Report Scraped Content to Google - New Form!

If you find your work has been scraped, you can report it to google with Google's new Scraper Report form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Pw1KVOVRyr4a7ezj_6SHghnX1Y6bp1SOVmy60QjkF0Y/viewform

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How to report Sites that copy your Blog Content

The great post below shows you how to inform Google to investigate a web site that is scraping your blog and posting it in its entirety.

It's on old blog but the access method still works (basically find an ad on the sleazy site and click the "AdChoices" link generally in the lower left corner).

Source and thanks: kuanhoong dot com » How to report duplicate content to Google

Sites that copy your blog content:

http://export contacts . blogspot. com/ - Especially egregious. No contact info whatsoever on this ad laden site that's geared for users to 'accidentally' click ads.

UPDATE 4/11/2012 - Google has taken the site down. Thanks Google!
UPDATE 4/12/2012 - The site is back up. There's now an email address which I emailed. Bounced back. Everything about this site is sleazy.

What are the others?

3/25/2012: Remove your Blog from Blogger-Index - This site also posts blogs in their entirety.

UPDATE 8/27/2012: Just came across this author with more good ideas on handling content scrapers: Content Scrapers – How to Find Out Who is Stealing Your Content & What to Do About It 

12/5/2014 - SEE ALSO: Report Scraped Content to Google - New Form!

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Remove your Blog from Blogger-Index (which is not Affiliated with Google)

It was weird to see my blog posted in it's entirety on the Blogger-Index website. If you use Blogger you will likely see your blog in its entirety there too.

This company is not affiliated with Blogger or Google and I found several complaints about this company, e.g. here on this blogger forum, "Is Blogger-Index.com affiliated with Google/Blogger?" http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=1d61957d06152db0&hl=en

You can ask them to remove your blog by clicking on the "Remove my Blog" at the bottom of the page on which you see your blog. Blogger-Index puts in a speedbump when you try to remove your site and this is what it says: "Basically a back link is a link from another site back to your own - hence the term "back link". The search engines count the number, importance and relevance of back links to assess the quality of site in providing the information for which a searcher is looking."


In my opinion this is sleazy and Google SEO will not count these types of back links anyway. Furthermore, no one ever needs to click back to your site as your blog is posted in it's entirety on their ad laden site. You can see what mine looks like here: http://www.blogger-index.com/1036186-digital-q-amp-a (I've requested them to remove my blog, so that link will work only until they comply. See updates below for how long it takes for them to comply...).

Phone: Blogger-Index SUPPORT: (646) 499-6931
per: http://www.blogger-index.com/contactus.php

UPDATE 3/28 - On 3/25 I submitted via the form above to have my blog taken off their site. This is the form they give us to have our sites removed. It has been 3 days and my site is still not removed from their site. I'll keep you posted.

UPDATE 3/29 - Still posted on Blogger-Index. No response to their own form to remove my blog. It's just creepy. Sent an email to itamar@blogger-index.com as posted on their Privacy Policy page.

UPDATE 3/29 PM - Google is cracking down on these back link mills: Google Cracking Down on “Unnatural” Links, Deindexing Blog Networks Thank you Google!

UPDATE 3/30 - Still no response to their own form to remove my blog. 6 days.

UPDATE 3/31 - Still no response to their own form to remove my blog. 7 days.

UPDATE 4/1 - Still no response to their own form to remove my blog. 8 days. Requested again.

UPDATE 4/2 - Blog has been removed. 9 days.

More good info here: How to report Sites that copy your Blog Content

12/5/2014 - SEE ALSO: Report Scraped Content to Google - New Form!

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