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What can I do if somebody has copied my website?

by iamnotfrankkern
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He/she copied everything. Articles, pictures... Every single sentence is the same. Very annoying.

Can I do something?
#copied #website
  • Profile picture of the author chumpschimps
    You can contact their hosting company and domain registrar. Some hosting companies are excellent and will remove the content super fast.

    You can also file a DMCA copyright infringement with Google, but this takes longer.

    And, don't forget to file notices with the other search engines too (some of which act much faster than Google) because it's not right that they benefit from that traffic either.

    Your only other options really would be the legal route, which can be very expensive.
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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    Somwhere I read a Google rep saying in most cases a duplicate won't harm your site because they know who came first and won't rank the clone.

    Chump's advise is all sound, here's the DMCA link:

    Google Help
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    hate these kind of people who do it..wish there was a shift + delete button to put these rats into the closet..
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    You need to send her host a DMCA notice. Complete instructions with the sample DMCA are below. They work and normally within 48 hrs, she will be forced to take down all of your content.

    http://domainingdiva.com/legal-issue...ipoff-artists/
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