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Re:A Chrome extension to avoid the Stack Overflow ripoffs by mkane91301 on Thursday December 09, 2010 @01:38AM (#1986407)
Wait, let me see if I understand this right. Stack Overflow doesn't use AdSense. Other sites scrape Stack Overflow and surround the ripped-off content with ads from AdSense. And you're wondering why Google ranks its customers' sites higher than its non-customers'?
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Re:A Chrome extension to avoid the Stack Overflow ripoffs by InclinedPlane on Thursday December 09, 2010 @03:32AM (#1986637)
A correction: these sites don't scrape Stack Overflow's content, they download and use it directly and legitimately. Stack Overflow content is cc-wiki licensed and released in full data dumps every month, as long as the sites link to stackoverflow.com and otherwise comply with the cc-wiki requirements it's legit.
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