Comments on: Spammers in a Cut-throat Industry. http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:03:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: bugsnot http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-47316 bugsnot Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:39:04 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-47316 The worst part is the spammer never loses. It takes him no time to rob you of your hard work, so if his spam is removed via DMCA he's lost nothing. You spend more time sending the DMCA complaint than he spends ripping off the next site. Am I right? Ugh. The worst part is the spammer never loses. It takes him no time to rob you of your hard work, so if his spam is removed via DMCA he’s lost nothing. You spend more time sending the DMCA complaint than he spends ripping off the next site.

Am I right? Ugh.

]]> By: Ahmad http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-17471 Ahmad Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:07:47 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-17471 "When I clicked on the Rentacoder link you gave, it put up a screen that said “You do not have permission to view this.” Seems that Rentacoder may have been advised of the illegality of the project and shut it down. " Its either a legality issue, as you pointed out, or the person who asked for the work turned the bid request into an autoprivatized request. Meaning; after the client selects a person to complete his work, nobody except for teh concerned parties can view the request. The feature comes in handy if you are trying to keep things hush...and as in this case, when doing something shady. hope this clears things a bit. Cheers! “When I clicked on the Rentacoder link you gave, it put up a screen that said “You do not have permission to view this.” Seems that Rentacoder may have been advised of the illegality of the project and shut it down. “

Its either a legality issue, as you pointed out, or the person who asked for the work turned the bid request into an autoprivatized request. Meaning; after the client selects a person to complete his work, nobody except for teh concerned parties can view the request. The feature comes in handy if you are trying to keep things hush…and as in this case, when doing something shady.

hope this clears things a bit. Cheers!

]]> By: vinyl-junkie http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-15042 vinyl-junkie Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-15042 <blockquote>You know what else… I’ve also had referrers in my logs from Rentacoder. Such as this.</blockquote> When I clicked on the Rentacoder link you gave, it put up a screen that said "You do not have permission to view this." Seems that Rentacoder may have been advised of the illegality of the project and shut it down.

You know what else… I’ve also had referrers in my logs from Rentacoder. Such as this.

When I clicked on the Rentacoder link you gave, it put up a screen that said “You do not have permission to view this.” Seems that Rentacoder may have been advised of the illegality of the project and shut it down.

]]> By: SitePoint Blogs » Copyscape—Website Plagiarism Search http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14756 SitePoint Blogs » Copyscape—Website Plagiarism Search Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:17:56 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14756 [...] Chris recently raised the difficult issue of content theft and how to tackle it. [...] […] Chris recently raised the difficult issue of content theft and how to tackle it. […]

]]> By: Golgotha http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14726 Golgotha Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:56:18 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14726 Dan, I have done the same, but when they are in China or India, as has happenend to me a number of times, good luck... Dan, I have done the same, but when they are in China or India, as has happenend to me a number of times, good luck…

]]> By: Dan Grossman http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14725 Dan Grossman Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:48:39 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14725 When I find someone who has stolen either the layout or content of one of my sites, which happens a few times a year I'm aware of, I send DMCA complaints to the individual and his/her web host. I also find out where the physical server is at if the web host is a small company renting out of one of the bigger data centers (by looking up IPs of nameservers usually). To date, while most of the "site owners" never responded, every web host has responded by taking down the sites after comparing to the originals (mine). When I find someone who has stolen either the layout or content of one of my sites, which happens a few times a year I’m aware of, I send DMCA complaints to the individual and his/her web host. I also find out where the physical server is at if the web host is a small company renting out of one of the bigger data centers (by looking up IPs of nameservers usually).

To date, while most of the “site owners” never responded, every web host has responded by taking down the sites after comparing to the originals (mine).

]]> By: aneitlich http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14710 aneitlich Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:33:01 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14710 Chris, I once made the acquaintance of a somewhat shady colleague from New Jersey who had this motto: "Never F--- with another person's livelihood." You don't want to know how he would deal with the guilty parties mentioned here. I would be interested in learning more about DMCA complaints and other avenues that you use to protect yourself, and how effective and speedy they are. Otherwise, we may need to involve people like this former acquaintance to resolve matters like this:) Chris,

I once made the acquaintance of a somewhat shady colleague from New Jersey who had this motto: “Never F— with another person’s livelihood.” You don’t want to know how he would deal with the guilty parties mentioned here.

I would be interested in learning more about DMCA complaints and other avenues that you use to protect yourself, and how effective and speedy they are.

Otherwise, we may need to involve people like this former acquaintance to resolve matters like this:)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14708 Anonymous Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:38:38 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14708 Hey Chris What is Jalic? Could you maybe elaborate which tools/sources you used to made this website. I mean things you didn't do yourself. For instance hire a designer use this premade script etc. etc. Great article :) Cheers, Thierry Hey Chris

What is Jalic?
Could you maybe elaborate which tools/sources you used to made this website. I mean things you didn’t do yourself. For instance hire a designer use this premade script etc. etc.

Great article :)

Cheers,
Thierry

]]> By: photo312 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14682 photo312 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:02:12 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14682 well one thing about Google is - if you pay them money for AdSense than they will rank your page higher. The guy who copied you knows this. He is a pro cloaker. I think he copied your html and pasted and in between he added a table row for google ads, so that he makes money every time someone clicks on them And since the copycats site has no real content, people will be clicking on ads and making him money ;) dis is some funny sh.....t well one thing about Google is - if you pay them money for AdSense than they will rank your page higher.

The guy who copied you knows this. He is a pro cloaker. I think he copied your html and pasted and in between he added a table row for google ads, so that he makes money every time someone clicks on them

And since the copycats site has no real content, people will be clicking on ads and making him money ;)

dis is some funny sh…..t

]]> By: Golgotha http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14665 Golgotha Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:34:52 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/28/spammers-in-a-cut-throat-industry/#comment-14665 Chris, is that a template? I have seen sites look the same because they use the same template before... I have had sites rip off entire tools from my site and place them on their own complete with my email address on it :) The worst is when they are in China and you can't do a thing about it... Chris, is that a template? I have seen sites look the same because they use the same template before…

I have had sites rip off entire tools from my site and place them on their own complete with my email address on it :) The worst is when they are in China and you can’t do a thing about it…

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