse (Beta) Thinks Outside the Knee Jerk Reaction — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:04:54 +0000

[...] Winds of controversy have been blowing again. This time over a blogger who set up a site called Amblogger–to mean Amateur Blogger–and took the exact code for the design from Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger site. The stolen version is no longer up, but Darren has a screen shot in his discussion of the incident. I won’t recap the story that will be retold. [...]

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:18:28 +0000

I currently do not have a website or even a blog; however, I am doing extensive research on blogging so when I do launch my blog I can do so with a basic understanding of “how to do it right”. I believe Vince was absolutely wrong to copy problogger. I am and will remain loyal to problogger.

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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:59:41 +0000

[...] Something was bothering me about the whole amBlogger/proBlogger fit yesterday. Something I couldn’t quite put my finger on till this morning and now it feels like an elephant in the room. [...]