Why my name is being used in connection with hubpages on Chinese sites

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  1. NateB11 profile image86
    NateB11posted 4 years ago

    It seems to me to be the common mode of operation for these guys. They copy and publish, and retain author and website on the new site they publish it on.

    1. CYong74 profile image60
      CYong74posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      But they jumble up our content with sensitive keywords like online casino. That part I never figure out why.

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        TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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        1. NateB11 profile image86
          NateB11posted 4 years agoin reply to this

          Okay, I don't like to click links to questionable sites so I didn't actually look at it; but if it's jumbled up words, they must have spun the articles but retained author name for recognition maybe.

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                Moondot1822posted 4 years agoin reply to this

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                  1. Moondot1822 profile image61
                    Moondot1822posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                    I can understand what you mean to say. I have looked at your articles and didn't find them based on rudeness or egotism. Many authors don't even reply to the questions properly that are asked to them. I have noticed many times that you have replied to everyone and even helped people. That's why I have said that he misunderstood you.

                2. Misbah786 profile image73
                  Misbah786posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                  Nate, Tessa was not being rude or arrogant. You misunderstood her but the way you responded was definitely rude and arrogant.

                  Tessa for you, please contact team@hubpages something similar happened to me as well. I also posted few links on the forums a few weeks back but I didn't know that those websites were containing viruses. One of my friends, clicked the link and was troubled. That's why people don't like to click on links given on forums. I hope you can understand that. I hope team@hubpages will help you in the most appropriate way. They are always helping. If, it's a Chinese site there's really nothing to worry about.
                  They keep on doing this to almost everyone. There are plenty of my articles on chinese sites. I have never cared about the Chinese ones.
                  Many Blessings to you!

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                    1. Miebakagh57 profile image82
                      Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                      Tessa, you've speak well for yourself. Thanks.

                      1. Misbah786 profile image73
                        Misbah786posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                        I appreciate that, Tessa
                        Blessings!

                      2. Kenna McHugh profile image83
                        Kenna McHughposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                        It happened to me too.

                    2. Miebakagh57 profile image82
                      Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                      Tess, sorry. The pain is big. Hope a tech savvy enthusiast here wades in even from hubpages staff.

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                        1. Miebakagh57 profile image82
                          Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                          Tess or Tessa? Which's correct? Okay I'll have a go at any one of your article just for the tasting. Bingo!

                          1. Miebakagh57 profile image82
                            Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                            Tessa? I like this lovely name. While I just returned from visiting the wounded soldier, and the story about the christian Bible.                                    Seriously, I found no arrogance or egotism in either. But both are controversal, more seriously the Bible.                                             Critically, the Jehovah Witness assert that they New World Translation is the best and more execellent, I prefer the King James Version, and its sister  NKJV.                                         Significantly, the sources you use are equally not accepted by the various church or faith group. So peoples reactions would be best describe as attacking. And since you're no longer within the christian fold, it's easy to find the majority of your attackers within the christian community.

                    3. Miebakagh57 profile image82
                      Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                      Likely so.

                  2. Matt Wells profile imageSTAFF
                    Matt Wellsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                    Try filing a complaint with Google. You may be able to get these pages removed from search results. Here is the link.

                3. Miebakagh57 profile image82
                  Miebakagh57posted 4 years ago

                  Are these guys making money out of your name? Just curious. Thought I could not figure out the issue.

                  1. Dolores Monet profile image93
                    Dolores Monetposted 4 years ago

                    It certainly is off putting to find your name on some weird site. After reading this I checked out my own name and a few articles similar to what you described popped up. Other hubbers might want to check out their own names and see how many times our names have been attached to gibberish. I, like  you, would like to hear from someone in the know to explain the point of this kind of online behavior.

                    1. eugbug profile image65
                      eugbugposted 4 years ago

                      I just Googled my name + Hubpages and came across a couple of sites using it.

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                        1. eugbug profile image65
                          eugbugposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                          I've no idea, but I'm sure there's a reason for it. I often come across sites with content scraped from my articles, but it's just illegible garbage with text fragments strung together. I guess those behind it use automated tools to gather keywords and phrases and stick them together and presumably add ads too in the hope that Googlers will land on the pages. This contrasts with plagiarists manually copying articles and the copied results are laid out more comprehensibly. Maybe the person's name is deliberately extracted and used to give the pages some authority? (perhaps sometimes when people search for a topic they use a name they've seen often?)

                        2. Ken Burgess profile image70
                          Ken Burgessposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                          I did the same, very interesting to see the results, and how many odd sites it has been connected to.

                        3. psycheskinner profile image64
                          psycheskinnerposted 4 years ago

                          I think these are just automated sites that scrape other sites for words and mush them together to try and get search engine traffic.

                          1. Solaras profile image82
                            Solarasposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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                              1. Solaras profile image82
                                Solarasposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                                I have read through all of your comments on this thread, from swatting down Nate for daring to respond to your inquiry, to comments like this:

                                "And that's the real reason for the attacks on me. I am a liberal, a progressive, and an atheist. It's not that I am arrogant, or rude, or anti-American, or the thousand other things that I have been attacked for or blocked for. It's simply that my reasoning is often clear and cannot be dismissed."

                                OMG - Is that the real reason???? One can only truly know one's self through the eyes of others.  And you are going to report me lol.  Be my guest.

                          2. psycheskinner profile image64
                            psycheskinnerposted 4 years ago

                            The goal is most likely to improve the stats of the base website they post the scraped pages on in some way by getting extra traffic, including people attracted by the use of their name.

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                              1. psycheskinner profile image64
                                psycheskinnerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                                There is another strategy of just sending traffic to people's sites to get traffic from them looking to see who it was.  So between people looking for their own name and then asking why people are doing it, it must be worth it.  It's automated after all so it takes them zero effort to throw on a name as well as all those keywords.

                          3. psycheskinner profile image64
                            psycheskinnerposted 4 years ago

                            As it is not technically plagiarism, and they are not using US-based servers, there may not be anything you can do.  But they are using the HubPages name which I assume is trademarked or some such, maybe they will have some ideas.

                             
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