DMCA Complaint to Google - HELP
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I have several sites copying my content, which I found out via Copyscape.com. Unfortunately, this is giving me duplicate content.
I filed a DMCA complaint through Google and the infringing pages were approved but the pages still remain.
Can someone please help me understand this better? I thought Google was supposed to remove these pages? Am I supposed to content the site owner to get the content removed or are their pages simply de-indexed?
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Correct. Here is an official blog post on the subject: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/duplicate-content-due-to-scrapers.html
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Thanks. So to confirm, because Google de-indexes that page, I no longer have to worry about duplicate content for that particular page?
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The pages remain on the web, or the pages remain in Google search results?
When Google agrees that a page is infringing, it will de-index that page. If you want the page taken down, you have to send a takedown notice to the person who runs that website. Which can be rather difficult.
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