WordPress.com Forums » Tag: content theft - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/content-theft WordPress.com Forums » Tag: content theft - Recent Posts en Sat, 18 May 2013 18:52:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thistimethisspace on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1212234 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:39:38 +0000 thistimethisspace 1212234@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ More search results here http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-redirect-ad-feeds?replies=6

]]> thistimethisspace on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1212232 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:37:48 +0000 thistimethisspace 1212232@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Searching works wonders folks: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/referrer-redirectad-feeds?replies=6

]]> lynnfam on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1212229 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:34:41 +0000 lynnfam 1212229@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm having the same issue - has anyone figured out what it is?

]]> pharmama on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1197123 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:27:21 +0000 pharmama 1197123@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The same thing is happening with my blog as well.
At the moment I get over 100 hits via them as "Referrer". All of them from links that differ slightly. Trying to click on them just brings one to an empty page.
Very peculiar.

]]> bluebirdblvd on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193683 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:08:09 +0000 bluebirdblvd 1193683@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dangit, I didn't think about that link going active. Can one of the moderators disable it? I'm not trying to encourage SPAM, I promise.

Sorry about that!

]]> bluebirdblvd on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193681 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:06:18 +0000 bluebirdblvd 1193681@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nothing is coming up? I've done first lines on my last five posts, and (thankfully) it's all me. I also spot-checked popular back posts from the last seven days— nothing. Not a single hint of anything.

I checked the most recent "Redirect Ad Feed" referral and it lead to this site:

[edit - removed link]

Nothing of mine on there.

I guess the more likely culprit is that "Redirect" is spam-linking? What, besides not clicking it, should I do about that phenomenon? And you're experiencing it too?

]]> bluebirdblvd on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193666 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:25:26 +0000 bluebirdblvd 1193666@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you, Raincoaster! Normally, if it's a one-time pass-through, I haven't bothered with it. (Knock wood.) Now I'm wondering if I should be checking every single time. Have I done myself and others a disservice?

I'm a professional writer with good credentials; I've written for pay since I turned 20. I would go ballistic if someone tried made money off of my writing without a prearranged payment, and there's no way in heck I'd sell writing to piece-of-filth splogs. So, there's that.

"Redirect Ad Feeds" has shown up as a referrer 17 times in 30 days. It took me three weeks to catch on.

The few times in the last week when I (reluctantly) clicked a link — it lead to an empty page. That's what started to really freak me out.

"Redirect" hasn't sent me any spam at all. All I'm getting are these creepy referrals, with a different suffix each time. And from the spot-checks I did, I assume they all lead to a blank page. Each referral is from a different post, and not necessarily a recent one. Periodically, I try opening up old posts to new readers, but end up closing them again due to a periodic run of spam.

This is different though. No spam. Creepy referrals.

Thank you for the clear instructions and the link. I'm going to go and check right now and find out whether I'm being content scraped.

Dang, and double-dang.

Thanks so much— Courtenay Bluebird.

]]> raincoaster on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193473 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:44:51 +0000 raincoaster 1193473@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm seeing the same thing. It's probably spam linking hoping that you'll click to see it, OR it could be a splog scraping your content and posting a link to you in hope you'll feel "grateful." To see if that's what it is, Google the first sentence of each of your recent posts; if they show up on another blog, take action in accordance with the recommendations at http://stolen.wordpress.com

]]> bluebirdblvd on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193397 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:33:33 +0000 bluebirdblvd 1193397@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So, to clarify, timethief and auxclass — These are not clicks, they are referrers.

And thank you so much in advance for asking questions that should help me start sorting this out. (I'm freaking out a little bit here.)

]]> bluebirdblvd on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193391 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:30:43 +0000 bluebirdblvd 1193391@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ These are showing up under referrers.

When I click on the link in my referral panel, I get a blank webpage and this:

http://redirect.xmladfeed.com/filtered.html

But if I go to my referral page, I find entries like this underneath the header of redirect.ad.feeds.com/:

[Staff edit - removed link as it was being marked as spam]

Sorry for the long link!

I do have WordAds. Is that what these are? Why would they show up as referrers?

]]> timethief on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193390 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:29:53 +0000 timethief 1193390@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Agreed. :)

]]> auxclass on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193384 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:25:48 +0000 auxclass 1193384@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The ads would show I think in the clicks section - we will just need to wait to see which box they see the info in.

]]> timethief on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193379 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:21:53 +0000 timethief 1193379@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @auxclass
FWIW I answered my own question above. I know this blog and it does not have a No-Ads upgrade.

]]> auxclass on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193376 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:19:48 +0000 auxclass 1193376@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

I've been getting some strange referrals that all seem to be coming from this link

Does that mean you are seeing referrals in where you get traffic from into your blog?

That would be in the referrals section of your blog stats.

]]> timethief on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193372 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:15:14 +0000 timethief 1193372@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
Do you have a No-Ads upgrade on that blog?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/no-ads/

]]> bluebirdblvd on "Has my blog been hijacked?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/has-my-blog-been-hijacked#post-1193370 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:13:23 +0000 bluebirdblvd 1193370@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In the last three weeks, I've been getting some strange referrals that all seem to be coming from this link (link grouping): redirect.ad-feeds.com.

All of them have different suffixes (?) that look like links to splogs.

Has my blog been hijacked in some way?

I know I'm probably not using the right terminology, but I am entirely new to this problem.

