Comments on: How To Stop People From Stealing Your Blog Content

By: Joel Friedlander

Joel Friedlander — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:27:15 +0000

Adam, Thanks for the tip. I'm sure most new bloggers don't spend enough time protecting themselves and your ideas are very practical. This is even more important for authors who are trying to build an author platform by releasing unpublished material on their blogs in the hopes of building interest and readership for when their book is published. As a publisher services blog, I intend to highlight this issue for my readers.

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By: Diane Eble

Diane Eble — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:29:09 +0000

Thanks for this practical post. As an author and book publishing coach/consultant, I am very concerned about protecting content, and have myself written about it on my Your Book Publishing Coach blog. People who are not concerned probably don't attempt to make their living through information. For those of us who do, this is a big concern.

By: CherylK

CherylK — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:43:38 +0000

Great information and a much needed post. Thanks.

By: Indonesia Business D

Indonesia Business D — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:03:45 +0000

Thanks for sharing, sometimes I also use other web content for my blog. I hope to stop do it.

By: List Building Site B

List Building Site B — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:46:14 +0000

I totally agree with you Adam. It is really annoying if someone steals your blog. Thanks for sharing the method.

By: pelf

pelf — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:29:32 +0000

If you use WordPress, there are a few plugins that disable right-click and highlighting. While there are other ways to save a particular picture or copy a whole bunch of text on one’s blog, it will take the “thief” a few extra clicks to do it, so hopefully the “thief” will be deterred?

By: Mark Peesel

Mark Peesel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:22:14 +0000

I've found over the years that the effort spent to track something often isn't worth it. For instance, in the good ol' days of the internet when web developers charged by the page or by the link or by number of products or by bandwidth for hosting... How much infrastructure had to be put in place to track all of that? It was never worth it to me. I'm a big believer of not holding on too tight or worrying too much about it and giving away free information and providing more value. Much like Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net who's recently removed the copyright from all the written material in his blog, I've done the same thing. I've chosen to not try too hard to protect and track everything. My only request is to have a credit, but if not, that's ok too. I'd rather not pay a lawyer for cease and desist letters. After all, it's all about the conversation and anything I write about is only my opinion.

By: BloggerDaily

BloggerDaily — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:24:37 +0000

Yeah. It's kinda hurt to see your content been published somewhere without your permission. And I prefer to notice the webhost about the matter. It seems so effective!

By: Liane YoungBlogger

Liane YoungBlogger — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:07:13 +0000

and yet many content stealers still won't care. I have my fair share of experience from being copied at. One blog scrapped old posts in my archive and published it as his own. The moment I discovered it, I immediately sent a letter. It was a polite one but I made it clear how dissapointed I was. To my surprise, it worked. The blogger apologized and removed the stolen content. that's when i realized playing the guilt trip works best for them.