So someone scraped a bunch of thumbs from some of my sites - GoFuckYourself.com

EonBlue · 01-09-2018, 09:10 AM

I know this is nothing new but I have never really noticed it before.

This guy copied a bunch of my thumbs and he is using them on is own site. They are not hot-linked - he is serving them from his own site. He has also copied my affiliate referral links with the thumbs and left them intact.

Do I just leave it be and take the extra traffic? Or is there something else shady going on that I haven't noticed? Am I at risk of getting shit-canned by sponsors because of the likely shitty traffic he is sending?

MrMaxwell · 01-09-2018, 09:12 AM

Depends on the sponsor, I would say
Why don't you communicate directly with them and ask their opinion of the traffic you're sending

dillfly2000 · 01-09-2018, 09:24 AM

It happens. I had some niche blogs. Seemed like a bot was used to create quick sites with scraped content. Images all linked back to my blog. The site wasn't shifty, so I took the free traffic.

EonBlue · 01-09-2018, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell

Depends on the sponsor, I would say
Why don't you communicate directly with them and ask their opinion of the traffic you're sending

Looks like a lot of it is CCbill and a bunch of sponsors that are gone or I don't even promote anymore. That is how I found this - a sponsor I deleted from all my sites is still getting traffic from me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dillfly2000

It happens. I had some niche blogs. Seemed like a bot was used to create quick sites with scraped content. Images all linked back to my blog. The site wasn't shifty, so I took the free traffic.

The images don't link back to any of my sites - they link directly to the sponsors. So my sites don't get any traffic but he is sending hits to some of my sponsors for me.

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magneto664 · 01-09-2018, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by EonBlue

He has also copied my affiliate referral links with the thumbs and left them intact.

Do I just leave it be and take the extra traffic?

He knows what he's doing.
when he gets traffic.
he change the links

geirlur · 01-09-2018, 03:50 PM

I've seen some load my site in a frame on their domain with their own money bar at the top. So I just put a framebreaker on my site so all the traffic gets redirected to me

EonBlue · 01-09-2018, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by geirlur

I've seen some load my site in a frame on their domain with their own money bar at the top. So I just put a framebreaker on my site so all the traffic gets redirected to me

Ya, that's what I would do too in that case.

TheDynasty · 01-09-2018, 04:44 PM

it happens

Brian mike · 01-09-2018, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geirlur

I've seen some load my site in a frame on their domain with their own money bar at the top. So I just put a framebreaker on my site so all the traffic gets redirected to me

ODIR?

IF you figure this Frame let me know i got 4 sites samething happen with that smart webmaster lol.
And guess what no sponsors or Ero-Advertising he was promoting last when i contacted them want to do anything They Call him a Directory

...
I said ok Gotcha

NOTED lol

bns666 · 01-09-2018, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by geirlur

I've seen some load my site in a frame on their domain with their own money bar at the top. So I just put a framebreaker on my site so all the traffic gets redirected to me

happened to me too long time ago

adultchatpay · 01-09-2018, 05:13 PM

Take it down, its better in the long run than getting crappy traffic.

PornDiscounts-V · 01-09-2018, 06:33 PM

Highest form of flattery!

InfoGuy · 01-09-2018, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EonBlue

I know this is nothing new but I have never really noticed it before.

This guy copied a bunch of my thumbs and he is using them on is own site. They are not hot-linked - he is serving them from his own site. He has also copied my affiliate referral links with the thumbs and left them intact.

Do I just leave it be and take the extra traffic? Or is there something else shady going on that I haven't noticed? Am I at risk of getting shit-canned by sponsors because of the likely shitty traffic he is sending?

If the copycat has illegal content alongside your thumbs, links and sponsors, that could pose a problem.

EonBlue · 01-10-2018, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by adultchatpay

Take it down, its better in the long run than getting crappy traffic.

How do I get it taken down?

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Originally Posted by InfoGuy

If the copycat has illegal content alongside your thumbs, links and sponsors, that could pose a problem.

Nothing illegal that stood out. But lots of other thumbs that weren't mine probably scraped from other people's sites.

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brassmonkey · 01-10-2018, 12:26 PM

dood just leave it! i have a person bought a old domain i let expire. he has my plugrush on it! hahahaha! weird shit!

desmoines · 01-10-2018, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geirlur

So I just put a framebreaker on my site so all the traffic gets redirected to me

thank you for the tip

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CaptainHowdy · 01-10-2018, 02:05 PM

InfoGuy · 01-10-2018, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

dood just leave it! i have a person bought a old domain i let expire. he has my plugrush on it! hahahaha! weird shit!

It's likely the new registrant is using the same hosting company and their DNS server still points to your IP. Ping it.

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