My website -Someone has copied and pasted it

[JimmyConwayNW]

Run a car dealership.
New dealer has opened up about 5 miles away. Best of luck to them not a threat different markets / stock type etc.

Only thing is due to a sponsored facebook post I clicked the website - They have literally copied and pasted large sections of mine word for word.

Any advice on how to deal with this type of thing would be appreciated. I spent hours and hours writing everything from scratch for my site along with researching so many businesses and coming up with something unique. A bit pissed off some little st has just pinched my work.

[cat with a hat]

If your website is already cached (indexed) by Google it's at their detriment.

I wouldn't worry about it.

[jammy-git]

cat with a hat said:

If your website is already cached (indexed) by Google it's at their detriment.

I wouldn't worry about it.

It's really not, it takes more than two domains for Google to worry about duplicate content.

[cat with a hat]

jammy-git said:

cat with a hat said:

If your website is already cached (indexed) by Google it's at their detriment.

I wouldn't worry about it.

It's really not, it takes more than two domains for Google to worry about duplicate content.

I don't understand what you're saying, care to elaborate?

[selwonk]

anonymous said:

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Serving a DMCA take down notice to the ISP might have the desired effect.

[jammy-git]

cat with a hat said:

jammy-git said:

cat with a hat said:

If your website is already cached (indexed) by Google it's at their detriment.

I wouldn't worry about it.

It's really not, it takes more than two domains for Google to worry about duplicate content.

I don't understand what you're saying, care to elaborate?

What were you referring to with your comment?

[cat with a hat]

jammy-git said:

cat with a hat said:

jammy-git said:

cat with a hat said:

If your website is already cached (indexed) by Google it's at their detriment.

I wouldn't worry about it.

It's really not, it takes more than two domains for Google to worry about duplicate content.

I don't understand what you're saying, care to elaborate?

What were you referring to with your comment?

Duplicate pages on a different domain are unlikely to rank above the originals.

Now what were you referring to?

[wilwak]

cat with a hat said:

jammy-git said:

cat with a hat said:

jammy-git said:

cat with a hat said:

If your website is already cached (indexed) by Google it's at their detriment.

I wouldn't worry about it.

It's really not, it takes more than two domains for Google to worry about duplicate content.

I don't understand what you're saying, care to elaborate?

What were you referring to with your comment?

Duplicate pages on a different domain are unlikely to rank above the originals.

Now what were you referring to?

Google looks for websites with duplicate content. Its so that webmasters don’t just have exactly the same website hosted on multiple domains in the hope of google listing them several times. They may penalise or demote one of the duplicates.

Usually the oldest site will prevail but I did have someone copy my text a couple of years ago and place it in a site that had a higher google page rank than mine. It was my page that was annoyingly delisted.

I’d drop the competitor a line and tell them that by displaying the same text then both of you could get penalised by google for having duplicate content. Ask them to remove it as soon as possible. Per haps this friendly constructive approach may be a good first step.

[wilwak]

Ps. It may be their web designer that copied your content and the actual owner may not realise.

Web designers are often asked to just put a website together and get it live. Copying text from a similar site is an easy solution.

Be nice. The owner may be as annoyed as you are when they find out.

[Wacky Racer]

wilwak said:

Ps. It may be their web designer that copied your content and the actual owner may not realise.

Web designers are often asked to just put a website together and get it live. Copying text from a similar site is an easy solution.

Be nice. The owner may be as annoyed as you are when they find out.

This.

Speak to them nicely first.

[JimmyConwayNW]

Wacky Racer said:

This.

Speak to them nicely first.

Categorically not the web design company that have done it.

Will ask them to remove politely and explain google ranking etc - Failing that I will hammer sausages into his lawn....

[cat with a hat]

JimmyConwayNW said:

Wacky Racer said:

This.

Speak to them nicely first.

Categorically not the web design company that have done it.

Will ask them to remove politely and explain google ranking etc - Failing that I will hammer sausages into his lawn....

Rather than some of us arguing about how SEO works, I'm surprised nobody has actually suggested you can submit a DMCA take down notice if they don't play ball:

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-dashb...

[MrSparks]

Send them a friendly take down notice.

Be nice but explain it’s your copyrighted content and request that it is removed within a set number of days.

Look online for templates.

I’ve sent numerous of these to competitors when they copy my images and stuff.

Usually gets resolved within a day or two. Often people just don’t realise/think.

[4x4Tyke]

anonymous said:

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He could escalate to the ISP hosting company, if he gets no joy.

[blueg33]

On a similar subject. This website https://www.specialistpaints.com/collections/speci... uses a lot of pics pinched from Pistonheads. They were using some of mine that had been posted in the PH forums.

I wasn't all that impressed with my photos being used for commercial purposes without bothering to ask.

[Yipper]

Copying website-text is a classic sign that they have their eye on your business and want a slice of it.

Starting in a different segment, but nearby, is a classic stealth attack.

You need to crush their new business, before they crush you.

[cat with a hat]

anonymous said:

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He was suggesting the ISP route, where as I was suggesting the Google / SEO route with an actionable form he can fill out.

[JimmyConwayNW]

Looks like situation is resolved for now.

Can't for the life of me understand the point of copying people - By all means follow it closely and add your own twist but to literally just lift someone elses stuff.....just poor effort.

[Frimley111R]

Good stuff.

I was talking to a guy once who said a young guy had popped into his offices to show his portfolio of graphic design work. He recognised it as belonging to someone else!

[abbeyman]

Thanks "cat with a hat" I never knew that the copyright removal tool existed. We could have done with that last year but filed away for future - nice one!