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More options Feb 20 2007, 11:34 am

From: RainboRick

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:34:36 -0800

Local: Tues, Feb 20 2007 11:34 am

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

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You can do several other things. You should first contact the
webmaster of the offending site and demand that he stop stealing your
content. Many times this is ignored, but many times a simple warning
that the thief has been spotted is enough to send him scurrying back
into his rathole. If the thief ignores you, contact his hosting
service - tell them that there's a copyright infringement on their
service and demand that it be removed. If the company is in a country
where these laws might actually be enforced, there's a good chance
that they will demand that the webmaster remove the material and
threaten him with being shut down. Finally, you can file a DMCA
report with Google and if they are convinced that you are the
copyright holder, they will act to remove the copied material from the
index. This is all a lot of work that will not have an immediate
effect, but should eventually get some results. But you have to start
with contacting the webmaster. Good luck!

On Feb 20, 7:21 am, jeff absher wrote:

> Thanks Admin Aaron,

> I do credit the author in each article with a url, but they just
> delete that.

> Maybe your suggestion regarding a sitemap might help. I use Google
> tools but have yet to submit one. With 100,000 pages or so I haven't
> figured out exactly how yet. Many are generated from our database of
> facilities and stuff. If I leave them off, will Google ignore anything
> not in the site map?

> I will continue to look into that.

> Thanks, Jeff

> On Feb 20, 8:49 am, Admin Aaron wrote:

> > 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- Hide quoted text -

> > - Show quoted text -

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