Protecting Original Content from Online Theft

One thing a blogger typically goes through, that blog readers don't usually know, is how rampant stolen content is on the internet. By stolen, then means that content from one site is literally copied and pasted to another site. Even the pictures themselves, as well as the placement of pictures, could be exactly the same. What's really sad is that bigger, seemingly more trustworthy sites do this to smaller sites. As a result, the bigger site usually gets sown first in search results for their stolen content. This steals users, and by extension revenue, from the original creator. The Problems with Plagiarism Content is often stolen because bigger sites want to reap the rewards while saving time and energy. However, plagiarism has a greater effect not just on the copier's website, but blogging and journalism as a whole. For starters, it prevents new content from being created. That in and of itself poses a number of problems, like if the original happened to have wrong information that was copied and pasted to a more popular site. Sine bigger sites have a tendency to get news from each other, that wrong information gets copied over and over. As for the plagiarist's blog, not only will their search rankings sing, but so will their credibility. Getting Rid of Stolen Content What you first want to do before anything else is get as much proof as you can like screenshots and timestamps. Use that proof when contacting the site manager. They probably didn't know that content on one of their web pages is stolen and would be more than happy to remove it. If there are not any means to contact them or you didn't get a response then look up their contact information through Whois. You might get ignored still, in which case you would then contact the web host directly. Once all bets are off, however, that's when you should file a DMCA Complaint. Stolen content doesn't typically benefit anyone in the long run. If anything, it could have permanently negative long-term effects on a brand. Some have suggested to index web pages or use heading tags the proper way in order for your site to appear before the plagiarist's site. These cases don't always work, however. It's important to ask permission from the original creator before copying a lot of their content. In fact, why not give credit through hyperlinking, like this, and that, or even this? For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/a8w9n7/contentfrommywebsitewasliterallycopy_pasted/.