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More options Feb 20 2007, 8:49 am

From: Admin Aaron

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:49:45 -0800

Local: Tues, Feb 20 2007 8:49 am

Subject: Re: What to do when sites steal your content

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Looks like Google knows you originated the article here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=What+Does+Assisted+Living+Really...

There is nothing you can do but you could try putting a footer credit
in articles that have a link back to your main site, a lot of scrapers
use automated tools so the link will appear.

Google most likely looks at time/date stuff so it is good to also have
a sitemap and use Google Webmaster Tools.

http://www.google.com/webmasters/

Anything you can do to notify Google right after you post future
content helps, think of it as ID'ing what is yours...

On Feb 20, 8:21 am, jeff absher wrote:

> Our site provides a great deal of original content since 1999 written
> mostly by my wife who is a RN. Gobs of pages and articles all about
> elder care.

> example article:http://www.carepathways.com/cto9.cfm

> When asked for permission to republish or quote us by legitimate
> sources such as The Washington Post, Forbes Magazine, NY Times, etc...
> we have done so and the appropriate credit was given.

> We have never really checked to see if people were stealing this
> content for their own gain but after reading a post here and doing
> some quick research I found several. We always assumed that since our
> pages where published long before anyone else, the proper credit would
> be given by Google.

> People just copy/paste, make a few small changes, then re-publish the
> article as their own. Not even a credit. (example repoduced article:http://www.elderoptionsoftexas.com/tbh_excerpts/cost_of_assisted_livi...)

> BTW: They are really not a direct competitor since we are national and
> they are in Texas, but when they gain a PR of 5 (matching us!), it
> just pisses you off, ya know. Who else has gained from our hard work?

> What is the best process for having these removed?
> Does this hurt our rating?
> Can you "date" your pages so SEs have a date to go by?
> What is the best way to find copied content?

> Our rating dropped from a 6 to a 5 over the past few months and our
> business has suffered. I wonder if this could be one reason why.

> Thanks

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