I recently wrote about How to double cross copycats of your blog articles by adding an original article link of your own website at the end of RSS feeds. Copy of content is a big issue faced by bloggers these days and there are no easy ways to tackle it.

Most of the bloggers/forums use some third party service like FeedBurner to distribute RSS feeds. I also use Feedburner to deliver my new articles here to subscribed users. Now, what people with determined mind of copying do is simple read out the RSS feed using an automated tool and paste it on their own blog.

What do the original writer get in return? Nothing. And it is pretty difficult to catch these copiers and even more difficult to force them to bring down the copied content.

So, I thought that the best way out is to add a link back to my own website within the RSS feed so that i can at least gain a link when somebody blindly copies it!!

Since, there is no setting available in FeedBurner to achieve this, there are plug-ins available for adding this "original article" footer in RSS feeds for different blog platform like wordpress, DotNet BlogEngine etc on internet. I use < a href="http://www.dotnetblogengine.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DotNet BlogEngine to power my blog and hence wrote the plug-in (known as Extension in BlogEngine Terminology) myself.

If you would like to use it on your Dot Net BlogEngine implmentation, then download this extension and start using it for free!!

This extension's version 1.0 was earlier released in May, 2011 and is available here.
I have now added some new features to this extension and it is now available for download:

Download and Install

1. Download BlogEngine RSSFeedSignature 2.0. AM22_RSSFeedSignature_2.0.zip (2.16 kb)
2. Extract the zip file in any folder on your computer.
3. The package contains one file, AM22_RSSFeedSignature.cs.
4. Copy and paste AM22_RSSFeedSignature.cs in your blog's App_Code folder. Must be at <Root>\App_Code\Extensions
   
5. Run your blog, Log in with admin user and go to control panel->Extensions. Enable the extension if disabled.
6. Thats it! You are done. Now whenever you will write a new article, your feed items will automatically insert the original article footer with links.

Upgrade from BlogEngine RSSFeedSignature 1.0

NEW Features in BlogEngine RSSFeedSignature Extension 2.0

1. Added Extension settings: We have now added settings page in control panel for this extension. Please read FAQ's below to know more about options.
2. Added Support for QR code: You can choose to add a QR code to your feeds's signature. The QR code extension for BlogEngine is also available as a separate extension and helps you add it to posts, post lists (by category/authors etc.).
3. Added custom text support: You can add custom text to your RSS feed signature. The text will appear at the start of the Signature.

Example