[Ipg-smz] :-| Speaking of dubious get-work sites for writers...

[Daniel Dern]

Ebyline, where I have a free account, in addition to periodically sending 
me client article pitches/offers, usually for some mix of 
way-off-my-turf's and low-ball rates at best, also periodically sends me 
these messages:

    Subject: New Clips Found: Update Your Ebyline Profile
    Update Your Ebyline Profile

    Hi Daniel,

   Based on previous clips & publications you added to you Ebyline profile,
   we've found 1 recent work example(s) for your portfolio including:

Which in theory is fine, but their engine has a dubious sense of 
"examples" and "recent." Many things they find are citations or other 
not-really-a-work, and then, like today's message, are indeed articles 
that I have written:

    Website basics: How to make your web presence press-friendly
     -Make contacts and press releases findable and accessible for when
    journalists come calling.

but fail the "recent" -- this one being from ITWorld.com, August 2, 2010

I have, a few times, pinged them about these low-rent messages; eByline 
unapologetically more or less (I'd have to check my email files) says, 
"Yeah, that's the way our search algorithm does, or doesn't, work..."

But it'd good to know their site is thinking about me, I guess :-|

DPD