Comments on: Content Theft http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Stefanie http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-879 Stefanie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:03:43 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-879 Adam, I agree. I've seen some others using excerpts and didn't say a thing. It helped that they weren't excerpting every single post, though. Adam, I agree. I've seen some others using excerpts and didn't say a thing. It helped that they weren't excerpting every single post, though.

]]> By: Adam Pieniazek http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-850 Adam Pieniazek Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:38:33 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-850 Congrats on the victory! I'm with you on battling with the splogs who rip my entire content, but if they only use an excerpt I usually ignore it since it's semi-fair use and since I disagree with the Associated Press's recent banning of use of excerpts I'd be a hypocrite to attack every splog that quotes me partially. The ones that rip my content in full though get sent e-mails and have their hosts contacted if that fails. Congrats on the victory! I'm with you on battling with the splogs who rip my entire content, but if they only use an excerpt I usually ignore it since it's semi-fair use and since I disagree with the Associated Press's recent banning of use of excerpts I'd be a hypocrite to attack every splog that quotes me partially. The ones that rip my content in full though get sent e-mails and have their hosts contacted if that fails.

]]> By: Stefanie http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-834 Stefanie Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:44:54 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-834 Spanish, I actually do use the RSS Footer plugin, which made it really obvious the content was mine! Google Alert is a good idea, I could set up an alert "Focus Organic" which would show me any site importing my full feed. Spanish, I actually do use the RSS Footer plugin, which made it really obvious the content was mine!

Google Alert is a good idea, I could set up an alert "Focus Organic" which would show me any site importing my full feed.

]]> By: Spanish SEO http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-761 Spanish SEO Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:49:24 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-761 If you got one rogue doing that, then most likely there are others following the same pattern. Check GYM (Google, Yahoo & MSN)to make sure no one else has stolen your content. Use a unique paragraph and wrap it within quotations, so that the Search Engine query an exact match for that specific paragraph. There is also a RSS Footer plugin that will add a copyright notice and a link back to your site or post in all your feeds. Use Google Alert for your domain, keywords and important pieces of information you'd like to protect so that in case someone copies them you can find that out in a timely manner. Sarah Bird, esq from SEOMoz.org wrote useful articles on effective ways to take action in those cases. If you got one rogue doing that, then most likely there are others following the same pattern.

Check GYM (Google, Yahoo & MSN)to make sure no one else has stolen your content. Use a unique paragraph and wrap it within quotations, so that the Search Engine query an exact match for that specific paragraph.

There is also a RSS Footer plugin that will add a copyright notice and a link back to your site or post in all your feeds.

Use Google Alert for your domain, keywords and important pieces of information you'd like to protect so that in case someone copies them you can find that out in a timely manner.

Sarah Bird, esq from SEOMoz.org wrote useful articles on effective ways to take action in those cases.

]]> By: Stefanie http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-759 Stefanie Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:01:43 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-759 Thank you for those links, Spanish SEO, I will check them out. I noticed today that the site itself was not deleted, just my content from it. I will have to watch to make sure none of my content continues to be posted to the site, and I hope that the others who are having their content stolen will contact Blogger and take the steps to close this splog down. Thank you for those links, Spanish SEO, I will check them out.

I noticed today that the site itself was not deleted, just my content from it. I will have to watch to make sure none of my content continues to be posted to the site, and I hope that the others who are having their content stolen will contact Blogger and take the steps to close this splog down.

