Question is in the tile it self: How can I block someone who is using my RSS to copy my content onto his site? I know his URL... Can I block a particular URL from publishing my content? or may be I allow only partial feeds... or may be allow feeds only to feedburner.. any solution on this?
Hey b7r Could you maybe tell a little more about how you offer your feed to the public as well as how your website works (CMS / programming language etc.) THere may be some things you can do, depending on the above.
In that case I'm thinking that hthe best way is probably by adding an IP block in your .htaccess file. i'm not very familiar with wrodpress, so maybe it has a function, bt i don't know. in your .htaccess file put something like this: order allow,deny deny from 192.168.0.1 <-- change this to his IP allow from all Code (markup): That way he won't be able to access your website and consequently won't be able to steal your feed. If you're not familiar with .htaccess usage, google it - you'll lots of hits that can help you understand. let me know how it works out for you
Iruneh, Thanks for the valuable advice... i have started studying on this.. and shortly I shall implement.. hope to see positive results i shall update here in either case for the benefit of all
you could also add a footer to your feed or each post linking back to your site. it won't stop anyone from taking your feed, but it will make it obvious that they've done so and give you a link.
I would like to update here that... I was having problem with editing .htaccess file as suggested and found an useful tool here : http://www.htmlbasix.com/blockusers.shtml using this i have amended the .htaccess file... hoping to see positive results
Partial feeds can be defeated in many ways. One of which is to disallow linking from public generic full-text retrievers like http://labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss. ~ Firefighter, Broadens.com
I tried using the .htacess code block... however, no results will have to search for new method.... guys please guide me if someone knows
It should work if you know the IP of that person. One tip would be that the "order" of the IPs matters. Rule of thumb is "Deny first before allowing the rest". order allow,deny deny from 1.2.3.4 deny from 5.6.7.8 allow from all The other way? Try a firewall. Default on Linux will be iptables.
Why not just put a footer in your feed with your URL so you get free links and everyone knows he's nicking it?
Go one better than that! Place an image 728x90 in the footer of each post. The image should clearly say "http://www.domain.com is stealing this content from my site http://www.domain.com" I am certain he will stop this very quickly!