Thanks everyone!  I emailed google, I emailed the site owner.  I tried emailing the host, but the email bounced back. 

Now I will just see what the responses are!

Can you share the contact medium used for Google? I have several issues to report as well in terms of dup content.

THanks

Hello!

I am curious about something.  I have noticed that there is another website out there called everydaytipsandtricks.com, and a lot of my articles are ending up on this site (verbatim, although they do credit my site in the article).  Should I care about this?  I know I have done searches for certain terms and this site comes up in the search engine and mine doesn't, yet the article was lifted directly from my site.

Here is an example:

http://www.everydaytipsandtric.....-you-save/

 

Should I care about this?

It would annoy me.  I put a lot of time and effort into my site, as I know you do too, and to have someone basically get the glory for it is beyond annoying.  If it is just a random article here and there and they link back to you I would probably not worry so much (I will often direct my readers to interesting articles on other sites - though I always give credit) but if they are stealing all your content I would fight it tooth and nail. 

Good luck and keep us posted. 

P.S.  I have a similar type of website where I offer daily tips, but mine are geared more towards singles and smaller families and so hopefully that will keep me off thie thief's radar for awhile.  LOL! 

-Denise @ TheSingleaver.com

Your story reminded me of something i read on problogger today, timely enough as it is. 

Here is what the article said that pertains to you:

7. “If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don’t let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else’s advertising.”

There’s nothing more heartbreaking for a new blogger when you see your content being scraped onto another blog or your intellectual property being used by others without credit.

I still get upset by this from time to time, however there’s one thing that I’ve noticed despite hundreds of sites each day republishing my work without permission and/or credit. Nobody actually seems to read those blogs.

The key to successful blogging is unique and useful information. People who simply regurgitate what you write, or even repost it word for word, either eventually give up (because nobody reads it) or get caught out (and stop in disgrace).

While there are times when I’ve chased down others who blatantly steal my stuff without credit (there is a line) I find it much more beneficial to spend my time creating more great content than policing how people use what I’ve already produced.

Focus the bulk of your time upon producing and being the best you can be. This will have more positive impact upon your business than the negative tasks of stopping spammers and thieves stealing your old ideas.

-credit, problogger. net (not trying to be that guy). 

Good luck in dealing with this awful act.  If you could, please let us know what you do so we can maybe all learn from it. 

JT_McGee said:

Hmm…looks like they're on a dedicated box.

 

First, I'd report the site to google: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en

Then I would go straight to their hosting company: http://peakdigital.net/contactus.html and lodge a complaint.  Tell them that the site is stealing your content.  Ideally, email and then do a follow up call.  Email = official correspondence, call means you mean business.

 

There's no reason to accept blatant copy theft just because they mention your blog.  That's ridiculous!  

 

Doh! Mbhunter beat me to it twice...by seconds on the first post.  Not sure how I missed it the second time around.

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Where did you find the PeakDigital information?  I thought the company hosted the website itself.
 

They listed the company name, I googled it. 

Hmm…looks like they're on a dedicated box.

 

First, I'd report the site to google: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en

Then I would go straight to their hosting company: http://peakdigital.net/contactus.html and lodge a complaint.  Tell them that the site is stealing your content.  Ideally, email and then do a follow up call.  Email = official correspondence, call means you mean business.

 

There's no reason to accept blatant copy theft just because they mention your blog.  That's ridiculous!  

 

Doh! Mbhunter beat me to it twice...by seconds on the first post.  Not sure how I missed it the second time around.

Now I will just see what the responses are!

First, I'd report the site to google: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en

Then I would go straight to their hosting company: http://peakdigital.net/contactus.html and lodge a complaint.  Tell them that the site is stealing your content.  Ideally, email and then do a follow up call.  Email = official correspondence, call means you mean business.

There's no reason to accept blatant copy theft just because they mention your blog.  That's ridiculous!  

Doh! Mbhunter beat me to it twice...by seconds on the first post.  Not sure how I missed it the second time around.

The thing is, this is a mega-consolidating site because there are many articles, not just mine.

I would definitely care about this.

Contact information:  http://carletonfoundation.com/.....actus.html

Ask them to take it down.  Though it looks like they're hosting the site themselves, as it's their own nameserver.

Good luck!