Hi, Google AdSense says that they will not allow ads on my site yet because my website has scraped content. How do I find the posts that have it. Is it best I just delete all m
Hi Jake, I was interested in your question and even more so with any responses.
Down below, there is lots of information and advice which I have found informative.
Hope you get your posts accepted.
Wilson
It is better to see where you have copied something from someone else and rewrite it with you own words and bring new insights to the article, and then, re-submit that article to Google Search Console for re-indexing.
Most important, don't think about doing something just to get approved by Google adsense, but rather, think about how it would affect your rankings.
Google adsense is not the bet way for monetization even though it could bring some money, but you need lots of traffic to do so, better you focus on affiliate marketing and when you have lots of traffic you can try other ad networks that pay better than Google AdsSense such as Mediavine for example.
No, you don’t need to delete all of your post. I had this issue when I first started and I knew copying was wrong so, I didn’t scrape anyone’s content intentionally.
When people hear scraped content they automatically assume you copied and paste someone else work, which I didn’t do.
What happened in my case was I had permission from an affiliate program to use a pre written ad. So I did. Little did I know that although I had permission to use the ad, it Would haunt me later.
Lesson learned don’t use even the ad that affiliate programs give you on your site. You’ll need to add more content to it if you do. Like a lot more.
I had to go back through all my post and rewrite them. At the time I had about 95 post, something like that. Didn’t have a clue where to start and what to fix. So, I started from the very first post.
Oh yeah after each updated post I resubmitted the post to Google and Bing for reindexing. Every fourth or fifth Updated post I also requested ad approval from Google.
You can request approval as many times as you want.
Long behold my account was approved. In my case I knew I didn’t scrape no one else’s site but remembered that I did use the affiliate program ad. So, my process only took a few tweaking of post.
So I’m assuming you didn’t scrape content intentionally because if you did you would know what post to fix.
Unfortunately there is not a quick way to tell what post is in question. You can go through your post as I did and update them with more content. Resubmit them to Google and Bing and then request approval again.
By the way I was denied many times before I got approval. Either way, I hope this helps a little.
No, I never noticed a notification saying it was re-indexed. I wish there was a notification though but, as of now if there is one I have never noticed it.
To my knowledge Site content nor will Google notify you about reindexing unless there’s an issue.
The only message that I saw was Google saying we will recrawl the content. Something along those lines.
I do this with ANY post that I update.
The way I knew that they recrawled my site is my ranking increased on post that never ranked before.
And with the post that had the pre written ad from an affiliate program that I was apart of, I knew it was reindexed because my Google Ads account was approved literally right after updating the post and resubmitting it to Google and Bing.
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Scraped content ( says google adsense) ?
Hi, Google AdSense says that they will not allow ads on my site yet because my website has scraped content. How do I find the posts that have it. Is it best I just delete all m
"Avoid scraped content"
- from the Google webmaster guidelines 1
What is scraped content?
Scraping content is taking content from other places on the web and publishing it on your own site.
There are many websites that only contain pieces of other websites or stolen content. Many sites will take articles from other websites and publish them as if they were their own, or will copy entire websites.
This behavior is against the Google guidelines and against copyright laws in the United States and other countries.
Most people who are scraping content knows they are doing it. If you do not think you are scraping content, you probably are not.
Use caution when you display information from other websites.
Sometimes webmasters have things like "latest news" feeds or twitter feeds, etc in their sidebar.
Is that bad?
In most cases, it is fine to display such things in your sidebar, but sometimes people start displaying too much information from too many sources and they are in danger of breaking this guideline or the Auto generated content guideline
How much is too much?
Google doesn't state anywhere the exact answer to this question, but I would say it makes good sense that content from other sources should not exceed 10 percent of your webpage. An example would be a typical blog that has a news feed in it's side bar...
scraping content
If you write a very short blog post, the information in your news feeds could rather easily have more content than your blog does...
scraping content
It is worth considering how a search engine would see that page...
It would see that most of the page was unoriginal content, or repeated content like your logo and footer and such. This means that overall the webpage may not be considered a great resource for the subject of the post.
Examples of scraping
Google has provided 2 examples of what they consider scraping...
Sites that copy and republish content from other sites without adding any original content or value
Sites that copy content from other sites, modify it slightly (for example, by substituting synonyms or using automated techniques), and republish it
Sites that reproduce content feeds from other sites without providing some type of unique organization or benefit to the user
Sites dedicated to embedding content such as video, images, or other media from other sites without substantial added value to the user
Thank you so much, Catherine. I had no idea what "scraped content" was and now it's clear to me! You are a wonderful "encyclopedia"!!!
Great answer Catherine!
I found that all very enlightening indeed!
I had heard of scraped content but didn't really understand it until now!
Thanks
Dave
Historically It used to be a when article we writers first came out it was the turn for the content that was scraped from other articles
Hi Jake, I was interested in your question and even more so with any responses.
Down below, there is lots of information and advice which I have found informative.
Hope you get your posts accepted.
Wilson
It is better to see where you have copied something from someone else and rewrite it with you own words and bring new insights to the article, and then, re-submit that article to Google Search Console for re-indexing.
Most important, don't think about doing something just to get approved by Google adsense, but rather, think about how it would affect your rankings.
Google adsense is not the bet way for monetization even though it could bring some money, but you need lots of traffic to do so, better you focus on affiliate marketing and when you have lots of traffic you can try other ad networks that pay better than Google AdsSense such as Mediavine for example.
No, you don’t need to delete all of your post. I had this issue when I first started and I knew copying was wrong so, I didn’t scrape anyone’s content intentionally.
When people hear scraped content they automatically assume you copied and paste someone else work, which I didn’t do.
What happened in my case was I had permission from an affiliate program to use a pre written ad. So I did. Little did I know that although I had permission to use the ad, it Would haunt me later.
Lesson learned don’t use even the ad that affiliate programs give you on your site. You’ll need to add more content to it if you do. Like a lot more.
I had to go back through all my post and rewrite them. At the time I had about 95 post, something like that. Didn’t have a clue where to start and what to fix. So, I started from the very first post.
Oh yeah after each updated post I resubmitted the post to Google and Bing for reindexing. Every fourth or fifth Updated post I also requested ad approval from Google.
You can request approval as many times as you want.
Long behold my account was approved. In my case I knew I didn’t scrape no one else’s site but remembered that I did use the affiliate program ad. So, my process only took a few tweaking of post.
So I’m assuming you didn’t scrape content intentionally because if you did you would know what post to fix.
Unfortunately there is not a quick way to tell what post is in question. You can go through your post as I did and update them with more content. Resubmit them to Google and Bing and then request approval again.
By the way I was denied many times before I got approval. Either way, I hope this helps a little.
No, I never noticed a notification saying it was re-indexed. I wish there was a notification though but, as of now if there is one I have never noticed it.
To my knowledge Site content nor will Google notify you about reindexing unless there’s an issue.
The only message that I saw was Google saying we will recrawl the content. Something along those lines.
I do this with ANY post that I update.
The way I knew that they recrawled my site is my ranking increased on post that never ranked before.
And with the post that had the pre written ad from an affiliate program that I was apart of, I knew it was reindexed because my Google Ads account was approved literally right after updating the post and resubmitting it to Google and Bing.
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Hi, I understand that google ranks you better when you do not use external links, and instead to use back links (i think that is what they are called)
The thing is, I w
If you absolutely need to link to an external sites, just do it. You can also use pretty links.
You should have these links to increase your ranks.
1. Links within website - Your article should be able to link within your website. This is to show your website has relevant content
2. Links to external website (Trusted source) - This is to show your article has some sort of verification
3. Back links - Other people website has a link back to your article. I suggest to have at least 5 and must have some relevance to your website.
Marc
I don't think Google dislikes external links. In fact, it is good practice to link to other sites that are older and higher in authority than yours, it adds credibility to your content. Just not too many, as these are exit paths for your readers.
