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What To Do When Someone Copies Your Site? *HELP*

by ocon9316
9 replies
As far as I know this is the first time someone has done this to me. I have a site up in a certain niche; the site is about 5 months old and is earning me decent (not great) money each month.

Long story short I came across a website in the same niche which completely plagiarized my "review" page....word for word. I tried contacting the owner about 5 days ago and haven't gotten a reply.

This wouldn't bug me that much except that he is somehow ranking higher than me for the main keyword and 2 LSI's...and I have no idea why. His site doesn't have very good on page optimization, less content and zero backlinks (according to backlink watch).

Obviously, this is very frustrating...does anyone have any advice or ideas about what to do when this happens? :confused:
#copies #site
  • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
    Here you go:

    How to File a DMCA Complaint

    And, for Google:

    Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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    • Profile picture of the author commarketing
      Thanks Dan for sharing those links.
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  • Profile picture of the author ocon9316
    Awesome! Thank you so much
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    A DMCA is the way to go. Go to domainingdiva.com about 4th post down and there is a sample DMCA and instructions that you can use. Worked for me 3 times now and it's fast.
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    • Profile picture of the author Adam Carn
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      A DMCA is the way to go. Go to domainingdiva.com about 4th post down and there is a sample DMCA and instructions that you can use. Worked for me 3 times now and it's fast.
      You look really mean on your blog.

      Adam
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      Taking a break...
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by Adam Carn View Post

        You look really mean on your blog.

        Adam
        It's a somewhat unconventional look (and not really me), but I am a somewhat unconventional type person. I really like the branding. To me it is humor rather than mean, but some say I have an odd sense of humor ...
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        • Profile picture of the author MR.MOE
          Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

          It's a somewhat unconventional look (and not really me), but I am a somewhat unconventional type person. I really like the branding. To me it is humor rather than mean, but some say I have an odd sense of humor ...
          LOL I kinda see it as attractive instead of mean
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  • Profile picture of the author Fun to Write
    This happened to me recently also. Those of us who write good content will have to be more on the alert for these kinds of thieves. Content theft is on the rise and Content Thieves are like the Internet's version of horse thieves.

    Not every thief responds to warnings. Look up their who is information and see if you can find a web or domain host. If you can, send them a copy of your notice to this jerk.

    Also, if your review is about a Clickbank product, copy Clickbank on the email as well.

    Then, promote your site with several fresh articles - you need to build up more natural backlinks to give it more authority.

    Most likely, the thief is too lazy to do anything to promote his site, so it could be benefiting from the Google dance. But, you can regain your rankings because you do have the original version, but you'll have to do some work.
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    Focus+Smart Work+Persistence=Success

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  • Profile picture of the author KristiDaniels
    You could be flattered.

    Then you could look to see if they are hot linking your images. You can have a lot of fun with that.
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