Confession Of a Blogger

by Harsh Agrawal on November 6, 2008

in Blogging

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Friends this post is nothing more then a dark confession of me, i   did Something wrong 2 years back and now I want to confess this in front of you to get my out of this shame and regret.

Before I start with my confession i would like to share few things, some   hidden truth that might hamper my reputation, but since my readers are my asset, so I prefer to confess, rather then letting them to do same mistake which i made few years back.

and blogging is all about speaking the truth, and here I go:

I started blogging long time back( almost 2 years), that time i was kind of blogger Who Use to write less and copy more from popular blog, (plagiarism) though Sometime i copied the whole post, and that was the first mistake of my blogging career.

I still remember the day when i got a mail from one of the popular blog writer name Nirmal from Life Rocks, he was not offended, he sincerely asked me to remove the posts which i copied from his site ( which i did), but only one word in his mail made me to confess today is that “You are stealing the post”.

Yes i was stealing posts that time, but I was not monetizing it, I did it to share knowledge with all, whatever I find appropriate for me and for others.

but my approach was very wrong.

and now i can proudly say that each and every post of   shoutmeloud is my creation, in every post I have given my best though I’m learning from my mistake so in case of any ambiguity do let me know.

but now its time for me to confess,

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Confession of doing a crime which still make me   regret that i tried sharing knowledge but with a wrong approach.

The first blog, whom I’m criminal of is Devils Workshop , the author name is Rahul, who is also a friend of mine in few social networking Site, though he knew the fact that I’m stealing his ideas he never asked me to stop.

I become a fan of this guy when i saw him writing things by connecting to his reader, writing   things whatever his follower wanted to know and he answered every query with smile, and now I’m trying to follow him.

If you want to know more about his helping nature you should better ask Pavan of TechPavan .

while chatting with him, I got to know more about   Rahul.

The another blog   from where i copied the posts shamelessly is Technofriends.

The author name is AMBI, a 37 old   guy from Washington who never marked a mail, may be his ignorance pinched me more but since it’s a confession day and I feel sorry for what I did 2 years back, I want to give the credits to them for wherever I’m right now.

Friends this post is for all who are still into copying stuff or stealing ideas,(Plagiarism )

Stop doing it now!   else one day you might say sorry for the things you doing now.

your mind is your workshop, think of something which is original or present idea in a way that no one ever thought of presenting in that way.

Today I’m at a stage that i earn handsomely good sum of $ every month because of blogging and I needed to make this confession before i spend a single penny from that money.

Guys create your own identity by writing something that will make you feel great.

You will realize soon that when you write you write for yourself first, if you can’t write for yourself, how can you expect 1000 of readers reading your article?

I wish good luck to few of my blogger friend who started blogging few months back, and the way they are doing is, I’m sure soon they will create a difference.

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* http://www.techpavan.com/
* http://itomo.blogspot.com/
* http://kenyanguru.blogspot.com/
* http://etricks.in/

and in the end it’s all about creating your own identity as a Blogger.

I’m sure by now the message which I’m trying to share with you is loud and clear.
and i appreciate you for reading my confession.

Be yourself!!

p@r@noid!!

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{ 22 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Mistakes Made November 6, 2008 at 19:45

Just read your post and I think it is great that you admit you made a mistake and did something you shouldn’t have. Now you can move on and produce quality content that is your own and be proud that it is your own work.

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2 Cashmere November 6, 2008 at 21:07

I'm glad you realised your own mistake & felt bad about it… and I'm glad that you've stopped doing it.

Creating your own content not only build your own skill, it can also be something that you can be proud of..

I'm sure you will be be mad too if somebody were to steal your content. =)

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3 sumit November 7, 2008 at 07:50

kewl post..actually i still steal some* of content,but i post in a way that search engine don’t punish me.U can say im spreading* rather than copying :) .But it gives great inner satisfaction when you post a entire new idea..

wow new template going good dude..

