Comments on: Removing Creative Commons License http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:56:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: 404 Tech Support » Blog Archive » My Brush with Blog Scraping http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-28538 404 Tech Support » Blog Archive » My Brush with Blog Scraping Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:06:33 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-28538 [...] How to Fight Feed Scrapers [...] [...] How to Fight Feed Scrapers [...]

]]> By: My Brush with Blog Scraping « 404 Tech Support http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-27760 My Brush with Blog Scraping « 404 Tech Support Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:53:26 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-27760 [...] do and about others confronting similar problems: What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content How to Fight Feed Scrapers CNET News article Sock money’s report of a DMCA violation for their blog. Lorelle On [...] [...] do and about others confronting similar problems: What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content How to Fight Feed Scrapers CNET News article Sock money’s report of a DMCA violation for their blog. Lorelle On [...]

]]> By: zen http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-14807 zen Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:09:48 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-14807 Now, the interesting thing about scrapers is they can also BOOST your page ranking, because they present a paragraph of your content and a link to your site - however if they add a rel="nofollow" tag, it means that google won't follow that link to you, which means they won't boost your page ranking. I'm still trying to do some research with the blog scraping to make it so that if someone scrapes my blog, they'll only help me (and get google to recognize my content as the original). Now, the interesting thing about scrapers is they can also BOOST your page ranking, because they present a paragraph of your content and a link to your site – however if they add a rel=”nofollow” tag, it means that google won’t follow that link to you, which means they won’t boost your page ranking.

I’m still trying to do some research with the blog scraping to make it so that if someone scrapes my blog, they’ll only help me (and get google to recognize my content as the original).

]]> By: Weekly Roundup - Evil Scraper Edition. http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12360 Weekly Roundup - Evil Scraper Edition. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:25:07 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12360 [...] Micah recently wrote about dealing with a similar issue, and laid forth the steps for dealing with scrapers. Scrapers are thieves and make the internet a less enjoyable place for everyone. To end on a [...] [...] Micah recently wrote about dealing with a similar issue, and laid forth the steps for dealing with scrapers. Scrapers are thieves and make the internet a less enjoyable place for everyone. To end on a [...]

]]> By: RacerX http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12198 RacerX Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:48:48 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12198 Technorati is a good way to find srappers. Look at your "Blog Reactions" if you see your stuff under a different name- Scrapped! I check mine all the time to be careful. Technorati is a good way to find srappers. Look at your “Blog Reactions” if you see your stuff under a different name- Scrapped! I check mine all the time to be careful.

]]> By: Randall at CreditWithdrawal http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12190 Randall at CreditWithdrawal Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:36:56 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12190 Yeah, I changed to copyright myself because of them (mainly they were hot-linking to my pictures, eating up my bandwidth, but still). Just a FYI to all out there, you CAN get penalized by the big G (Google) for duplicate content. They can do lots of things like reduce PageRank, or muck with your SE results. Do Not Anger the Big G!! Yeah, I changed to copyright myself because of them (mainly they were hot-linking to my pictures, eating up my bandwidth, but still).

Just a FYI to all out there, you CAN get penalized by the big G (Google) for duplicate content. They can do lots of things like reduce PageRank, or muck with your SE results.

Do Not Anger the Big G!!

]]> By: mrsmicah http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12186 mrsmicah Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:11:30 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12186 Becky, you have the advantage of being on blogger. The way I find them is when they send trackbacks to my site...but blogger doesn't accept trackbacks. They tend to only do that when putting up a partial post. They hope that'll get around copyright infringement. Something more annoying is that when a site steals my post, they include the links to other blogs. So if I linked to BeThisWay, for instance, she'd get a pingback from the scraper too. I had asked some more experienced bloggers about it and they gave me the Google/DMCA advice. Becky, you have the advantage of being on blogger. The way I find them is when they send trackbacks to my site…but blogger doesn’t accept trackbacks. They tend to only do that when putting up a partial post. They hope that’ll get around copyright infringement.

Something more annoying is that when a site steals my post, they include the links to other blogs. So if I linked to BeThisWay, for instance, she’d get a pingback from the scraper too.

I had asked some more experienced bloggers about it and they gave me the Google/DMCA advice.

]]> By: BeThisWay http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12185 BeThisWay Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:55:49 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12185 I'm glad you are doing something about it. I kept clicking on their link that showed up on my stats page to see the comments to your lawsuit post, thinking it was yours. I find my content scraped constantly, and my words are often attributed to someone else. It's just such a pita to fight. I’m glad you are doing something about it. I kept clicking on their link that showed up on my stats page to see the comments to your lawsuit post, thinking it was yours.

I find my content scraped constantly, and my words are often attributed to someone else. It’s just such a pita to fight.

]]> By: Becky@FamilyandFinances http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12183 Becky@FamilyandFinances Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:45:49 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12183 Being so new to blogging, I've never heard of this. How did you find out it was happening? How did you find out what you could do about it?! Being so new to blogging, I’ve never heard of this. How did you find out it was happening? How did you find out what you could do about it?!

]]> By: fathersez http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12182 fathersez Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:33:32 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/02/22/removing-creative-commons-license/#comment-12182 I have been wondering about this for some time. I click on a link and find a carbon copy. Just wondering if they could do a lot more good if they direct their energies in a more moral fashion. Good for you to stand your ground, Mrs. M. I have been wondering about this for some time. I click on a link and find a carbon copy.

Just wondering if they could do a lot more good if they direct their energies in a more moral fashion.

Good for you to stand your ground, Mrs. M.

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