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What is more effective, report copied content to google or inform affiliate managers about the thief?
Report it to affiliate managers. Even if you can get a response from Google eventually, it won’t necessarily resolve the problem. The affiliate managers can hurt the scrapers in a very real sense – quickly.
I agree. Let the affiliate managers know immediately because they can take quicker and more effective action. Google will be slow and their reaction less…painful? ha!
Thanks a lot for replies! 2 more questions:
1. I made screenshots of slot games and then other guy placed it on his site. Is it theft? Does screenshot belong to me or to Microgaming (the screenshot was made at Microgaming powered casino).
My screenshot http://www.onlineslotsfinder.com/slots/gopher-gold.htm
At other site xhttp://www.slotspaper.com/gopher-gold.html2. What part (how much of original content) should be copied to be considered a stealing?
Screenshot and the part of the text of
xhttp://www.onlineslotmachines.biz/microgaming-slots/mega-moolah-slot.htmwas obviously taken from my page http://www.onlineslotsfinder.com/slots/mega-moolah.htm
Is this stealing?
Just would like to add that duplicate content rank no were as near as original content
Engineer’s the expert in this field (:wink-wink) but as far as the two Gopher Gold screenshots are concerned: the ‘copied’ one shows ‘River Belle’ in the bottom corner. Even if he’s doctored it, it would be hard to prove. Maybe you should take a leaf from the scraper’s book and put a watermark on your images.
It’s a pain when you take the time to Photoshop your images and then someone comes along and just plain copies it, but it’s not always intentional theft: Google Images can show images from your site which people often think are in the public domain.
Legally, though, it’s hard to prove you ‘own’ what is essentially a photograph of someone else’s (ie Microgaming’s) work.
As for text, it’s only obvious when people use a significant chunk of your own unique phrasing. In this case, though, it’s word for word so it’s quite clear! So long as you can prove you had it first, report it to the site owner and the relevant affiliate manager.
If you spin the reels and create a unique screenshot (like I do), then it is undeniably yours. If you just use the screenshot sent to you by the affiliate programs, or if you take a screenshot of the initial game screen (before you spin), you should expect many other people to have the same screenshot on their sites.
I also recommend watermarking your images. Last week I watermarked all of my screenshots. Now, if Google picks up the images, or if someone (very stupidly) steals an image and uses it on their site, I’ll get free advertising thanks to the watermark.
Screenshot and the part of the text of
xhttp://www.onlineslotmachines.biz/microgaming-slots/mega-moolah-slot.htmwas obviously taken from my page http://www.onlineslotsfinder.com/slots/mega-moolah.htm
FYI, andrewxr (CAP member) owns onlineslotmachines.biz.
thank you guys, thank you Engineer, actually i was inspired by your success in never-ending fight against thieves!