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4 mnvamsi November 7, 2008 at 07:56

People make mistakes all the time.
No one in this world is perfect.I am amazed by the way you post articles..I Mean 150+ articles in 2 months is really great.If you can continue the same work it will hardly take another 6 months to make your blog really really popular.
Wishing you all the Best.
MNVAMSI

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5 p@r@Noid November 7, 2008 at 08:04

@ sumit…..dude i understand remodeling is not big deal….but trust em after u cross a stage u will feel bad about it..!!

SO my suggestion Now its Time …..u got good contains….and good knowledge….So create Everything which is unique

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6 p@r@Noid November 7, 2008 at 08:11

@ mnvamsi

THANX DUDE…for appreciation..!!!
its just start of it, i have a long way to go..!!!

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7 Angel.. November 7, 2008 at 09:56

its takes a bigger person to confess…n trust me..u jus proved u r one…

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8 p@r@Noid November 7, 2008 at 21:27

Thanx Meamith For Publishing Link to My Confession..

http://www.technade.com/2008/11/bloggers-confession.html

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9 AkYjOe d HaCkr November 8, 2008 at 02:12

Confess to the person who made “Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V”….! He/she never new that Copy and Pasting stuff will be so popular today, and will make the world a clone with virtue of its own reflections…!!

Anyway its good that you admitted it, but every body does it. If not, then how am I typing on a Desktop machine ?? That takes me no reason to mention, that i copied the information or knowledge.

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10 sim November 8, 2008 at 15:11

well that goes with out saying that it was truly a remarkable one!cheers!n all the best!

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11 Debajyoti Das November 9, 2008 at 06:55

I am really overwhelmed at this Post… Its too great … and So much Motivating…I am Simply Moved coz
I remember I used to blog at Technotrix where I only Used to Copy Posts , even in realtrix.. there are a few Posts which are copied. So after reading this post… I really feel a difference in Me…

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12 p@r@Noid November 9, 2008 at 09:12

@ sim

Thanx

@Deb dude stealing idea and putting that idea in much better and presentable manner is remarkable,but if you copy the post then you will regret after reaching a stage.

i hope soon you will have self realization

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13 Rohit November 9, 2008 at 20:42

I am impressed that u honestly confessed and learned the lesson!

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14 Me-Me King November 17, 2008 at 11:46

Confession is good for the soul. It took a lot of courage to admit your mistake.

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15 Pavan Kumar November 20, 2008 at 10:12

Its good to see you are trying to bring bloggers in wrong way to the right one.

Thumbs up!

All the best for your future blogging :)

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16 Quakeboy December 2, 2008 at 10:13

Amazing… hats off

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17 BAS December 3, 2008 at 09:18

Good one

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18 Balaji @ GuideToTech June 10, 2009 at 13:09

Thumbs up from me…

Balaji @ GuideToTech™s last blog post..How to Rename Multiple Files ?

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19 Ashutosh Mishra July 11, 2009 at 16:56

This post shows why you’ve been so successful after realising your mistake! Everyone makes mistakes, most realize it at some point, but very few actually admit it.
Now that you’ve lightened up your mind, I’m sure you’ll even be more successful at what you’re doing. All the best!

*Best post yet at ShoutMeLoud. :)
.-= Ashutosh Mishra ´s last blog ..Optimize your WordPress blog with Autoptimize =-.

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20 Kamal Hasa August 12, 2009 at 04:39

LoL I always hated plagiarism. That would include images and content. To avoid problems with the images I am using google’s advanced search technique..

Fells good to be original ;)
.-= Kamal Hasa ´s last blog ..Which Is The Best Permalink Structure ? =-.

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21 Debajyoti Das October 13, 2009 at 22:13

Nice, I mean is quite true …. many of us start doing that copy stuff….. but ultimately one realizes that he is nowhere after an year … though there are some proud dollars earned everyday.

Very Brave & Inspiring… Since I think you are NOW one of the BEST in My Niche… The the statistics shows it all…

The Post is Ringing Bells in My Ears.

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22 Simrandeep Singh January 15, 2010 at 20:48

Harsh see the difference between that days and now. Now you are really a successful blogger. It needs courage to apologize for your faults and you did it. Its all your hard work now that is visible on your blog :)

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