Yakezie.com - Topic: What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Tom Drake on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80597 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80597 I would have agreed that links like this won't hurt you, until Penguin came along. Those very links back to you can look like webspam to google. To them, a crappy scraper site doesn't look much different than a crappy blog network site.

Just off this page as an example:

  1. 1 Obvious paid links from blog networks
  2. 2 Sitewide links with exact anchor text either in the footer or blogroll
  3. 3 Lots of links from article marketing sites (Usually having exact anchor text)
  4. 4 Guest posts on questionable sites (a footprint of spun article distribution products like Unique Article Wizard, SEO Linkvine, etc.)
  5. 5 Lots of de-indexed or low quality directory links

#4 might be the most concerning in this case. You might consider filing a complaint with Google to get them removed.

]]> Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:27:40 +0000 BeatingBroke on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80587 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80587 Looks like it doesn't matter too much.  The post doesn't even exist anymore...

]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:07:25 +0000 BeforeYouInvest on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80578 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80578 I dont think duplicate content from scrapers really hurts you that much w/ SEO anymore.  99.9% of the time it's on a junk blog, and has much less authority.  Google is getting a lot better at figuring out where the original post comes from (the pubsubhubbub plugin helps out a lot too)

]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:59:00 +0000 JP Money Blogger on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80525 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80525 Edward Antrobus said:

If it were a straight scrape, then, yeah, that could hurt you, Google-wise. I sometimes get scrapers that pull the first paragraph and then post a link to my post.

I get these types of scrapes from debt consolidation sites. Is this hurting my SEO? One post in particular has been scraped three dozen times. Should I be doing something about this?

]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:45:46 +0000 The College Investor on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80490 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80490 Check out my resource on the topic: Blog Plagiarism 

]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:39:14 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80478 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80478 They are using spinning software to re-write it. I would submit the site to Google to make sure they get de-indexed as a scraper

]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:54:49 +0000 Edward Antrobus on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80456 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80456 If it were a straight scrape, then, yeah, that could hurt you, Google-wise. I sometimes get scrapers that pull the first paragraph and then post a link to my post.

]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:52:26 +0000 jonrhodesuk on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80448 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80448 Personally I would leave it and not worry. It won't do you any harm, and might even do you some good. This is one of the reasons I contextually link my articles. If someone takes my content then at least they are doing some backlinking for you. The thing is that the people who take content like this are not going to invest a lot of time and money promoting their sites, so they are never going to make a fortune off your content whilst leaving you in the gutter.

]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:33:35 +0000 BeatingBroke on What would you do? Scraper/Spinner? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80443 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/what-would-you-do-scraperspinner/#p80443 I just noticed this due to a pingback. 

Take a look at this post: http://zoplop.in/potato-growin.....ontainers/

It's a copy of the post I had here: http://www.beatingbroke.com/gr.....ontainers/

Of course, the obvious bit is that it isn't just a straight scrape.  A lot of the syntax and text has changed, but it almost reads like a really terrible translation.  The interesting thing is that it still contains all of MY links, including the affiliate link that I put in there for the potato planter bag.  Do I bother trying to get him/her to take it down, or just leave it?

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