How to Protect Your Content

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="zemanta-img"><br /><div class="zemanta-img"><br /><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SnatchThieves003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Picture of Snatch Thieves - SnatchThieves003.jpg" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="221" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/SnatchThieves003.jpg/300px-SnatchThieves003.jpg" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;">Picture of Snatch Thieves - SnatchThieves003.jpg (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SnatchThieves003.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><span class="defaultfont">Your content is your most precious<br />asset. It takes efforts and time not only to create it but also to<br />protect it from thieves. Unfortunately, content theft is way too<br />common and there is hardly a site that hasn't been affected. <br /></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont">On the other hand, as my experience<br />shows, when there are thousands of articles to be looked after, this<br />process takes too much time and in practice makes sense to do only<br />for important articles. Anyway, you can't let thieves go with your<br />content – you must know what to do when you encounter theft. Here<br />are the steps how to protect your content. <br /></span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><h2><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br />Why Your Content Is Your Most Important Asset</span></h2><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont">Unless you are new to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.zemanta.com/related-blog-posts/" rel="zemantacom" target="_blank" title="related articles">SEO</a>, the answer to this question is obvious.<br />As we say, “Content Is King”. You need original content in order<br />to rank well in Google and this is why you chunk articles, images,<br />videos, etc. to publish on your site. However, it is so easy to<br />copy+paste content and this is why content theft is so common. <br /></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont">If it weren't bad enough that you feed somebody else's site for<br />free, the <a href="http://www.webconfs.com/duplicate-content-filter-article-1.php" target="_blank">duplicate<br />content penalty</a> adds insult to injury. Google is trying really<br />hard to deal with duplicates but it is way too common to see stolen<br />articles rank higher than your original. This is why it is so<br />important to protect your content in any way you can. <br /></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /><h2><br />Place <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_notice" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Copyright notice">Copyright Notices</a> and Watermarks</h2><br /><div align="justify"><br />As naïve as it might sound, sometimes thieves aren't aware they<br />are stealing. There are many articles, images, videos, etc. in the<br />public domain that are free to use even commercially. In order to<br />avoid confusion your content isn't in the public domain, be sure to<br />place a Copyright notice in the footer of your site, or even better –<br />under the copyrighted piece of content itself. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />It also makes sense to add physical barriers to theft. For<br />instance, you can add watermarks for images and videos – these<br />aren't 100% secure but they will stop some of the thieves because<br />with your watermark it will be awkward to use the stuff elsewhere. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />For articles, you may want to disable text selection. This will<br />make it harder to copy content directly and will stop many thieves<br />because now copying your content involves more efforts.<br />Unfortunately, there are other ways to copy your content (though they<br />do require more effort), so if somebody really wants your content,<br />disabled copying won't stop them but it's more than nothing. <br /></div><br /><h2><br />Use Google <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Author">Authorship</a> to Guard Your Content</h2><br /><div align="justify"><br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/authorship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Authorship</a><br />is a very useful tool when it comes to content protection and<br />building your online reputation. Basically, the idea is simple –<br />you enter your online stuff and claim authorship about it. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />The only issue is that you must use your real name – this is a<br />problem, if you write under a pseudonym, or ghost write, or simply<br />don't want to disclose your authorship because of privacy concerns.<br />If your site has multiple writers, you still can use Google<br />Authorship but each of them must claim his or her articles<br />separately. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Once your content is entered in Google Authorship, Google knows<br />it's you who created it, so even if it gets copied somewhere else,<br />you won't get the duplicate content punishment. <br /></div><br /><h2><br />Set <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.google.com/alerts" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google Alerts">Google Alerts</a> to Watch for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copying" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Copying">Copied</a> Content</h2><br /><div align="justify"><br />Protecting your content from theft is one thing, catching thieves<br />is another. Even if you do a good job in guarding your content, there<br />will always be thieves. The easiest way to catch them is with the<br />help of Google Alerts. