Comments on: Beating the Content Thieves - stolen website content

by: My site been copied and now not on Google - WebProWorld

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:53:39 +0000

[…] Originally Posted by davebarnes I am confused. I did this at both google.com and google.co.uk site: http: //www.metal-sheds-online .co.uk and got 118 pages found. by ‘missing from Google’ i assume they mean missing from the SERP’s. It has long been a black hat trick to mirror a site onto a higher page rank url structure, and by doing this, the original page will be filtered out at the time of search as being the lesser important page. it IS effectively you taking you out of google, as no-one wants to be in the google database, they want to be in the Search results. I blogged about this a while back Old Welsh Guy The Google Expert � Beating the Content Thieves - stolen website content one of the main things you need to do is file a DMCA report (instructions in blog post). let them have their copy of the site, but focus first on getting Google to remove them. They are far more likely to respond to a DMCA report than a spam report, as the DMCA report is a legal matter while spam is a quality issue __________________ Internet Marketing Consultancy - SEO Agony Uncle - Web Design Wales in browser self edit websites […]

by: Brandon

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:08:45 +0000

It’s funny you should mention the India SEO company in your post. I just finished a bit of a “diatribe” on my blog that highlights my experiences with SEO firms in India. Never have I seen so many bad apples in one tree.

Here’s my position:
http://www.austinseoguy.com/seo-tips/2008/02/india-seo-company-world-capital-of.html

by: Plagiarism - What can I do - I am so annoyed! - Webmaster Forums - SEO SEM Directories Link bid script Discussions

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:22:28 +0000

[…] try this information here, it is from my blog. In reality if these sites are based in eastern Europe then forget rying to get it removed as they refuse to play by the rules over there. Old Welsh Guy The Google Expert � Beating the Content Thieves - stolen website content __________________ Umbrella Consultancy search engine marketing uk - Scrum V Rugby forum - Search Engine Optimisation Reports - My Q&A blog […]

by: Northern Cow

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:30:55 +0000

Brilliant Article - one of the best I’ve read recently.

We have a problem with the same person copying a customer site - we fight to have it taken down and he just pops it up under a different name. The host (HostExcellence) doesn’t want to know - says we need a court order before they’ll act. (Any ideas on how we can force the issue?) The ‘copycat’ has registered the current domain name with ‘Domains by Proxy’ so we can’t contact him directly.

by: GKD

Tue, 22 May 2007 14:54:08 +0000

Great info OWG

I normally get bored of reading long articles but I loved every bit of this one. Great stuff

by: Peter

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:26:48 +0000

John, The sites are nothing like each other, you would not have a claim.

by: Johnny

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:41:30 +0000

I have this pain in the backside who keeps copying my website. I have approached him about it, several times and his response is to change the text very slightly. It is a commercail website, and I earn money from it, and by stealing my ideas so does my plaigerist.

Can I still enfore copyright if the words have been altered a little?

my site: newmobile4me.com
copy site: freephonecontracts.co.uk

look at the FAQ pages

by: Paul

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:28:26 +0000

What’s the position with forums?

I have a number of forums where obviously much of the content comes from user submissions.

It has been known for duplicate versions of our boards to spring up… surely I can’t insist on removal since the content isn’t strictly-speaking mine?

Would the onus fall on all the individual posters?

Paul

by: Stuey

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:21:15 +0000

Yeah, really interesting read OWG.

It’s handy for someone to have outlined the exact procedure in case of copyright infringement.

Thanks

by: David Wallace

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:38:45 +0000

Great article, OWG. I especially like the part where you point out that the owner of the site where stolen content is found may not be the one who actually did the pilfering. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience.