Scraping / Duplicate Content Question
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Hi All,
I understanding the way to protect content such as a feature rich article is to create authorship by linking to your Google+ account.
My Question
You have created a webpage that is informative but not worthy to be an article, hence no need create authorship in Google+
If a competitor comes along and steals this content word for word, something similar, creates their own Google+ page, can you be penalised?Is there any way to protect yourself without authorship and Google+?
Regards Mark
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Hi Mark
Glad I could help!
Regards, Gary
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Hi Gary,
I was not aware of DMCA ... Thank you
Your right, Google Authorship is key.Regards Mark
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Unfortunately you can be penalised which stinks! I'd suggest a Copyscape url run on your site just to to make sure no one is ripping out the great content you've created. Or you can set up Google Alerts.
**What happens if your find anyone copying your content? **
Google Authorship is of course great to establish who and when the material was published (evidence is key).
1. Contact the site owner who had copied your material asking 'politely' to remove.
2. Contact http://www.dmca.com/FAQ/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown and ask them to act.
Hope this helps?
Gary
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