How would you guys feel about this. He copied a whole page from my site. Including the links back to my site and added it to his blog. My site is not an article submission site where I've given permission. I'm guessing that this could get me hit for duplicate content being that I just added this page less that a week ago. Location of stolen page He called it "SEO Tips for Analyse Website Analysis" everything else is mine. http://seotoolsandtips.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_seotoolsandtips_archive.html My original page. http://www.topwebsitetips.com/SEOCheckList.aspx
Send a message to this guy and tell him to remove all of your information. If that doesn't work, notify Blogger that your material has been stolen; include the supporting link as you did herein. I hope this works!
Right now I'm trying to determine how bad this is. He choose a page that has about 7 links back to various pages of my site. All of the links he displays works. Should I leave it or start after him?
If you've nothing better to do then start after him... build your evidence straight away if you do... screen shots maybe? I dont know how the copyright system for blogger works to be honest!
If he took your original content without permission, you have every right to go after him. Send him a note to remove the content. He doesn't have the right to use your content if you have not specifically consented to such. As another person mentioned above me, if that doesn't work you can contact blogger and see what they can do about it.
Blogspot is in the USA, so if you raise this with Blogspot you should be able to get this page, or his whole blog, taken down. I wouldn't ask him to take it down. I would like to have those seven links. I would write him and give him some kind way to rewrite the post that gives you proper credit and keeps the links. If he doesn't then comply, go to Blogspot, get his blog cancelled, and then register the subdomain for yourself when it is.
It is funny to me how little people actually read here. Adac even tried to explain his thought process right now and people still just shot there two cent, canned answer of bite, bite, bite. The seven links won't hurt. You should not worry about the dub content penalty unless you are not yet indexed.
Looks like he has a couple other sites pages on there now. I planned on updating the page again soon, so I think I'll let it be. Got a few new links though.
One big question? If a content is copied by one site from another site Who will get penalized the original content site? or the duplicate site?
Some say that the one that is indexed first is considered the original. I don't beleive that is true. I have a few articles on my site that I have gotten from article directories. My pages often come first in the serps over the original writer. I think who ever has the strongest page / Site wins. I would be far more concerned with competing with a blog except this one is new, There fore weeker. I also have plans on adding to and changing the page, so unless the guy grabs my page again, in a week or so it should no longer be close enough to be considered duplicate. I have a lot more to add to the page.
Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Either way, there is a flag button in the upper right corner of the page. Hit that and tell the Blogger people about it.
Tried this. This flag is only for offensive material, they do not give a way to tell what the problem is. Once flagged they will only look at the page, find nothing offensive and move on.
Usually you would send a DMCA notice to the owner, then host, then data center and or domain registrar...however i can see the difficulties with this case. My only suggestion can be to contact Blogspot directly with a less confronting but still make-the-point-clear DMCA. It is their problem and they have to deal with it. If you have to, threaten legal action.