I’m really tired of seeing the word alot a lot (it’s 2 separate words, you know) and the intentional plagiarism that fills entire scrapper sites built for ads (note that’s ads, not adds). The content I put on my own site is often the result of hours of research, hard work, and countless edits; so seeing it magically appear and credited to someone else on one of those sites always manages to unnerve me.

And while you touched on how articles out there should be a catalyst (and not the content) for bloggers’ postings, I’d also add that simply regurgitating exactly what another author said in your own words is a great way to please a college professor who’s happy just to know you’ve understood what you’ve read… but a very boring way for your visitors, who’ve likely already read a million posts covering that same article or piece of news, to spend a Saturday afternoon.