If you do any Internet surfing at all, use the Internet like a library for research or simply occasionally search topics of interest on any of the major search engines, then no doubt you have come to junk websites which trick you into thinking you are going to a legitimate website that has worthy information. Often these junk websites have a small bit of information on them and a whole lot of advertising on them; some relevant but most is totally irrelevant. This ruins the online experience for users.
I cannot imagine anyone just putting up endless sites, copying formats of everyone else, putting up junk and calling that their income, yet I see it every day as do all Internet surfers and researchers. I have seen folks writing articles and ebooks telling them how to put up a quick cheesy websites and wait for their Google checks in the mail. It seems everyone wants something for nothing and these folks who tell others how to manipulate the system are ruining the Internet tool, which is so very valuable to our civilization. If everyone puts up these junk sites then it will add to the size of the Internet in number of pages and indeed to Google’s profits. This will assist shareholders and their second public offering price, but for all humanity it is a negative trend.
I wish people would not plagiarize, steal articles and infringe on copyrights simply to get free content to build these junk sites and get a check from Google, but alas even kids in school do this, cheating on term papers and reports, not willing to do their own work. It is a problem with human beings, it is tough for them to reason an ethical standard of appropriate behavior in this realm, because it is too easy and it appears to be human nature is to try to get more for less. That is to say; Trade, cheat, deceive, etc., as those are innate characteristics of the species. Perhaps these deceptive actions are reason for our larger brains, to keep track of all this behavior and remain in a good social standing with the group to continue to get what they want with the least amount of effort. Not such a good depiction of mankind. But by applying such observations of various upright walking primates and chimpanzees to plagiarizers, it seems to help one understand them better. And since these cheats are all part of us, the problem is that we all accept this behavior and reward it.
Additionally the Internet is the best communication device ever created (Thank you Tim Berners-Lee) and you can immediately see those innate negative aspects of the human species quite easily, as they use the Internet to hide in broad day-light. This is one of the reasons I personally do not bother to use the articles to promote anything in that there are so many who are also using it to promote crap that I do not wish to be anywhere near them.
Yet in this sea of human deception, there is one island of integrity, it is a site called; EzineArticles.com and on this site I see many good folks with good information who write articles to give good information, while simultaneously self-promoting their many unique and interesting small businesses. This group or giant club of authors are generally doing this without crossing the line of poor ethical behavior. I think we must reward this site and the strict enforcement of only original articles posted there. Think on this wonderful island of integrity next time you have an article you have written which you believe others might benefit from. I have and now have written some 1900 articles and posted them on EzineArticles.com.
“Lance Winslow” – If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance;