Do lots of internal linking to your own posts on your site.
Link to external sales page is fine, as long as it's not excessive in number. Is it an affiliate link?
Ah... affiliate links are fine. That's what we do here - affiliate marketing.
Just try to keep those affiliate links on product review posts, with other info posts pointing to these review posts where relevant. You don't want to scatter affiliate links all over the place. Also gives you better control when you need to change the companies you work with.
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Ranking in google when using external links?
Hi, I understand that google ranks you better when you do not use external links, and instead to use back links (i think that is what they are called)
The thing is, I w
If you absolutely need to link to an external sites, just do it. You can also use pretty links.
You should have these links to increase your ranks.
1. Links within website - Your article should be able to link within your website. This is to show your website has relevant content
2. Links to external website (Trusted source) - This is to show your article has some sort of verification
3. Back links - Other people website has a link back to your article. I suggest to have at least 5 and must have some relevance to your website.
Marc
I don't think Google dislikes external links. In fact, it is good practice to link to other sites that are older and higher in authority than yours, it adds credibility to your content. Just not too many, as these are exit paths for your readers.
Do lots of internal linking to your own posts on your site.
Link to external sales page is fine, as long as it's not excessive in number. Is it an affiliate link?
Ah... affiliate links are fine. That's what we do here - affiliate marketing.
Just try to keep those affiliate links on product review posts, with other info posts pointing to these review posts where relevant. You don't want to scatter affiliate links all over the place. Also gives you better control when you need to change the companies you work with.
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hi, I understand that amazon has a amazon associates site stripe. This is where I am allowed to get pictures to include in my reviews.
However, I seem to be able to onl
Hi Jake,
Thank you for asking that question which led to @labman sharing the video.
Much appreciated Jake809 and Labman
Rds
Vivian
Hi Jake,
Thank you for your question. Great answer from Labman and I just bookmarked that video.
Monica
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What is the deal with amazon review pictures?
hi, I understand that amazon has a amazon associates site stripe. This is where I am allowed to get pictures to include in my reviews.
However, I seem to be able to onl
Hi Jake,
Thank you for asking that question which led to @labman sharing the video.
Much appreciated Jake809 and Labman
Rds
Vivian
Hi Jake,
Thank you for your question. Great answer from Labman and I just bookmarked that video.
Monica
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Hi, I am stuck. I could really use some help. I'm trying to learn how to write product reviews. My Niche is the law of attraction. I know that ClickBank is a place to get produ
Hi Jake, when it comes to the LOA, it is a niche that is wide open to interpretation, probably stepping back and getting your headspace right may be really helpful.
In saying that what angle are you coming from, if we look at the evergreen aspects of any niche; health, wealth, romance, and nowadays spirituality.
Getting our intent sorted can be the starting point of good outcomes; who are we reaching out to and what are we promoting. To be honest there is a lot of crap and misinformation out there. Clickbank would be a depository for a lot of suspect products.
It can be about searching out products that fit your core message.
Why not just start here inside WA;
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/affiliate-programs
It will give you both products to review and to promote.
Have you thought about creating your own product?
An Ebook can be an excellent segue into that market.
Members will have lots of ideas, your job is working out how you are going to propagate your message and what products will you align to.
Doesn't matter where we start it is where we are headed that counts.
If you Google "law of attraction + affiliate programs", you'll find many listed. In fact, the top search result is from one of our own Ambassadors!
Janelle
Hi There. Go to Google and type in > Law of Attraction + Affiliate < I did and there are lots of affiliate programs there. Also, check in YouTube and there are hundreds there. Check out how many views they have and that may be a good one. If you are aware of who the top in the field are then that my be one to try. I would create a separate email account in Yahoo or Google mail and join their email list. You will get a lot of free books and can check out after you get a few emails from them to see if you might want to promote that product. I will tell you this, of course, there is more to the Law of Attraction than just that one. You will find there are many "Laws" that people promote. This is a very big big niche out there. I have bought and gotten free many products. So, I am not into promoting this because it is so big. I was not willing to take on that challenge but you may be just the person to do it. A few that I follow in my emails are Kristen Howe, Dr. Robert Anthony, Tony Robbins, Paul Bauer, Nina Amir, there are many more out there. Hey, I wish the best to you on this.
