Comments on: Blog Scraping – How to deal with it?

By: Smokey

Smokey — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:50:23 +0000

If someone refuses to take your content off their site you can also pursue different copyright/spam reporting avenues

http://www.search-marketing.info/search-engines/report-spam.htm

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:45:59 +0000

I read somewhere that if the site contains google ads that you can also report them to google. If they lose their ad revenue, then there really isn't much point to the scraping. I do not think that we should switch to partial feed. I don't unsubscribe from sites that use them but it really annoys me. I also don't like taking a service away from the "good" people as a way to combat the "bad" ones. Kim Woodbridge's last blog post... 5 Most Popular (Anti) Social Posts of All Time

By: Jacques Snyman

Jacques Snyman — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:48:54 +0000

It is a concern that one’s hard work can so easily be plagiarised and actually undo some of the good work you’ve done in the process. It is actually damn unfair, and the perpetrators should be held accountable and stripped of any search rankings they might have gained through indulging in this nonsense.

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:27:41 +0000

@John, thanks for your comment. I shall read your post on email scraping.

@Shanker, I was doing much the same by just approving those trackbacks thinking that they are genuine.

@Raju, you are right. I am all for full feed…

@Chetan, how to edit htaccess is not in my scope However, you could use the Deny from ‘IP Address’ commands to deny selected clients.

By: Chetan

Chetan — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:54:42 +0000

Can you explain me how to change .htaccess file. Chetan's last blog post... (Audi Snook Consept) : 4 wheelers,2 wheelers… Future might be 1 wheeler

By: Raju

Raju — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:25:52 +0000

Partial feed option will surely pisses off your readers. I personally do not subscribe to any blog which offers partial feed (it defeats the purpose of Feed, isn’t it?).

By: Shanker Bakshi

Shanker Bakshi — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:52:12 +0000

Oops !! initially i was confirming these pingbacks n my blog thought that someone has linked to my post. But yes i know that these are auto targeted links and scarping you valuable contents.

By: John

John — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:50:14 +0000

glad you like the post... I wrote an article about scraping via email. In it, I detailed how spam bloggers, especially those using Blogspot, . Exotic limo in FL

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:44:19 +0000

Hi everyone,
Thanks for your views… In fact, the other option mentioned by Raju and Arun really works if you have contact information. I just proved it handy to remove one scraper yesterday

I am yet to try the partial feed option as suggested by Ramesh though I still prefer providing full feed to the subscribers.

@Rads, for blogger, I do not know any gadget that might show the backlinks but you could always use a backlink checker tool to see if scraping is taking place on your latest posts. I guess, usually it’s less found on atom feeds.

@Luis (Archies), I didn’t quite understand your method. Could you elaborate?

PS: I have highlighted the other options mentioned by the commenters so that readers can be benefited

By: Tech @ InkAPoint

Tech @ InkAPoint — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:56:24 +0000

Since most of the sploggers and spammers are using random ip's and proxies, it is stil hard to block them. Tech @ InkAPoint's last blog post... 4 Major Threats to Your Domain Name