Comments on: My Personal Brand and Beloved Blog Are Getting Scraped

By: Finding My Blog Personal Brand Voice | Executive Resume Branding

Finding My Blog Personal Brand Voice | Executive Resume Branding — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:12:40 +0000

[...] My Personal Brand and Beloved Blog Are Getting Scraped [...]

By: My Personal Brand and Beloved Blog Are Getting a Scraping Attack | Career Management Alliance Blog

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:37:15 +0000

[...] A blog called “Job Tips” (saboteototal.info) owned by Robin Gupta (robingupta.com), who is ironically a Search Engine Optimization services provider, was born about 2 weeks ago from content stolen from my Executive Resume Branding Blog. [...]

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:30:15 +0000

Thanks, Johanne.

I really have to wonder what kind of SEO tactics this person uses for his/her clients. Does he/she suggest slapping up a bogus blog and stealing content? It is hard to understand some people.

-Meg

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:29:24 +0000

Thanks for your comment and sympathy, Larry. Knowing that whatever I publish here will end up over there gives me a very creepy feeling.

It seems to me that if this pirate blogger had any sense, they’d pay attention to the actual content they were scraping. From now on, and until it stops, I’ll include a brief mention of the theft in each blog post.

-Meg

By: Johanne

Johanne — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:14:13 +0000

That is just terrible. I really find it difficult to comprehend as to how some people can be extremely unethical.

By: Larry Roth

Larry Roth — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:12:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing that experience and outlining best practices. That is really a terrible thing to have happen and as much as I support sharing of information, there is a very obvious line that was crossed. Best of luck!