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Google Alerts is another useful service from Google. Without going<br />into too much detail, the logic is this: <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />You copy sentences from your text and create alerts to be notified<br />when they appear online. You need to make them a direct match (i.e.<br />use quotations), so that when your words get discovered somewhere<br />else, you get an alert. It's best if you create 2 or 3 alerts per<br />article – one for the first paragraph and some more from random<br />places in the text. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Your first paragraph might be copied more – for instance as an<br />intro to your article, followed by a link to your site. This isn't<br />theft but you still might want to be aware of it. Also, if your<br />content is published and you are quoted as the author, this<br />technically isn't theft either, though you certainly might not like<br />it. <br /></div><br /><h2><br />Steps to Take to Deal with the Theft</h2><br /><div align="justify"><br />After you get an alert and discover that content of yours has been<br />stolen, here is what you can do next. <br /></div><br /><h3><br />Prepare Your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Evidence">Evidence</a> <br /></h3><br /><div align="justify"><br />The first step is to gather your evidence. This means to make<br />screenshots and prepare the original files. Of course, it's hard to<br />prove you were the first to publish this particular piece because<br />having the drafts for an article doesn't mean much – they could<br />have been created afterwards in attempt to frame the original author.<br />For images and videos, if you have the source files, this could be<br />more of a proof. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />If your content is indexed in Google and it has a date (and of<br />course this date is prior to the date the copy was indexed), you can<br />use this as well as an evidence the content was stolen from you, not<br />vice versa. <br /></div><br /><h3><br />Contact the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Theft">Thief</a> (and Their Host, If Necessary)</h3><br /><div align="justify"><br />After you have your evidence, now it's time to take real steps.<br />You might be tempted to but don't start biting right away. First,<br />send a friendly email to the infringing party. Even if the<br />probability isn't high, it's possible the theft wasn't on<br />deliberately. It's possible that after your friendly email the blog<br />owner removes your content and the problem is solved. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />If the friendly email to the blog owner doesn't help, contact<br />their hosting provider. Attach the evidence you have and if the<br />infringement is blatant, it's quite possible their hosting provider<br />might even close their account, if they don't want to remove the<br />stolen content on their own. <br /></div><br /><h3><br />File a DMCA Complaint <br /></h3><br /><div align="justify"><br />Very often the steps in the previous sections suffice to deal with<br />thieves but if they don't do the job for you, you will have to use<br />the heavy artillery – i.e. file a DMCA complaint with Google. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />You submit a <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-notice?pli=1" target="_blank">DMCA</a><br />(<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a>) complaint with Google to tell them<br />to deindex content stolen from you. In this case 'stolen' means used<br />without your permission or without crediting you. Google is usually<br />quick in removing stolen content, so you can expect that shortly<br />after you submit the complaint, it will be removed from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google">Google's</a><br />index. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Dealing with content theft is very time-consuming but if you want<br />to protect your rights (and your SEO rankings), you need to do it.<br />It's a never ending battle but with the right tools, as described in<br />this article, your chance of success is good. source: http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-protect-your-content-article-54.php</div><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><br /><img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=c4812747-f15a-47da-84cb-4fe4c19e8dab" style="border: none; float: right;" /></div><br />

How to Protect Your Content

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<table bgcolor="#F3F3F3" border="1" bordercolor="#808080" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 100%;"><br /><tbody align="center"><br /><tr><br /><td><form action="http://www.webconfs.com/similar-page-checker.php" method="POST"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana, Arial"; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Similar Page Checker</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana, Arial"; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Enter First URL</b></span><br /><br /><input name="url1" size="60" type="text" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana, Arial"; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Enter Second URL</b></span><br /><br /><input name="url2" size="60" type="text" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" /><br /><br /></form><br /></td><br /></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><h1><br />How it Works<a name='more'></a></h1><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Web search engine">Search Engines</a> are known to act upon websites that contain Duplicate / Similar content.<br /> </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /> Your content could be similar to other websites on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Internet">Internet</a>, <br /> or pages from within your own website could be similar to each other <br /> (usually the case with dynamic product catalog pages).