That almost sounds like I’m cussing, doesn’t it? Anyway, I hadn’t heard of the term ’scraping’ before, but it refers to websites that steal your content and publish it as their own. It seems that it’s happening more and more frequently to me, and I discovered this wordpress plug-in that will ban certain ip addresses from your blog. I’m starting to use it, and I thought some other wordpress users might want to know about it. You can find more info here:
November 12, 2008...1:55 am
Ban the Scrapers!
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November 12, 2008 at 7:39 pm
How do you find out that people are “scraping” your stuff?
November 12, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Thanks for sharing, I definitely need this!
Trish,
The scraper I know of (who hits me at least 2/3 posts) actually links back to me, which is a little strange, actually.
November 12, 2008 at 7:59 pm
That looks like a useful piece of code, but I don’t have any idea if I need it or not. I don’t know if I’d ever stumble across someone copying my stuff…
November 13, 2008 at 8:05 am
I noticed my posts showing up on weird blogs through Technorati. It surprised me and I don’t know how they do it.
November 13, 2008 at 11:01 am
Thanks for this tip! I’ve had the weird pingbacks and didn’t quite “get it”. I’ll look at installing the plug-in.
November 15, 2008 at 10:36 am
Wow, thanks for sharing. How are you finding people publishing your material as theirs? I’ve gotten quite a few “ping backs” – but don’t those display your address? Or is that scraping?