Hi Jake
Not saying it will help but try some of the people connected with the movie law of atraction
They might have affiliate programs
All the best with your searching
Ross
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What to do when most products in my niche ar garbage?
Hi, I am stuck. I could really use some help. I'm trying to learn how to write product reviews. My Niche is the law of attraction. I know that ClickBank is a place to get produ
Hi Jake, when it comes to the LOA, it is a niche that is wide open to interpretation, probably stepping back and getting your headspace right may be really helpful.
In saying that what angle are you coming from, if we look at the evergreen aspects of any niche; health, wealth, romance, and nowadays spirituality.
Getting our intent sorted can be the starting point of good outcomes; who are we reaching out to and what are we promoting. To be honest there is a lot of crap and misinformation out there. Clickbank would be a depository for a lot of suspect products.
It can be about searching out products that fit your core message.
Why not just start here inside WA;
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/affiliate-programs
It will give you both products to review and to promote.
Have you thought about creating your own product?
An Ebook can be an excellent segue into that market.
Members will have lots of ideas, your job is working out how you are going to propagate your message and what products will you align to.
Doesn't matter where we start it is where we are headed that counts.
If you Google "law of attraction + affiliate programs", you'll find many listed. In fact, the top search result is from one of our own Ambassadors!
Janelle
Hi There. Go to Google and type in > Law of Attraction + Affiliate < I did and there are lots of affiliate programs there. Also, check in YouTube and there are hundreds there. Check out how many views they have and that may be a good one. If you are aware of who the top in the field are then that my be one to try. I would create a separate email account in Yahoo or Google mail and join their email list. You will get a lot of free books and can check out after you get a few emails from them to see if you might want to promote that product. I will tell you this, of course, there is more to the Law of Attraction than just that one. You will find there are many "Laws" that people promote. This is a very big big niche out there. I have bought and gotten free many products. So, I am not into promoting this because it is so big. I was not willing to take on that challenge but you may be just the person to do it. A few that I follow in my emails are Kristen Howe, Dr. Robert Anthony, Tony Robbins, Paul Bauer, Nina Amir, there are many more out there. Hey, I wish the best to you on this.
Hi Jake
Not saying it will help but try some of the people connected with the movie law of atraction
They might have affiliate programs
All the best with your searching
Ross
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Just as the tite says. Can I put youtube videos in my site of Muhamad Ali for example, and not have to worry about copyright?
Hi,
If you downloaded it and uploaded it as your own then you'll get into trouble but, as many people have already answered, embedding it or linking them is actually beneficial for the Youtuber.
I have seen many big blogs that they just comment on videos related to their niche. Teslarati for example. That is easy content actually plus I think since Youtube has a huge domain score, embedding Youtube video on your blog will help on your SEO - although don't quote me on the last part.
Regards,
John Greg of Wealth-Builder Tips
For the most part yes. YouTube allows you to embed their video player into the HTML portion of your website.
When viewing a video on YouTube look just below it where it says "Share" and click on that. A share window will pop up like the one in the attached picture below.
The left most selection will say "Embed" and when you click on that another pop up will appear giving you the HTML code for that particular video. Copy that code.
Now go to the area of your website content in the HTML view and paste that code there. When I embed YouTube videos into my content I normally put placeholder text in the content like VIDEO HERE, to make it easier to find where to place the code.
ANOTHER OPTION
If you do not want to place the entire YouTube video player for the selected video on your website you could create a text link and then link directly to that video on YouTube.
Use the YouTube video link provided at the bottom of that Share pop up, see the attached image below. Using this link will remove any unnecessary hidden code.
When you share a link to a YouTube video you are basically just providing a portal to view the video. The actual video itself remains on YouTube.