<br /> </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /> This tool allows you to determine the percentage of similarity between two pages.<br /> </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /> The exact percentage of similarity after with a search engine may penalize you is not known, <br /> it varies from search engine to search engine, <br /> Your aim should be to <b>keep your page similarity as LOW as possible.</b></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><b> </b><br /> </span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /> <b><u>Duplicate <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-control_software" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Content-control software">Content Filter</a></u></b><br /><br /> This article will help you understand why you might be caught in the filter, and ways to avoid it.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2><br /><b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplicate_content" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Duplicate content">Duplicate Content</a> Filter: What it is and how it works</b></h2><br /><span class="defaultfont"></span><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br />Duplicate Content has become a huge topic of discussion lately, thanks <br />to the new filters that search engines have implemented. This article <br />will help you understand why you might be caught in the filter, and ways<br /> to avoid it. We'll also show you how you can determine if your pages <br />have duplicate content, and what to do to fix it.<br /></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamdexing" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Spamdexing">Search engine spam</a> is any deceitful attempts to deliberately trick the <br />search engine into returning inappropriate, redundant, or poor-quality <br />search results. Many times this behavior is seen in pages that are <br />exact replicas of other pages which are created to receive better <br />results in the search engine. Many people assume that creating multiple<br /> or similar copies of the same page will either increase their chances <br />of getting listed in search engines or help them get multiple listings, <br />due to the presence of more keywords.<br /></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont">In order to make a search more relevant to a user, search engines use a <br />filter that removes the duplicate content pages from the search results,<br /> and the spam along with it. Unfortunately, good, hardworking <br />webmasters have fallen prey to the filters imposed by the search engines<br /> that remove duplicate content. It is those webmasters who unknowingly <br />spam the search engines, when there are some things they can do to avoid<br /> being filtered out. In order for you to truly understand the concepts <br />you can implement to avoid the duplicate content filter, you need to <br />know how this filter works. </span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><span class="defaultfont"></span></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /></span><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><span class="defaultfont"><br />First, we must understand that the term "duplicate content penalty" is <br />actually a misnomer. When we refer to penalties in search engine <br />rankings, we are actually talking about points that are deducted from a <br />page in order to come to an overall relevancy score. But in reality, <br />duplicate content pages are not penalized. <br />Rather they are simply filtered, the way you would use a sieve to remove<br /> unwanted particles. Sometimes, "good particles" are accidentally <br />filtered out.<br /></span></span></div><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /><span class="defaultfont"><br /><div align="justify"><br />Knowing the difference between the filter and the penalty, you can now <br />understand how a search engine determines what duplicate content is. <br />There are basically four types of duplicate content that are filtered <br />out:<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><ol><br /><li value="1"><br /><b>Websites with Identical Pages</b> - These pages are considered <br />duplicate, as well as websites that are identical to another website on <br />the Internet are also considered to be spam. Affiliate sites with the <br />same look and feel which contain identical content, for example, are <br />especially vulnerable to a duplicate content filter. Another example <br />would be a website with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway_page" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Doorway page">doorway pages</a>. Many times, these doorways are <br />skewed versions of landing pages. However, these landing pages are <br />identical to other landing pages. Generally, doorway pages are intended<br /> to be used to spam the search engines in order to manipulate search <br />engine results.<br /></li><br /><li value="2"><br /><b>Scraped Content</b> - Scraped content is taking content from a web <br />site and repackaging it to make it look different, but in essence it is <br />nothing more than a duplicate page. With the popularity of blogs on the<br /> internet and the syndication of those blogs, scraping is becoming more <br />of a problem for search engines.<br /></li><br /><li value="3"><br /><b>E-Commerce Product Descriptions</b> - Many <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/E-Commerce" rel="wikinvest" target="_blank" title="E-Commerce">eCommerce</a> sites out there <br />use the manufacturer's descriptions for the products, which hundreds or <br />thousands of other eCommerce stores in the same competitive markets are <br />using too. This duplicate content, while harder to spot, is still <br />considered spam.