It's likely that at some point in your life as a blogger you'll experience indirect effects of blogging. While many bloggers welcome the added exposure that indirect blogging effects deliver, some people prefer to avoid the indirect effects, particularly the negative effects. Read on to learn more about the indirect effects of publishing a blog post.
1. Your Content Might Get Scraped
Content scraping occurs when another blog or website copies your content verbatim and publishes it on their own site with no indication of the original source. Not only is content scraping unethical and considered a form of spam, but it's also a violation of
copyright laws. However, it can be difficult to fight content scrapers. Therefore, it's something you should be aware of each time you hit the publish button.
2. Your Blog Post Could be Cited by Another Blogger or Website
Your blog post could be legitimately quoted in another blogger's post or on another website. Proper attribution would include a link to your original post. When your blog post is cited on another blog or website, you might see a surge in traffic on your own blog as visitors click through to learn more about you as the original source.3. Your Post Could Be Submitted to Social Bookmarking Sites
Visitors who like your blog post could submit it to social bookmarking sites such as
Digg,
StumbleUpon,
Delicious and so on in order to share it with other people, which could lead to a traffic boost to your blog.
4. Your Post Could Appear in Keyword Searches
When your post is published, search engines and similar services, such as
Technorati, can find it. That means your post could appear in keyword searches, and that could drive significant traffic to your blog.
5. You Might Begin Receiving Emails from Readers and Publicists
Don't be surprised if one day you start receiving emails from publicists asking you to write posts about their companies' latest news, products, etc. Also, you might begin receiving emails from your blog readers with questions or requests for event appearances, interviews, speaking engagements or
guest blog posts.
