The_Contractor - 1:07 pm on Mar 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

scraperrob

Scraper SPam Sites ARE LEGAL.... We don't need permission. Saying they are illegal is like saying meta search engines are illegal. That's all a scraper is.. a dummy down meta search engine. There are tons of these that take results from the various search engines to display content.

Again, this shows the ignorance of boys with toys. What you are doing (scraping SE's results) is not legal and you may write to anyone of them and ask if you don't believe the SE's own terms of service and/or do not believe in the copyright laws.

I just want everyone to stop crying about our sites and focus on your own sites... I am 100% white hat in my seo and have got my positions fair and square.

Not crying a bit, just tired of the complete ignorance of people running a script that do not even realize the legalities. Also, tired of them stating and justifying to themselves that content theft is OK. Please don't confuse yourself with a real meta search engine as they have permission from the SE's involved and are run by engineers and professionals - a 10 year old with a script could do what you do. As far as them ranking as some have stated – I have to look very hard to find a scraper site in the different niches I am in (they are buried waaaaay back 500+).

fischermx

Then, what was your game about? ooh, wait, it was a bet, i.e, money, so, if is about money then you play, otherwise you not? So, do you really care about to shutdown scrappers or not? Where did I hear that before?

Please read message 188 again and also what I wrote above. It's not my job to shutdown scraper sites and I do not blame those that have them since it's obvious in some areas Google is rewarding them with rankings.

I only protect my own sites and the content on them. I will not report any site for using any technique including those that may be above me in a particular serp. If I find my content on a site (even a snippet and/or link) that I believe was scraped or is a trashy site, I will simply contact the owner. I have done that to over a dozen sites in the past week asking them to remove the link/content – all have complied in a very short time. If I cannot find contact info etc through their site or whois I will simply file a DMCA with the SE's and their sites will disappear.

tip: Scrapers or any other sites stealing snippets/content - I would keep contact info available on the site (form) or don't register the domain by proxy as you may find your whole network is gone over one easily avoidable problem.