<br /></li><br /><li value="4"><br /><b>Distribution of Articles</b> - If you publish an article, and it gets<br /> copied and put all over the Internet, this is good, right? Not <br />necessarily for all the sites that feature the same article. This type <br />of duplicate content can be tricky, because even though Yahoo and MSN <br />determine the source of the original article and deems it most relevant <br />in search results, other search engines like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:GOOG" rel="googlefinance" target="_blank" title="NASDAQ: GOOG">Google</a> may not, according <br />to some experts.<br /></li><br /></ol><br /><div align="justify"><br />So, how does a search engine's duplicate content filter work? <br />Essentially, when a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_crawler" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Web crawler">search engine robot</a> crawls a website, it reads the <br />pages, and stores the information in its database. Then, it compares <br />its findings to other information it has in its database. Depending <br />upon a few factors, such as the overall relevancy score of a website, it<br /> then determines which are duplicate content, and then filters out the <br />pages or the websites that qualify as spam. Unfortunately, if your <br />pages are not spam, but have enough similar content, they may still be <br />regarded as spam. <br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />There are several things you can do to avoid the duplicate content <br />filter. First, you must be able to check your pages for duplicate <br />content. Using our <a href="http://helpsblogging.blogspot.com/2013/03/similar-page-checker.html" target="_blank">Similar Page Checker</a>,<br /> you will be able to determine similarity between two pages and make <br />them as unique as possible. By entering the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Uniform resource locator">URLs</a> of two pages, this <br />tool will compare those pages, and point out how they are similar so <br />that you can make them unique.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Since you need to know which sites might have copied your site or pages,<br /> you will need some help. We recommend using a tool that searches for <br />copies of your page on the Internet: <a href="http://www.copyscape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.copyscape.com</a>.<br /> Here, you can put in your web page URL to find replicas of your page <br />on the Internet. This can help you create unique content, or even <br />address the issue of someone "borrowing" your content without your <br />permission.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Let's look at the issue regarding some search engines possibly not <br />considering the source of the original content from distributed <br />articles. Remember, some search engines, like Google, use link <br />popularity to determine the most relevant results. Continue to build <br />your link popularity, while using tools like <a href="http://www.copyscape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.copyscape.com</a><br /> to find how many other sites have the same article, and if allowed by <br />the author, you may be able to alter the article as to make the content <br />unique.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />If you use distributed articles for your content, consider how relevant <br />the article is to your overall web page and then to the site as a whole.<br /> Sometimes, simply adding your own commentary to the articles can be <br />enough to avoid the duplicate content filter; the <a href="http://helpsblogging.blogspot.com/2013/03/similar-page-checker.html" target="_blank">Similar Page Checker</a><br /> could help you make your content unique. Further, the more relevant <br />articles you can add to compliment the first article, the better. <br />Search engines look at the entire web page and its relationship to the <br />whole site, so as long as you aren't exactly copying someone's pages, <br />you should be fine.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />If you have an eCommerce site, you should write original descriptions <br />for your products. This can be hard to do if you have many products, <br />but it really is necessary if you wish to avoid the duplicate content <br />filter. Here's another example why using the <a href="http://helpsblogging.blogspot.com/2013/03/similar-page-checker.html" target="_blank">Similar Page Checker</a><br /> is a great idea. It can tell you how you can change your descriptions <br />so as to have unique and original content for your site. This also <br />works well for scraped content also. Many scraped content sites offer <br />news. With the Similar Page Checker, you can easily determine where the<br /> news content is similar, and then change it to make it unique.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Do not rely on an affiliate site which is identical to other sites or <br />create identical doorway pages. These types of behaviors are not only <br />filtered out immediately as spam, but there is generally no comparison <br />of the page to the site as a whole if another site or page is found as <br />duplicate, and get your entire site in trouble.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />The duplicate content filter is sometimes hard on sites that don't <br />intend to spam the search engines. But it is ultimately up to you to <br />help the search engines determine that your site is as unique as <br />possible. By using the tools in this article to eliminate as much <br />duplicate content as you can, you'll help keep your site original and <br />fresh.<br /></div><br /></span> </span><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><br /><img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=c4812747-f15a-47da-84cb-4fe4c19e8dab" style="border: none; float: right;" /></div><br />

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