A few weeks ago I noticed another blog (Alabama Library Expo) has been scrapping content off my blog and adding it to theirs and I’d like it to stop – NOW! I’ve tried contacting the site, but have received no response. I suspect this is being done through automated scrapping and not by an actual human being. I’ve found a number of blog entries discussing the matter, some pointing to specific WordPress plugins which should prevent scrapping, but I haven’t found one yet that actually works.
I notice that some sites are being scrapped unsuccessfully, instead of being able to add the full content of an entry, all the other site is able to get is a link back to the original source. The only common thread I can find for these sites is that they are all using the free version of WordPress. If they can do this, then it must be possible. I’ve already tried contacting a couple of the sites that have been able to protect their content but it seems that they haven’t added anything special to prevent plagiarisms, it must be something that automatically comes with the free version of WordPress.
If you know how to fix this, please help me out!
If you have a library blog you might want to check the Alabama Library Expo to see if your material is being scrapped as well.
And while we are on the subject here are a few very useful tools I have found in the process;
Copyscrape – this will show you who is re-posting your content. There are a few other similar tools out there, but they don’t work very well.
Who.is – will tell you who owns the site in question. Here’s the information for my problem site.
Here is a very complete article on how to manage a plagiarist.
Hace unas semanas me di cuenta de otro blog (Alabama Library Expo) ha estado robándose el contenidos de mi blog y lo está agregando al de ellos; y me gustaría que esto pare – AHORA! He intentado contactar al sitio pero no han recibido. Sospecho que esto se está haciendo mediante “scrapping” automatizado y no por un ser humano real. He encontrado un número de entradas de blog de tratan el asunto, algunos señalaron a determinados plugins de WordPress que debe proteger el contenido pero no he encontrado ninguno que realmente funcione.
Me he dado cuenta que algunos sitios no los han podido copiar exitosamente. En vez de añadir el contenido completo de una entrada, lo único que el otro sitio es capaz de conseguir es un enlace a la fuente original. El único elemento común que encuentro para estos sitios es que están utilizando la versión gratuita de WordPress. Si ellos pueden hacer esto, entonces debe ser posible proteger cualquier contenido. Ya he tratado de contactar a un par de sitios que han sido capaces de proteger su contenido pero parece que no han agregado nada especial para evitar ser plagiados, debe ser algo que automáticamente viene con la versión gratuita de WordPress.
¡Si usted sabe cómo solucionar este problema, por favor ayúdeme!
Si usted tiene un blog sobre bibliotecas deberías mirar a ver si la Alabama Library Expo también está utilizando su contenido.
Y ya que estamos tratando este tema, aquí hay algunas herramientas muy útiles que he encontrado en el proceso;
Copyscrape – esto le mostrará que sitios están republicando su contenido. Hay algunas otras herramientas similares por ahí, pero no funcionan muy bien.
Who.is – le dirá quién es el dueño del sitio en cuestión. Aquí está la información del sitio con el que tengo este problema.
Aquí está un artículo muy completo sobre cómo manejar estas situaciones de plagio.
Stephanie
Thank you for your update! Hope you are able to recover your URL.
After writing this post I emailed the address associated with the WhoIs of this site, and my content is longer showing up on there. I also notice the site hasn’t been updated for a few weeks, so maybe they have rethought their actions.
For others who are having problems with this site I suggest sending them a strongly worded email — punksgupta[at]yahoo.com
Heather in AL
Hi Stephanie – Just wanted to let you know that the \Alabama Library Expo\ scrapper has \stolen\ the URL of our state conference for library media specialists. How crazy is that? And then the content is nutty…and upon a closer look at links, etc., I suspect it’s hosted in India. I hope you are able to eliminate the scrapping from your site but I just wanted to let you know that I highly doubt anyone in AL, especially in the library community, has anything to do with it. 🙂