I’m not telling you how to stop people from stealing your blog contents. I am asking how on earth can I stop people from stealing my contents. I’ve been quite busy lately because I have a pet website project going on. This project is something I am passionate about and I’m proud to say, I really do my homework.
My new project is not like a blog where I update the contents daily. Once finished, the site will consists of useful information that is pretty static. I write my pieces and type every single word by myself. Every word.
Look, I don’t mind people using my posts which I utilised 10 minutes of my time to type. I’m talking about hard thorough research that requires a few hours a post here. It just don’t sit right having somebody come and steal my hardwork. God forbid it appears on those cheesy ugly sites that has no other purpose than earn Adsense. You understand what I’m getting at?
I’ve heard of Copyscape and I even check out the site. The thing is, other than a banner that proclaims you are protected, (does intimidation works anyway to deter those cyber thieves?) my work is not protected at all. Yeah, you can find out whom stole your contents, but the thing is, isn’t that my word against theirs?
You see, I’ve not asked for my new website to be indexed by Google. I reckon I should put up at least 10 to 15 posts before I alert the bots to come and crawl. Once indexed, I know I am pretty safe… till then, if anybody comes to my site and steal my stuffs, I won’t have any proof to say ‘I posted it first!’
Anyone out there has a solution? Sigh…
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LOL… even top bloggers have no solution to that. Only thing they advise is complain to Big G and have them banned for life, which is what I am doing everyday.
Just click on the ” ads by google” link at he bottom of their ads and you should know what to do. Since we cannot stop them, that is the least we can do. Make them lose all their earnings.
Alright, lots to talk about here.
When it comes to content theft, there is a lot you can do, you might want to look at a post on my site right now entitled ” Making the Switch: Going From Partial to Full Feeds”. It isn’t directly aimed at this, though my entire site is, but it does list several key WP plugins you might want to use.
I don’t know if you can use plugins with your install, but consider using AntiLeech and CopyFeed if you can. They can help you out a great deal in this area.
Copyscape, which you mentioned, is a great tool though the banners are pretty much useless since most content theft takes place via the RSS feed, meaning that plagiarists never see the site at all.
As for Costa’s answer, I have to disagree. Adsense will not do much about content theft unless you submit a DMCA notice. I have templates on my site in the stock letters section and the contact information in my DMCA contact information list.
That approach is usually best followed by filing a DMCA notice with the host and getting the work removed. Even though you are not from the U.S. you can use the law against any and all U.S.-based sites.
I’m sorry for not offering more direct links, but I’m having trouble lately with my comments being marked as junk so I have to be stingy with the URLs.
I hope this helps and please do not hesitate to contact me if I can help in any way. If there is a specific case you want me to have a look at, just let me know!
Costa - That’s Evil.. but then I think it’s pretty effective.
Jonathan - Thank you for taking the time to leave this comment. Yes, I will come to your site and read through your article. Thanks.
And yes, I’ll shamelessly ask you questions should there is anything I don’t understand.