What is Page Jacking?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by mosesaaron, Oct 20, 2011.

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    I read somewhere about page jacking I would like to know some more about it with regards to exactly how it is done and why to do it?
     
    mosesaaron, Oct 20, 2011 IP
  2. waqas0323

    waqas0323 Peon

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    Page jacking is a method of search engine spam thats similar in nature to scraping. The difference is that with page jacking, whole pages and even whole websites are copied for the purpose on increasing search ranking and traffic for another site.
     
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  3. eswari

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    Pagejacking is stealing the contents of a Web site by copying some of its pages, putting them on a site that appears to be the legitimate site, and then inviting people to the illegal site by deceptive means - for example, by having the contents indexed by major search engine s whose results in turn link users to the illegal site.
     
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  4. ginap

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    never heard of it - good question,

    ive seen sites download other sites and then host the content on their domains, esp in ecommerce sites with thousands of pages...


    good thread! interested to know more
     
    ginap, Oct 21, 2011 IP
  5. stevenyoung

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    Anyone who runs a content rich website will be familiar with other sites ripping off their content. Sometimes this is done with an outbound-link back to the original content, sometimes it is more blatant and sometimes it is even an error. I've had content copied by companies and organizations that should really know better. Many people forget that just because something is on the web it is still subject to copyright laws. Unfortunately with the web being such an international medium enforcing those laws can be difficult. It is an unfortunate situation, the web was designed for linking to useful content but it seems too tempting for some people just to copy and paste what they find to enhance their website.

    Wholesale rip-offs of multiple pages, even whole sites happen. This i
     
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    many sites uses these technique now for attracting users.
     
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    Page jacking is a method of search engine spam thats similar in nature to scraping which can harm your website
     
    KimWilhelm, Oct 21, 2011 IP
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    Nice Post.. Page Jacking has been found in downloading sites.
     
    SEOExpertSydney, Oct 22, 2011 IP
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    its black hat SEO technique, to craete a legitimate page in synom to a original good quality page to get its link juice, traffic and ranking.... don every try thisss................
     
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    This is a bad way of getting content and you will get dinged for it. It's black hat SEO technique that should never happen. Since you wouldn't be the original person who posted the content first, you will get caught. Bad idea!
     
    webdesign22, Oct 23, 2011 IP
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    Thanks all for sharing good information regarding page jacking!
     
    karankundra, Oct 23, 2011 IP
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    ok great i never heard about this ever .. i think it's very interesting thing....
     
    ryanlawrence171, Oct 24, 2011 IP
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    Page jacking is an unethical method in SEO used by some which involves stealing content from one website and publishing it into their own. In page jacking portions or complete pages are copied to manipulate SEO rankings and results.
     
    Diane Forster, Oct 24, 2011 IP
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    Mithuasha Banned

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    Pagejacking is stealing the contents of a Web site by copying some of its pages, putting them on a site that appears to be the legitimate site, and then inviting people to the illegal site by deceptive means - for example, by having the contents indexed by major search engine s whose results in turn link users to the illegal site. By moving enough of a Web site's content as well as the page descriptor information (known as META information) within each page, pagejackers can then submit the illegal site to major search engines for indexing. Users of the search engine sites may then receive results from both the illegitimate as well as the legitimate site and can easily be misled to link to the wrong one. Users linking to the illegitimate site may find themselves redirected to a pornographic or other unwanted site. As an additional annoyance, users subjected to pagejacking may also encounter mousetrapping , in which clicking the Back button with the mouse does not lead out of the illegal site but only to the viewing of additional unwanted pages. To escape, the user may need to close the browser or even restart the operating system.
     
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    The activity of stealing content (typically in the form of source code) from a Web site and copying it into another Web site in order to siphon some of the original site??s traffic to the copied Web pages. Pagejackers rely on search engines to spider the contents of the illegitimate site and index the results so that the copied site will appear in the search result rankings along with the original site??s rankings. Users can be tricked into thinking the illegitimate site is the one they are searching for, and once they visit the copied site they may be subjected to mousetrapping.

    The term pagejacking is a combination of the words Web page and hijacking, indicating that a Web page has been hijacked.

    Also see How Web Search Engines Work in the Did You Know . . . ? section of Webopedia.
     
    kajal.pillai22, Oct 24, 2011 IP
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    I just don't understand why people steal contents from others. If they can't write their own article or design their own website why even bother to join the parade.

    Well, with the kind of algorithm that Google has right now, people who are engaging this activity will not succeed.
     
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  17. spoiledkid01

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    But only source code will not help you make the page look similar.
    What else do they copy?
    Interesting topic though.
     
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    The term pagejacking is a combination of the words Web page and hijacking, indicating that a Web page has been hijacked.

     
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    Page Jacking is another form of Black Hat SEO strategies where it copies the content of a website and then put it on their site and then direct people to original site.
     
    yanna, Apr 16, 2012 IP
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    Page jacking is the method of copying whole site content or whole page content of well ranked site to illegitimate site to manipulate the ratings.
     
    maria.lisa222, Apr 18, 2012 IP