<s>
Blog	B-Protocol
scraping	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
scanning	O
through	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
blogs	O
,	O
usually	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
automated	O
software	O
,	O
searching	O
for	O
and	O
copying	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blog	B-Protocol
scraping	I-Protocol
is	O
copying	O
a	O
blog	O
,	O
or	O
blog	O
content	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
individual	O
initiating	O
the	O
scraping	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scraped	O
content	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
on	O
spam	O
blogs	O
or	O
splogs	O
,	O
such	O
places	O
are	O
called	O
scraper	B-Application
sites	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blog	B-Protocol
scraping	I-Protocol
can	O
create	O
problems	O
for	O
the	O
individual	O
or	O
business	O
who	O
owns	O
the	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blog	B-Protocol
scraping	I-Protocol
is	O
particularly	O
worrisome	O
for	O
business	O
owners	O
and	O
business	O
bloggers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Secondly	O
,	O
by	O
not	O
scraping	O
the	O
entire	O
post	O
,	O
any	O
outbound	O
links	O
are	O
eliminated	O
which	O
means	O
their	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
ranking	O
is	O
not	O
reduced	O
.	O
</s>
