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The point has been made that since Google sends out checks, they know who is doing this. I saw several mentions of a class action suit to force Google to reveal the names. (I'm just a farm boy, I have no idea if this has legal validity)
Anyway, some of it is the same thing discussed here often and some of it seems different. I guess I can't post links here, but if you'll visit technorati and search for Adsense Scraper you'll be at a good starting point if you want to read some of the posts & discussions.
FarmBoy
For what it's worth, since reporting a bogus framer directory to Google a month ago ([webmasterworld.com ]), I must say I'm more than a little bit disapppointed to see the directory still in business! - how much time does AdSense support need? If a month is not enough time, how much? Or should I assume that if AdSense has not shut down a reported bogus account within a month that they're not going to? Frustrating to say the least.
[webmasterworld.com...]
Even if scrapers are frozen out of search, they can buy traffic, but that won't necessarily be the case forever (or so one can hope).
If there's a site that in your opinion doesn't meet the guidelines for running AdSense, report it to Google. If months pass and nothing happens, report it again. Don't try to raise the decibal level of your complaint by possibly hurting Google's core business.
P.S. it's also against the TOS.
Can you be a tad more specific in your search terms? I did as you advised but didn't find much.
At technorati dotcom do a search for "adsense scraper" without the quotation marks. You'll probably get several pages of returns. Like I said before, it's basically a repeat of what is posted here on WW, just that it seems there is more of it lately.
In doing just that, I found one interesting site. The URL has google adsense adwords with a hyphen between each word, followed by dotcom, then /adsense/ It's baffling to me why Google would allow something like that to remain. The site even attempts to appear mimic Google's own pages & color schemes. Read through the captivating & interesting content while you're there.
The last time I did that search at technorati I found something called the dunce money blog that seemed to provide instructions for making a scraper site to take advantage of AdSense. You'll probably see it.
FarmBoy
Saw that one last night
> It's baffling to me why Google would allow something like that to remain.
Baffling is right. The framer directory I reported is violating numerous AdSense TOS, yet a month later, no action from Google. For all the "I've been banned" threads posted here at Webmaster World, the experience I'm getting after reporting the "gross polluter" to AdSense would suggest that reporting such sites is unlikely to get them banned. Apparently, what these bogus sites really need to worry about is tripping some algorhythm - not being reported - and that sucks. So much for accountabilty and integrity.
> dunce money blog that seemed to provide instructions for making a scraper site to take advantage of AdSense. You'll probably see it.
Saw that as well. I was looking for the site with the class-action lawsuit you were referring to. Where's that?
[edited by: Play_Bach at 8:33 pm (utc) on Dec. 28, 2005]
Well the site I reported is clearly violating the TOS. If you want to see it for yourself, just let me know.
Stop wasting your time being pointless.
One problem is that people keep complaining about scraper sites, which are annoying to webmasters but are not infringing copyright...
Please clarify.
Are you saying that scraper sites in general don't violate copyright or are you saying that people complain about those scraper sites that don't violate copyright?
If the former, I disagree.
And I've found this to be one area (maybe the only one?) where Google will respond promptly and will close an AdSense account. Find someone who has scraped your original content, go through the DMCA steps, copy to AdSense and watch what happens.
FarmBoy
[edited by: farmboy at 10:05 pm (utc) on Dec. 28, 2005]
I was looking for the site with the class-action lawsuit you were referring to. Where's that?
See a post titled "Zap the Zombies" at a blog called buzz machine dot com with no spaces and no hyphen. That post contains links to more related blog entries and also has a number of comments posted.
FarmBoy
