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    • Janki99
      Janki99 last edited by

      Please check following 2 cases

      https://www.screencast.com/t/fqOJlrfHuNto

      https://www.screencast.com/t/G6FCaKlH

      In above case, why original content outranked?

      Can someone tell me how to stop this copying process done by another site from my website?

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      • KevinBudzynski
        KevinBudzynski last edited by

        Google doesn't always recognize original source consistently or accurately. However, they are getting better at spotting this. In this case, the scraped content may have been indexed sooner or another factor. First step is to attempt to contact the site owner. Most likely, this will not work. If it doesn't, file a DMCA. Also, implement a self-referral canonical tag and some internal links in the copy. Good luck!

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        • KristinaKledzik
          KristinaKledzik last edited by

          Kevin's right - Google doesn't want to do this, but they're not perfect and they'll often let a site with a stronger link profile win when there are two sites with the same piece of content. Google doesn't take complaints like this, but you can go after the site itself legally.

          Due to the nature of the internet, you can never completely stop scraping like this, but I would recommend repeatedly referencing your brand in each article, and linking back to your site from within your article. Then, when they scrape your article, they'll bring over your brand name and links to your site. Then you get free links and another site going on about how much great content you have. 😉

          If you want to have some fun, you may also want to try Ian Lurie's way of handling scrapers!

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          • EGOL
            EGOL @KristinaKledzik last edited by

            "they'll often let a site with a stronger link profile win when there are two sites with the same piece of content"

            I agree with Kristina that the stronger site is usually the one that Google ranks better.

            Your question is one of copyright infringement.  A few days ago I gave a detailed response to a similar question here.  My response is "what we do"... the process might work for you or you might want to modify or develop your own method..

            https://moz.com/community/q/competitor-using-our-product-descriptions

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