How concerned should I be about scraped conte
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I've been noticing that other sites (none as strong as mine) are scraping my content.
I have rel=author on my website to claim the content as mine.
How concerned should I be about others scraping our content, could this harm us?
Any suggestions about how to stop content scrapers?
Thanks!
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Sara
Copyscape is your best hope ....
They offer a free and premium service and its relatively inexpensive.
Regards
John
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Thanks for the response! are there any automated tools I can use to check for sites scraping my content?
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In my opinion, it's a gift when they want to scrape you. You have copyright on anything that you have written. When I got scraped, I file a complaint trough the DMCA form. Their results will get banned from the search engines in a few days.
If you've set your links and your author right, you don't really need to worry: you're doing everything you can.
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