Comments on: Warning – blackhatsecrets.info is a splog

By: timethief

timethief — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:36:26 +0000

Yes, content theft is very common. No, it’s not an exception. This is not the first time my content has been stolen from this blog or from my other blogs. Sadly, it won’t be the last time either.

Since RSS feeds were introduced bloggers have come to know that it’s only a matter of time before most will discover their content has been stolen and placed on a splog. The motive of the thieves is to make money from the theft. One cannot make money from a (PPC) pay per click site and/or from ad clicks if no one visits the site and what draws visitors to a site is content.

This is why it’s important to search for your own content on the internet and look for duplication. Duplicate content can be located in many ways, and there are sites like copyscape that provide tools and the service of helping you determine if your content has been stole, where it is situate,and how to make a DMCA complaint.

By: brightcalliope

brightcalliope — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:49:41 +0000

Is this kind of theft common? I’m very new to the blogging world, but I would hope this was the exception rather than the rule. I’m glad you got the word out, and I hope it doesn’t happen to you again.

By: timethief

timethief — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:04:21 +0000

I used plagiarism checkers, copyscape and copygator as well as searches of Google, Yahoo and Bing. Then I did whois searches and began to prepare DMCA complaints. See > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2008/08/01/splogspot-dealing-with-content-thieves/onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/splog-off-dealing-with-content-theft/

I’m currently watching other possible content thieves who are frequenting my blog many times every day and who never ever leave comments. The average every day blogger doesn’t use “unidentified” browsers on Linux so I always watch those “visitors”.

By: AA

AA — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:05:09 +0000

How do you find the host and what’s the easiest way to send the complaint?

By: timethief

timethief — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:58:59 +0000

That’s hard to answer without being able to point to specifics and I can’t do there here. Sorry :(

By: timethief

timethief — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:57:36 +0000

@Tony
Hmmm I never go near that pit any more … let me check and see. No, not for that domain but he’s contact for 59 others too.

I hope you are well and happy too. I miss you. :)

Love and Peace
TiTi