Possible scraper reusing content. Should I be concerned?
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I've noticed a few overseas sites seem to be repurposing content from our blog. The process to report for DMCA seems lengthy. Should I be concerned enough to persue this or just write it off as something that happens?
Here's an original - http://www.martinsprocket.com/sprocket-sense/sprocket-sense/2015/12/11/free-sprocket-CAD-models
Here's an example - http://ptech.in/silica-crushing/free-martin-sprocket-autocad-drawing-download-martin.html
Thanks!
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Thanks!
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Thanks so much. I'll see what they can do!
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Thanks for the response! I'll check these out.
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This company has lots of similar sites with similar format. All use the chat system, with same operators. Some sites say they are in China, others say they are in India. They know exactly what they are doing. They have been doing it for years. They are flooding the web with your brand name and your products with the hope that it will bring traffic. They steal content to make their sites and are probably knocking-off your products or after your brand delivers visitors they try to sell them a knock-off of your competitor's product.
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To be honest - best strategy in this case seems to try to contact the site owner.
It looks like a genuine site but if you do the site: command in Google you'll find plenty of strange pages (about minecraft, Ducati club, ...etc) all in the same strange layout as the page you mention. Probably the site got hacked and needs cleaning.
If contacting the owner doesn't help - you can always try file the Spam and/or DMCA report.
Dirk
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You should be concerned IF scrapper rank higher than your own site.
Meanwhile send report to Google here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14CP_1An9rWKjJ8ZXqxg1gwVt44qTDxHPnXEa_ZGbHBc/viewform?formkey=dGM4TXhIOFd3c1hZR2NHUDN1NmllU0E6MQ&ndplr=1
Sending report didn't guarantee that scrapper will be removed from SERP. If you have copyright infringement send reports too:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en&pli=1
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