Comments on: How Google Addresses Duplicate Content Due To Scrapers

By: Tosin

Tosin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:57:53 +0000

Hi,

This is a sensitive topic.

I have a question.

What if it is a story you read and want to re-write in your own words? What happens then and what is it called?

Thanks.

By: Grizzly

Grizzly — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:47:40 +0000

This won’t work for everyone but if you have a network then immediately post a high PR backlink from another site to your article as soon as it is posted. So far I have never had a scrapper outrank my posts.

This may be common knowledge but for those who don’t know – always include a link in your posts pointing to your site – very few scrapers bother to remove or change links and you not only tell G who the original source is but you can pick up link juice from the scrapper. I gain a lot of backlinks (with optimized keyword anchors) from the scrappers – gotta love it.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:01:54 +0000

Somebody new has subscribed to my feed… for the sole purpose of scraping my content. When my feedburner subscription rate increases for no good reason, I know there is likely to be a scraper stealing my content.

By: Solace

Solace — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:55:05 +0000

@Mike: What do you mean your feedburner stats go up when you get scraped content? I don’t see the corrolation?

I’ve had a few big jumps on my feedburner but not sure what it was from, maybe something similar?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:34:17 +0000

I keep tabs on my feedburner stats a few times a week. Anytime I see I spike in my subscribers, I go and check for duplicate content… sure enough! there it is. I’ve been fortunate enough to outrank the scrapers so far. However, I am too concerned about this. I believe will get better, they always do.