viralvideowall - 10:29 pm on Aug 26, 2011 (gmt 0)

Looks like Google may FINALLY be getting a clue that scraper sites have become a problem. I'm sure the idiots there will come up with a new algorithm that punishes the wrong people like Panda did.

[twitter.com...]

@mattcutts Matt Cutts Scrapers getting you down? Tell us about blog scrapers you see: [goo.gl...] We need datapoints for testing.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGM4TXhIOFd3c1hZR2NHUDN1NmllU0E6MQ&ndplr=1

Google is testing algorithmic changes for scraper sites (especially blog scrapers). We are asking for examples, and may use data you submit to test and improve our algorithms. This form does not perform a spam report or notice of copyright infringement. Use https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en&pli=1 to report spam or [google.com...] to report copyright complaints. Exact query that shows a scraping problem, such as a scraper outranking the original page:

[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 1:11 pm (utc) on Aug 27, 2011]