Fight the scrapers

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  1. sunforged profile image71
    sunforgedposted 9 years ago

    Ever since the docstoc event, Ive been implementing a small piece of text into all my hubs.

    JoshuaSunforged ©2009 http//hubpages.com/hub/How-to-use-SheToldMe-com-Earn-from-your-backlinks (the url is of course changed for each hub)..i took out the ":" so it wouldnt be a live link in the forum


    It wont stop anybody from stealing content, but lots of time this process is automated, a software "scrapes" all the text off the page...now, I can search for the unique term "JoshuaSunforged ©2009" and see if it posp up anywhere it shouldnt, the inclusion of the URL, is for teh really lazy thiefs, who may not even notice either giving me a back link or just making my anti-theft reactions that much easier.

    You can make a copyright symbol yourself - by either copying and pasting it or using the keyboard combo of:

    Alt+0169

    ©

    in html documents the code is

    & # 169   (take out the spaces)

    hope you never get scraped, but a little unique trackable code can be helpful

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      cosetteposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      i'm going to this on every hub now. i like it better than what i have been doing. it is unobtrusive and therefore, thieves won't spot it and we can find our hubs if they are copied. excellent idea! (and great hub too)

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  2. readytoescape profile image60
    readytoescapeposted 9 years ago

    Good suggestion, I think I will apply that fancy bit of knowledge thanks

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    lynnechandlerposted 9 years ago

    Thanks Sunforged!

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  4. Jeffrey Neal profile image83
    Jeffrey Nealposted 9 years ago

    I've been lazy about it, but I really need to do this.  Not that anyone would want to steal any of my content...

    Thanks, sunforged!

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    PJ_Deneenposted 9 years ago

    This is great.  Thank you.  I only had two articles stolen from that sob at docstoc but would like to prevent this as much as I can for the future.

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    Janettaposted 9 years ago

    Excellent suggestion! And I always wondered how to make that little symbol... smile

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  7. Jane@CM profile image60
    Jane@CMposted 9 years ago

    Thanks, never could find that symbol. I've been writing copyright by Jane@CM on my hubs.

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