]]> By: Spanish SEO http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-742 Spanish SEO Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:07:56 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-742 Hi Stefanie, Sorry to hear that you are having problems with scraping and content theft. There are different things, from the web security perspective, that you can do to protect your site/content. You can use blacklisting (blocking only selected bots, but allowing the rest) or whitelisting (blocking all, but selected bots) strategies. The former one is faster and easier to implement than the latter one. For whitelisting, you will need a good understanding of server technology, user-agents, etc, etc. I put together 3 long posts that will walk you through the process. Read them in this order and implement the changes once you clearly understand what you are doing. 1. <a href="http://www.spanishseo.org/block-spam-bots-scrapers/" rel="nofollow">Practical Solutions for Blocking Spam, Bots and Scrapers</a>. Don't rush to implement the .htaccess changes. Read the next post first. 2. <a href="http://www.spanishseo.org/how-to-identify-user-agents-and-ip-addresses-for-bot-blocking/" rel="nofollow">How to Identify User Agents and IP Addresses for Blocking Bots and Crawlers</a> 3. <a href="http://www.spanishseo.org/logz-free-log-analyzer/" rel="nofollow">LogZ Free Log Analyzer for User-Agent and IP Detection</a> If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I would be happy to help. And if you know other people running into the same problems, let them know that there are practical solutions available to help them. Wish you the best. Augusto Hi Stefanie,

Sorry to hear that you are having problems with scraping and content theft.

There are different things, from the web security perspective, that you can do to protect your site/content.

You can use blacklisting (blocking only selected bots, but allowing the rest) or whitelisting (blocking all, but selected bots) strategies. The former one is faster and easier to implement than the latter one. For whitelisting, you will need a good understanding of server technology, user-agents, etc, etc.

I put together 3 long posts that will walk you through the process. Read them in this order and implement the changes once you clearly understand what you are doing.
1. Practical Solutions for Blocking Spam, Bots and Scrapers. Don't rush to implement the .htaccess changes. Read the next post first.
2. How to Identify User Agents and IP Addresses for Blocking Bots and Crawlers
3. LogZ Free Log Analyzer for User-Agent and IP Detection

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I would be happy to help.

And if you know other people running into the same problems, let them know that there are practical solutions available to help them.

Wish you the best.

Augusto

]]> By: Stefanie http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-739 Stefanie Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:31:40 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-739 Jennae, I would have looked up the owner, but they were hosted on Blogger, so there was no information available on them! Thought you all might like to know that, after sending Blogger the DCMA notice, they have taken care of the site. It got deleted! Won this battle, preparing for the next... Glad my mom raised me to never give up :) Jennae, I would have looked up the owner, but they were hosted on Blogger, so there was no information available on them!

Thought you all might like to know that, after sending Blogger the DCMA notice, they have taken care of the site. It got deleted! Won this battle, preparing for the next... Glad my mom raised me to never give up :)

]]> By: Jennae @ Green Your Decor http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-714 Jennae @ Green Your Decor Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:46:51 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-714 I had this happen to me with two different websites. What I did was look up the owner of the domain name at http://www.whois.net/ since neither of the sites offered any contact information. I sent emails to the email addresses listed. I got one response that they were going to remove all my content and stop using my feed in this way. I have yet to hear back from the other, but since I have their phone numbers, a call is in order if I don't hear from them by the end of the day. I had this happen to me with two different websites. What I did was look up the owner of the domain name at http://www.whois.net/ since neither of the sites offered any contact information. I sent emails to the email addresses listed. I got one response that they were going to remove all my content and stop using my feed in this way. I have yet to hear back from the other, but since I have their phone numbers, a call is in order if I don't hear from them by the end of the day.

]]> By: messsi http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-709 messsi Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:03:43 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-709 Thanks for your suggestion. Definitely good advice for new blogs. In fact, Adsense is the only advertisement on my blog and I was wondering if I should take it down Thanks for your suggestion. Definitely good advice for new blogs.

In fact, Adsense is the only advertisement on my blog and I was wondering if I should take it down

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-697 Jonathan Bailey Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:49:32 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/content-theft/#comment-697 I think you have the exact right idea. I tell people that you have to pick your battles, but you need to win the ones you pick.. Definitely keep me posted! I think you have the exact right idea. I tell people that you have to pick your battles, but you need to win the ones you pick..

Definitely keep me posted!

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