It happens. People steal content from you. They impersonate you. They re-post your content… and not always in a good way. Sometimes they even pretend to be you. That’s the WORST!
When you become successful online, things like this are bound to happen!
Here is my true story about what happened to me in January and February 2019 and what I did about it.
You can follow the same steps that I did, if something like this ever happens to you.
I will also give you a few other tips on what else you can do, to both protect yourself and also what to watch out for… because dealing with this stuff is a real PAIN!
In this article:
1: HOW I FOUND OUT SOMEONE WAS STEALING MY STUFF
2: WHAT DID I DO?
3: THE ADVICE I RECEIVED
4: FILING WITH GOOGLE
5: MONITORING THE SITE WHERE THE STOLEN CONTENT WAS FOUND
6: MORE STOLEN CONTENT!
7: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE STEALS YOUR CONTENT?
8: OTHER ACTIONS TO DO WHEN FIND YOUR CONTENT HAS BEEN STOLEN
9: GET DMCA PROTECTED
10: DISCOVERING THE STOLEN CONTENT WAS REMOVED
111: STOLEN CONTENT IS AKIN TO PLAGIARISM
12: LET MY EXPERIENCES BE A LESSON TO YOU
1: HOW I FOUND OUT SOMEONE WAS STEALING MY STUFF
While replying to comments on my author site, I noticed that someone linked to me.
How?
I have things set up so that I must approve all comments and pingbacks.
I saw the following pingback:
Naturally, I visited that page.
When I checked out the article at http://find-jobs-online.info/diversify-your-self-as-a-freelancer-and-earn-extra.html, I was appalled to discover someone was impersonating me!
I did not write that article!
That person also stole a bunch of my images to use in that post!
They really “looked” like they were ME!
However, the article was/is POORLY WRITTEN, and anyone who knows me KNOWS that I don’t write like that!
I WAS FURIOUS to make such a discovery!
Now, I know backlinks are important and I generally LOVE it when I find out that people have linked to my sites. But getting them this way is NOT good!
I also know that there are ways of finding out who owns a site (or, at least, who registered it or where it was registered). I’ve learned a thing or two in the last six years of blogging! (wink, wink)
I also know that you can report sites and articles wherein your content is stolen. I wasn’t exactly sure how to do this, so I had to do some investigating and research.
2: WHAT DID I DO?
First, I dealt with my anger. I was outraged! I then took screenshots of the entire article (as proof).
Secondly, I decide to deal with the site owner directly and see if I could resolve the problem. Read More
