Comments on: Oh Those Plagiarists… http://www.nojobformom.com/2009/10/16/oh-those-plagiarists/ Leaving the Rat Race for the Work At Home Pace Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:07:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Christina Crowe http://www.nojobformom.com/2009/10/16/oh-those-plagiarists/comment-page-1/#comment-5814 Christina Crowe Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:15:37 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=1900#comment-5814 Great! Thanks everyone. They _definitely_ scraped off my work. The two articles are exactly the same as my article is. I'll try to do a Whois on them and see what I can do about Google. Great! Thanks everyone. They _definitely_ scraped off my work. The two articles are exactly the same as my article is. I’ll try to do a Whois on them and see what I can do about Google.

]]> By: Ignatius http://www.nojobformom.com/2009/10/16/oh-those-plagiarists/comment-page-1/#comment-5812 Ignatius Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:44:12 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=1900#comment-5812 This is just a follow-on to the previous comment. I know the spam filter hates comments with more than one link so I split this out. If the website doesn't use Adsense, they are probably still looking for traffic from Google. You can notify Google about the violation. They will de-list copyright abusers, but it may take a little time. However, losing their search engine traffic will cut off whatever revenue source they use. Unfortunately, the web is loaded with pirates. Here is a link for this type of reporting: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=58 This is just a follow-on to the previous comment. I know the spam filter hates comments with more than one link so I split this out.

If the website doesn’t use Adsense, they are probably still looking for traffic from Google. You can notify Google about the violation. They will de-list copyright abusers, but it may take a little time. However, losing their search engine traffic will cut off whatever revenue source they use. Unfortunately, the web is loaded with pirates. Here is a link for this type of reporting:
http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=58

]]> By: Ignatius http://www.nojobformom.com/2009/10/16/oh-those-plagiarists/comment-page-1/#comment-5811 Ignatius Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:55 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=1900#comment-5811 Christina, The "nuclear option" is to notify Google. If they are Adsense publishers, Google takes a dim view of copied work. Just be sure that they really did flat out scrape your work off the other website. If they simply have the same information you have, it will be difficult to prove your case. You can't copyright the facts in your article, but you can copyright the way you present them. There is some information on how to report an Adsense publisher here: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9894&sourceid=aso&subid=ww-en-et-asblog_2009-02-23&medium=link Christina,
The “nuclear option” is to notify Google. If they are Adsense publishers, Google takes a dim view of copied work. Just be sure that they really did flat out scrape your work off the other website. If they simply have the same information you have, it will be difficult to prove your case. You can’t copyright the facts in your article, but you can copyright the way you present them.

There is some information on how to report an Adsense publisher here:
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9894&sourceid=aso&subid=ww-en-et-asblog_2009-02-23&medium=link

]]> By: Felicia http://www.nojobformom.com/2009/10/16/oh-those-plagiarists/comment-page-1/#comment-5807 Felicia Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:17:09 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=1900#comment-5807 Did you do a <a href="http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">Who is</a> search to find out who owns the blog? It should give you the name, address, email and hosting company information. Did you do a Who is search to find out who owns the blog? It should give you the name, address, email and hosting company information.

]]> By: Christina Crowe http://www.nojobformom.com/2009/10/16/oh-those-plagiarists/comment-page-1/#comment-5802 Christina Crowe Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:43:52 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=1900#comment-5802 Wow, I'm a tad frustrated as well! I noticed my earnings had dropped for a few of my eHow articles. When doing a quick search on Google, I discovered that 4 (FOUR!!!) people had plagiarized the article. I was able to contact support on two of the websites that they plagiarized on (they were similar websites like Associated Content). Luckily staff was able to remove the plagiarized content (along with other articles that were copied). However, the other two websites that had plagiarized my eHow article are personal blogs (and I can't seem to find where to contact each blog owner). Is there another way to notify the hosting company maybe or someone else that the work was plagiarized and then have it taken down? I'm a bit outraged to be honest, since it was my highest earning article (I had made about $32 the first month it was up) and now I make nothing at all from that particular article. Christina Wow, I’m a tad frustrated as well! I noticed my earnings had dropped for a few of my eHow articles. When doing a quick search on Google, I discovered that 4 (FOUR!!!) people had plagiarized the article. I was able to contact support on two of the websites that they plagiarized on (they were similar websites like Associated Content). Luckily staff was able to remove the plagiarized content (along with other articles that were copied).

However, the other two websites that had plagiarized my eHow article are personal blogs (and I can’t seem to find where to contact each blog owner). Is there another way to notify the hosting company maybe or someone else that the work was plagiarized and then have it taken down? I’m a bit outraged to be honest, since it was my highest earning article (I had made about $32 the first month it was up) and now I make nothing at all from that particular article.

Christina

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