Be careful !!! Engadget might steal your story and not mention a link back to you. They are one of the biggest Gadget Blogs around and mine you…so far Gizmodo has been jolly good tho. Beware the blogging police knocking down on Weblogs and Engadget’s door. They should play nice.
Be wary…. So far, this websites have been a victim of Engadget’s tricks :
Airing Dirty Laundry: Engadget’s Exclusionist Tactics Are NOT An Isolated Incident source
UPDATE : 22 MAR 2006
Just to let everyone know..I’m neutral on this issue. !
UPDATE : 28 MAR 2006
Changed title name. Dont want to get on Peter’s black list
Peter Rojas says:
This is ridiculous. We linkback dozens of times a day, we’ve linked to TheGadgetBlog tons of times, have we not?
admin says:
Peter. I’m quite neutral on this since I have no qualms with Engadget. Just putting on some news….its for other people to judge….And thanks for your comments. Somehow, I hope this does not cause a riot.
Peter Rojas says:
Sorry, but your post isn’t “neutral” in any sense of the word. You warn others to be careful that we might “steal your story”. We didn’t steal anyone’s stories, we infringed on the copyright of someone’s image. Big difference. We do NOT steal stories, we always credit our sources, and your statement is misleading. I also find the use of the word “tricks” to be pretty insulting. We aren’t scamming or misleading anyone. It would have been nice if you had spoken up about the numerous times Engadget has linked to TheGadgetBlog.
Peter Rojas says:
P.S. – You also say that “Engadget does not like linking back” in the title. How about the tens of thousands of links we have on Engadget to other sites?
Austin Vaughan says:
Austin here, from DAPreview.net
Peter is still in damage control mode I see.
To clarify, the issue is not relevent with Engadget and ALL blogs, just some – including DAPreview. Peter and Ryan have a personal problem with us dating back to 2004, as I explained in the article.
So, do you buy their response?
“Ooops, we didn’t really mean to do that, it was all an accident.”
Let’s review the facts. They took the time to go back and edit an article that was already published, from another author. They took the time to rewrite the credit, removing all reference to DAPreview. They took the time to edit the picture and repost it, cutting out the DAPreview logo. They did all this – for no apparent reason – and without checking a single fact?
Keep in mind, out of the 100+ items that they credited to us before August 2005, only a handful of our images were ever watermarked. The few that were, had been originals of ours taken at CES or CeBIT… never once have we watermarked somebody’s else’s photo.
Their explanation is ridiclous, but what else can they say? We didn’t expect them to admit anything.
Anyway… we had to call them out, but it’s done and we’re moving on.
Thanks for bringing this issue to light on your blog.
admin says:
well for me..just be nice and people will be nice to u. if not, then its ok. as long as I am making money
admin says:
ok. I’ve changed the title now