Someone has copied a page from my site and wordpress asking to approve pingback ?

cctvinstallers · 07-23-2011, 08:51 AM

Someone has copied a whole page from my site onto their site, images and all which seems to be mainly about health clubs and mine is about cctv. I am getting a backlink from it. Wordpress is asking me to approve a pingback or not , what should I do ? If I give them a pingback will they get a link from me ?
Should I complain about them copying my page or ignore that ?

retsek · 07-23-2011, 09:34 AM

You probably I had an internal link on the page and they copied that as well. I'd ignore the pingback and leave it so you get a backlink. Not worth the trouble of going after them for copying.

Joanna Foley · 08-02-2011, 10:54 AM

A few things to check for is... if they credit you as the author with a link back to your site? Is it a site you want to be associated with? What is their PageRank?

Debra Mastlar wrote a good article "Turn Stolen Copy Lemons Into Link Lemonade" and how to protect your copy.

To discover if someone is using a copyrighted image, Google has Search By Image.

Using Google Alerts has also helped me stay on top of who's linking to my site.

Essentially, do I want them at my party?

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retsek Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,013 Thanks: 6 Thanked 294 Times in 172 Posts	Re: Someone has copied a page from my site and wordpress asking to approve pingback ? You probably I had an internal link on the page and they copied that as well. I'd ignore the pingback and leave it so you get a backlink. Not worth the trouble of going after them for copying.

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Joanna Foley Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego County Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Social Networking	Re: Someone has copied a page from my site and wordpress asking to approve pingback ? A few things to check for is... if they credit you as the author with a link back to your site? Is it a site you want to be associated with? What is their PageRank? Debra Mastlar wrote a good article "Turn Stolen Copy Lemons Into Link Lemonade" and how to protect your copy. To discover if someone is using a copyrighted image, Google has Search By Image. Using Google Alerts has also helped me stay on top of who's linking to my site. Essentially, do I want them at my party?
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