Re: What do you do if another site is stealing your copy

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:22:55 GMT, Carol W <from_you@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 5 Sep 2005 09:51:15 -0700, "Bewenched" <cbristow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>I have been concerned recently because our website is getting less and
>>less traffic from Google and the number of pages in google for us has
>>been dropping 1000's of pages per week so I've been doing some
>>research.
>>
>>What I have found is that sites like this:
>>www.350zspeedpro.com have been "scraping" copy from our site.
>>Here's one page where they are doing this:
>>http://www.350zspeedpro.com/installing-hid-headlights-nissan-350z.php
>>
>>about 3/4 down the page .. just search for "sfx" and you'll see that
>>they are directly taking title and description from a few of our
>>webpages and placing it on their site with a link to them only .. not
>>to us. The copy they took is a few weeks old and I have now changed it
>>so we don't get penalized for duplicate copy.
>>Here's our page
>>http://www.sfxperformance.com/project_altima.asp
>>As you can see we have a very nice article about one of our project
>>cars.
>>
>>My question is what the heck can I do about it???
>
>Check to see if they are using some kind of redirect or framing your
>pages. Some faulty programs out there have webmasters inadvertently
>'stealing' content when they don't realize they are.
>
>Then you can contact the site owner and request them to remove
>references and/or links to your site or change them so that your
>content is being captured/credited to them. If they do as you ask,
>then you know you are dealing iwth someone who meant no harm. If they
>do not, then report them to thier site host and to search engines
>using the DMCA and sharing proof that the content is copied and/or
>redirected without your permission.
>
>There are some threads about this topic at WebMaster World - some of
>those may have some tips or advice for you to consider also.
>
>Carol

You remember the days when you could get advice like this from this
group easily? Like a war zone here lately.
So, do you want to know how I'm getting on after my operation then?

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