This is perfectly ok to do.
Hi - Most videos on youtube will have a 'Share' option if you are allowed to use the video elsewhere. Here is a tutorial to help you in placing videos on your site: How to embed a youTube video on your site Good luck, Shannon
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Is it legal to copy & paste youtube videos to your site?
Just as the tite says. Can I put youtube videos in my site of Muhamad Ali for example, and not have to worry about copyright?
Hi,
If you downloaded it and uploaded it as your own then you'll get into trouble but, as many people have already answered, embedding it or linking them is actually beneficial for the Youtuber.
I have seen many big blogs that they just comment on videos related to their niche. Teslarati for example. That is easy content actually plus I think since Youtube has a huge domain score, embedding Youtube video on your blog will help on your SEO - although don't quote me on the last part.
Regards,
John Greg of Wealth-Builder Tips
For the most part yes. YouTube allows you to embed their video player into the HTML portion of your website.
When viewing a video on YouTube look just below it where it says "Share" and click on that. A share window will pop up like the one in the attached picture below.
The left most selection will say "Embed" and when you click on that another pop up will appear giving you the HTML code for that particular video. Copy that code.
Now go to the area of your website content in the HTML view and paste that code there. When I embed YouTube videos into my content I normally put placeholder text in the content like VIDEO HERE, to make it easier to find where to place the code.
ANOTHER OPTION
If you do not want to place the entire YouTube video player for the selected video on your website you could create a text link and then link directly to that video on YouTube.
Use the YouTube video link provided at the bottom of that Share pop up, see the attached image below. Using this link will remove any unnecessary hidden code.
When you share a link to a YouTube video you are basically just providing a portal to view the video. The actual video itself remains on YouTube.
This is perfectly ok to do.
Hi - Most videos on youtube will have a 'Share' option if you are allowed to use the video elsewhere. Here is a tutorial to help you in placing videos on your site: How to embed a youTube video on your site Good luck, Shannon
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"Avoid scraped content"
- from the Google webmaster guidelines 1
What is scraped content?
Scraping content is taking content from other places on the web and publishing it on your own site.
There are many websites that only contain pieces of other websites or stolen content. Many sites will take articles from other websites and publish them as if they were their own, or will copy entire websites.
This behavior is against the Google guidelines and against copyright laws in the United States and other countries.
Most people who are scraping content knows they are doing it. If you do not think you are scraping content, you probably are not.
Use caution when you display information from other websites.
Sometimes webmasters have things like "latest news" feeds or twitter feeds, etc in their sidebar.
Is that bad?
In most cases, it is fine to display such things in your sidebar, but sometimes people start displaying too much information from too many sources and they are in danger of breaking this guideline or the Auto generated content guideline
How much is too much?
Google doesn't state anywhere the exact answer to this question, but I would say it makes good sense that content from other sources should not exceed 10 percent of your webpage. An example would be a typical blog that has a news feed in it's side bar...
scraping content
If you write a very short blog post, the information in your news feeds could rather easily have more content than your blog does...
scraping content
It is worth considering how a search engine would see that page...
It would see that most of the page was unoriginal content, or repeated content like your logo and footer and such. This means that overall the webpage may not be considered a great resource for the subject of the post.
Examples of scraping
Google has provided 2 examples of what they consider scraping...
Sites that copy and republish content from other sites without adding any original content or value
Sites that copy content from other sites, modify it slightly (for example, by substituting synonyms or using automated techniques), and republish it
Sites that reproduce content feeds from other sites without providing some type of unique organization or benefit to the user
Sites dedicated to embedding content such as video, images, or other media from other sites without substantial added value to the user
Thank you so much, Catherine. I had no idea what "scraped content" was and now it's clear to me! You are a wonderful "encyclopedia"!!!
Great answer Catherine!
I found that all very enlightening indeed!
I had heard of scraped content but didn't really understand it until now!
Thanks
Dave
Historically It used to be a when article we writers first came out it was the turn for the content that was scraped from other articles