As you might have guessed from the previous statement, I know very little about how this works or what to do about it.

Could someone help me figure out how to report this in order to make this stop? What else do I need to do to stop this now, and to keep it from happening elsewhere?

Thanking you in advance,

Courtenay Bluebird.

]]> csonnek on "My blog was duplicated" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-duplicated#post-1191463 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:26:40 +0000 csonnek 1191463@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi cleofrancisco:

The "similarsites" link you provided has added a search frame and is loading your site in that frame. If you click the "X" in the upper right corner, you're taken to your WordPress.com site. It looks like their service will help a user find other websites with content similar to your own site.

Alexa and CraftKeys are sites that provide analysis and statistics for websites on the internet. They are not copying your content, just analyzing it.

Your site is public and that means your content can be indexed and searched by Google, Bing or any other search engine along with being open to being analyzed for it's content by sites like Alexa. The only way to prevent this is to have a completely private site, but then you won't get any traffic from these searches or services.

I hope that clarifies things.

]]> auxclass on "My blog was duplicated" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-duplicated#post-1191153 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:40:35 +0000 auxclass 1191153@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you move to another address your visitors might have a tough time finding you - also once content is copied it usually stays at the site that copied it - even if you transferred your content to another URL and saved this one, the content will probably be on the stolen site URL - and someone else can grab the content - sorry but the advice by @TT is the best - any content on the internet can be copied

]]> timethief on "My blog was duplicated" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-duplicated#post-1191120 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:25:50 +0000 timethief 1191120@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Note that deleted blog URLs are not recycled. If you delete the blog the URL cannot be reused by anyone.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

]]> cleofrancisco on "My blog was duplicated" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-duplicated#post-1191103 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:16:01 +0000 cleofrancisco 1191103@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Can i simply cancel my blog, suspending it and move the content to another template in wordpress?

]]> timethief on "My blog was duplicated" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-duplicated#post-1190976 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:33:48 +0000 timethief 1190976@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You must contact the web host for that site with a DMCA take down notice. See here please > Content theft - what to do http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/

]]> cleofrancisco on "My blog was duplicated" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-duplicated#post-1190971 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:30:19 +0000 cleofrancisco 1190971@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please, yesterday i found that my blog has been duplicated and can be accessed through google. What should i do?? Now it can be accessed through the address http://www.similarsites.com/goto/amorsexoemuitomais.wordpress.com?pos=16&s=10

And i don't know waht is it. Someone can help me?? My email is [email redacted]. thanks.

]]> timethief on "Someone stole my blog post and my name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/someone-stole-my-blog-post-and-my-name#post-1176286 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:03:34 +0000 timethief 1176286@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Related links:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/
http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/
http://en.wordpress.com/complaints/

]]> timethief on "Someone stole my blog post and my name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/someone-stole-my-blog-post-and-my-name#post-1176284 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:01:05 +0000 timethief 1176284@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Worrying is a useless activity. If it's on the internet it can and probably will be stolen. Please see here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/prevent-content-theft/
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/19/watermark-your-blog-images/

P.S. Also note that we only post into support forum threads, if we have issues we need assistance with or, if we have the correct answers to resolve the issues that others post.

]]> exning on "Someone stole my blog post and my name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/someone-stole-my-blog-post-and-my-name#post-1176280 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:57:27 +0000 exning 1176280@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's a shame, I'm worried about that happening to me eventually

]]> auxclass on "Someone stole my blog post and my name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/someone-stole-my-blog-post-and-my-name#post-1176246 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:52:22 +0000 auxclass 1176246@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Report the blog to the Terms of service group

http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/

Impersonating another person is against the Terms of Service

]]> gaylepescudo on "Someone stole my blog post and my name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/someone-stole-my-blog-post-and-my-name#post-1176231 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:23:21 +0000 gaylepescudo 1176231@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I googled myself and discovered a blog which I know nothing about for which I am apparently an author (!) and which also stole content from my blog.

The site is:
http://dewarqrt.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/author-bio-gayle-pescud/

THIS IS NOT MY BIO--I DID NOT CREATE THIS OR GIVE PERMISSION FOR IT TO BE CREATED.

I ALSO GAVE NO APPROVAL FOR MY CONTENT TO BE USED ON THIS SITE.

There is no contact information. I would appreciate it if you could ask the own to remove my details--Gayle Pescud and all Ghana related content--or shut their blog down altogether. Or tell me how to do it.

Please let me know the outcome of this.

]]> carloseduardoamadorsaenz on "delete page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/delete-page#post-1169859 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:27:25 +0000 carloseduardoamadorsaenz 1169859@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes it is, inside in a folder there are a many pics XXX about me :(....Thank you vey much for your kindly help---appreciate a lot Thanks girls :)

]]> justjennifer on "delete page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/delete-page#post-1169844 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:14:38 +0000 justjennifer 1169844@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/
http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/

However, there is nothing in that site elviabrenahernandez.wordpress.com

]]> thistimethisspace on "delete page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/delete-page#post-1169837 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:06:49 +0000 thistimethisspace 1169837@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Read this policy please > http://en.wordpress.com/freedom-of-speech/
WordPress.com suspends blogs or blog posts for the following types of abuse:
Personal threats
Calls to violence
Impersonation of a private person
http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/

For more regarding defamation etc. see here and consult your local authorities and an attorney > http://en.support.wordpress.com/disputes/

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