Another WA member is having his posts copied! So unfair!
Hey guys,
I don't know where to start, what I have just discovered is so unfair and wish something could be done. I guess the first step is to let you all know about this.
I've been discouraged for a while because I've seen my rankings drop too much, even for posts that have comments so I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
Maybe the fact that someone copied some of my posts (I wrote a post about this has affected my site negatively because Google doesn't like duplicated content.
I just had hope that Google would take into account the post that had been published 1st and give it higher rankings than the copied post.
However, I have just found out that it's not always that way. I was on Jaaxy doing some research and I have noticed that a WA member has got one of his posts copied!
I'm not going to mention his name or his website in case he doesn't want everyone to know.
The worst part is, Google has ranked higher the copied post than the original post.
I also noticed that this unethical website owner has taken advantage of this WA member's post to promote a high-ticket program.
I was really devastated when I saw this because it's really unfair and something that has happened to me as well.
I mean, I got at least 30 of my posts copied and even though I now have my content protected, some of my latest posts are getting low rankings and it's really discouraging, I'm trying so hard not to give up.
So I thought I would tell you about this so that you make sure you don't get your posts copied by an unethical person whose site is getting better rankings when you are the one who is putting in the work.
I will tell this WA member about his copied post and hope he can do something about it. I'm really tired of unscrupulous people who steal other people's work, they're no different than scammers who steal other people's money.
Anyway, I really appreciate everyone who took the time to give me some advice when I found out that my posts had been copied.
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I had no idea this even happens!
So sorry to hear this happening to you.
I hope all the advice below has been helpful.
What goes around, comes around my friend.
You just hang in there, your hard work and integrity will pay off!
Thank you for sharing this.
Di :)
These are all great points. And it's one of the reasons I'm considering removing my website from my profile. While I trust most members on this platform, there's always going to be those that are looking to copy the success of others. It is a shame that Google's sophisticated algorithims can't detect which post is the copy vs. the original. My only suggestion would be to make those posts "no index" for a while to remove it from the sitemap if it's hurting your rankings. But if you know who the culprit is, I would try to report them to WA at least to see what can be done. I appreciate the warning.
Miren,
That is terrible, and I would call him out on it and bring it to the higher up in WA. You don't deserve it nor does anyone else, if we
do not know his name we can not stop him.
Good Luck in sorting this out
Karen
Hey Miren,
One thing to keep in mind that may help ease your worry about copied content is that Google knows who the original publisher is of content. If 100 people copy your post, it's not going to negatively affect your site. If Google allowed this then anyone could just copy a site 10's or 100's of times and sink it's rankings. This is not the case.
Although it's annoying that people may be using your content as their own, they are not going to rank for this content and they will be punished by Google for having duplicate content on their site. The publisher and original author of the content is not affected.
As Kyle mentioned, a DMCA takedown could be useful to you.
Carson
Hi Carson! I just wanted to ask you is SiteContent 100% accurate when it comes to checking duplicate content?
Out of curiosity, how did you realize it was copied through Jaaxy? Sounds like it could be a useful way to watch out for plagiarism, or was it accidental?
I was checking out my ranking for one of my posts and saw two websites that were competing for the same keyword, so I took a look at these websites and noticed that they had duplicated content.
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The first thing I recommend youdo when this is happening is file a DMCA takedown with Google.
https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905?hl=en
They are very efficient about dealing with this sort of thing, and if someone is caught copying your content, they will be punished by Google.
Thank you Kyle for the advice =)