Constantin says that the 101publicrelations.com blog is republishing excerpts of postings from various PR blogs and is making money of our content with Google ads. This is the downside of offering your content in a full-text feed. I don't mind if they make money off my content. As I see it, I benefit from greater visibility. If a blogger feels they're getting ripped off then they can turn off the faucet by publishing a headline-only RSS feed or none at all.
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