Very evil site

[Mogga]

I've just come across a very nasty site.


This site appears to have a text grab of my main page content on their site.
I can tell this as they have left my bottom line in which is definately without a doubt mine.


The layout is such that it doesn't link to my site as all. It indicates the content belongs to another site.


This site belongs I believe to someone on this forum.

The only links available on that page go to an espotting listing of places to buy mobile phones.

So what should I do?

Ask them to remove my site?
(Knowing that if they steal one site they have more than likely stolen other sites)
Report them to espotting? (and does anyone have a contact and number for doing this?)
Or list the URL here?
Should I file a DMCA notice to their host and google?
Should I send them a bill for £1000 a day for using my content?


To say that I am angry is an understatement.


If you have a mobile phone related site they have probably done it to you and are, as far as I am concerned, this is stealing.

**** One fumingly angry Mogga ****

[Aelf]

Hi Mogga,

I can understand how you must feel. To steal someone's livelihood has got to be one of the worst crimes there is.

I don't know the technical side of things but there must be a way to trace the owner of the site.

[Divrie]

Hi,

I would say the best way to trace the owner would be to search to buy the url and see if the owners information is available.

That should help towards finding who it is.

[Mogga]

Oh I have got that info.

[HeresJonny]

Often you can get the name and address number of the domain owner from http://sunny.nic.com/cgi-bin/whois. Then use directory enquiries to get a phone number.

I had to do this a couple of months ago to someone who copied one of our sites. I telephoned him at 9 o'clock one morning out of the blue, and requested the copied content be removed within 48 hours or "further action" would follow ... and it certainly did the trick.

Jon

[Aelf]

Then perhaps you should name and shame. Whoever it is should be ostrasised totally. I don't know what else you can do.

I know if someone did it to me I would go mental, all that work stolen ... and let's face it, that's what it is, theft.

[smn2]

Hi Mogga,

Sorry to hear about your situation. I do think you should
contact the site owner concerned, though, before you
go 'naming and shaming', at least to allow them to
undo the problem.

(And I don't recommend you do anything, whilst still fuming!)

Steve

[pistol101]

If they have any AF links then please let me know, as we've kicked off one affiliate for doing it this week.

[999gi]

Some day when google gets really clued up it will know who the first to publish some copy was and having someone else republish your copy with be seen as a signj of quality like having an inbound link

Until then though give them hell

[grahamT]

http://www.webconfs.com/similar-page-checker.php

this can give you a good insight to how much is really yours.
but I see more people using programs like blackwidow and ripping sites and altering there content slightly.

You really ned to get on top of this as duplicate content will definatly affect your page rank in google

the link above only does pages and you have to know the url. there was a site once (damned if i can find it know) that would spider the internet looking for sites with similar pages etc.

does anyone of this tool, please let me know.

regards

Graham

[Ste]

GrahamT
The site you are probably looking for is http://www.copyscape.com

Its never nice having your copy copied, happened to me a couple times. Always be polite at the start, you can turn nasty when being nice fails.

There should be a seperate forum for situations like this, where they can be outed, so we know who they are. If they have copied your site, then they have done it to others.

[ProCash]

whats the website