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My site is getting stolen - anyone got any idea? please read below

by SIK
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Hello people, my first post here.. sorry for posting about problems right away

I'll go into specifics if anyone gets a followup question, short story is this:

1. I got a massive site (100% unique and handrwitten), used to to crazy good on google, now declining with traffic for last 2 years

2. Some blackhat technique is being used to for a while now to copy my site across multiple domains, literally like an addon domain so to say, FULL copies, as in: www.mysite.com/something.html becomes www.theirsite.com/something.html, for all subpages

3. I've been noticing that they are even ranking better for my own content, across multiple domains and some keywords.. meaning they are literally using my website (full copy) to fuel up traffic for their ads and popunders


Does anyone have an idea how are they even doing it? Or what can I do to prevent it? I'm willing to pay if anyone got an exact solution or advice on this matter

Please ask away if further info is needed!
#idea #read #site #stolen
  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    File a DCMA Takedown Notice.

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  • Profile picture of the author WebMarketingTool
    Check .htaccess
    I would check the .htaccess file and search it for theirsite.com (don't worry if it looks like greek to you, just search the file for that domain name and if it appears remove that line of code or post it here for me to review).

    Check included php Files
    If that isn't the issue I would next check any included php filesalso check if the redirect is happening after the page loads and if so search the html code if it has the domain in it.
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  • Profile picture of the author SIK
    First of all, thanks for the replies...

    I see I didn't explain properly, even though it is difficult - as odd as it may sound, they are using MY server (my hosting), but they are showing the site through their domain.com name (multiple of domain names to say so), identical site, my logo, my text, 100% copy of my thing from my server

    I literally don't know the method they are using, like I said, as if I personally added their addon domains to MY server (but of course - I didn't). They get indexed on google as a separate site and they crowd it up with popups and popunders to monetize it.

    My hosting people (choopa) say they never seen or encountered such a thing before and therefore can't help. IP blocking of their domains didn't work either. My site isn't hacked or anything.

    They just somehow clone it and make it display under their domain + popups


    I hope I explained it better this time?
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    • Profile picture of the author nicolasmd2112
      What a very strange situation. Could you give us some examples of these domains?





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    • Profile picture of the author WebMarketingTool
      Originally Posted by SIK View Post

      First of all, thanks for the replies...

      I see I didn't explain properly, even though it is difficult - as odd as it may sound, they are using MY server (my hosting), but they are showing the site through their domain.com name (multiple of domain names to say so), identical site, my logo, my text, 100% copy of my thing from my server

      I literally don't know the method they are using, like I said, as if I personally added their addon domains to MY server (but of course - I didn't). They get indexed on google as a separate site and they crowd it up with popups and popunders to monetize it.

      My hosting people (choopa) say they never seen or encountered such a thing before and therefore can't help. IP blocking of their domains didn't work either. My site isn't hacked or anything.

      They just somehow clone it and make it display under their domain + popups


      I hope I explained it better this time?



      Can you send some example links and I will check it out? There are many possibilities and I need to see to know what is happening.
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    • Profile picture of the author JC Web
      Originally Posted by SIK View Post

      First of all, thanks for the replies...

      I see I didn't explain properly, even though it is difficult - as odd as it may sound, they are using MY server (my hosting), but they are showing the site through their domain.com name (multiple of domain names to say so), identical site, my logo, my text, 100% copy of my thing from my server

      I literally don't know the method they are using, like I said, as if I personally added their addon domains to MY server (but of course - I didn't). They get indexed on google as a separate site and they crowd it up with popups and popunders to monetize it.

      My hosting people (choopa) say they never seen or encountered such a thing before and therefore can't help. IP blocking of their domains didn't work either. My site isn't hacked or anything.

      They just somehow clone it and make it display under their domain + popups


      I hope I explained it better this time?
      It sounds like they may be iframing your site or using other methods to embed it. If they are iframing, you can use some frame killing script on your site. If it's a wordpress site, there are plugins for this. Or you can add a few lines of frame busting javascript to your header. Or use the X-Frame-Options and/or sandbox for newer browsers. You can search frame busting or frame killing to research your options of how to implement it.
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  • Profile picture of the author superowid
    What is their site name? And what is yours? Can you give the full URL?
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