Ever wonder or even worry if you’re Do(ing) the Right Thing (Spike Lee) when it comes to properly giving credit for information in your blog posts that you either quote or paraphrase? It’s formally called “attribution” and it basically means giving credit where credit is due. It’s the opposite side of the fence from plagiarism, which basically means stealing content from others. It’s convenient, but not necessarily valuable or correct, to just give a “read more” link to the original source of your reference. Unfortunately, that’s more than what some of us may have done a time or two as we matured in our blogging abilities. Believe it or not, there are kind people out there whose passion it is to encourage a higher caliber of blogging by using attribution, amongst other skills, properly. Jonathan Bailey at BlogHerald and PlagiarismToday is one of those people. How to Provide Attribution in the Blogging World is an excellent tutorial worth reading…a few times at least!

In light of recent content attribution controversies, this article provides some simple steps to help bloggers determine proper attribution for material they include in their blog postings. read more@blogherald.com