Content Scraping Gets Political

No, neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney have been caught in content scraping scandals – at least, not yet. But across the pond, over in the UK, it appears to be a different story. Danny Sullivan, writing for Search Engine Land, reported that the new co-chair of the UK’s Conservative Party, the Right Honorable Grant Shapps, apparently started a rather less-than-honorable business about seven years ago. This business sells a content scraping tool. By all means, check out the link above to Sullivan’s full article; it’s a long and wonderfully comprehensive piece. You can also check out the Guardi…