Someones cloning my site

[Coastalbendcomputers]

LOLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That is just brilliant.

Love it

More!! More!!

Agreed Make My Day....filler

 

[ajm]

Look into turning off your directory browsing in your Wordpress site. Your files and images are visible for all to see.

This can be either be done automatically from your hosting providor ( I use heart internet hosting and all my wordpress sites do not allow directory browsing by default) or through editing the htaccess file or via plugins

 

[16k_zx81]

Look into turning off your directory browsing in your Wordpress site. Your files and images are visible for all to see.

This can be either be done automatically from your hosting providor ( I use heart internet hosting and all my wordpress sites do not allow directory browsing by default) or through editing the htaccess file or via plugins

Awwz

he did took it down

Damn. That was generating some hootz on my facebook page

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Yeah he contacted me and agreed to remove all related images and text.

 

[Martyn]

Yeah he contacted me and agreed to remove all related images and text.

Who contacted you, the website client or the uk based web 'designer'?

 

[Captain Spaulding]

The website client, it's turns out he sent me a private message on here a while back asking whether I wrote the site or used a theme but I never saw it.

As he apologised and agreed to remove the text/images I'm happy no harm was done.

P.S. That wasn't really my ar5e, mines more hairy

 

[Martyn]

That's odd the web design was in the uk according to the footer?

 

[JustInspired]

Aww... late to the party again and I missed all the fun.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

That's odd the web design was in the uk according to the footer?

Yeah looks like the client posted a request on elance.com https://www.elance.com/j/computer-re...site/39633517/ and awarded the job to a UK person who then did the cloning.

 

[DocGreen]

I do like that theme... which one is it?

 

[Captain Spaulding]

I do like that theme... which one is it?

uDesign http://themeforest.net/item/udesign-wordpress-theme/253220

 

[ElementalWindX]

Would have been so much easier for the cloner to just buy the theme lol

 

[AndyM]

http://assurecomputersolutions.com/ourservices/tutoring-training/

is still pointing to your site. Even the contact us link is pointing to your contact page, and the prices are still in good old pounds sterling.

Andy

P.S. Was late to the party. Would have been nice to have seen the virus removal page that everyone seemed to enjoy so much.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

http://assurecomputersolutions.com/ourservices/tutoring-training/

is still pointing to your site. Even the contact us link is pointing to your contact page, and the prices are still in good old pounds sterling.

Andy

P.S. Was late to the party. Would have been nice to have seen the virus removal page that everyone seemed to enjoy so much.

GRRRR, I think it would be rude of me then not to change the picture, refresh it now to see my pretty face on his site

 

[AndyM]

just refreshed it, but it's still picking up the original images:

http://www.computerrepairchichester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cracked-laptop-screen1.png

and

http://www.computerrepairchichester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/price-promise-guarantee.png

 

[Captain Spaulding]

just refreshed it, but it's still picking up the original images:

http://www.computerrepairchichester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cracked-laptop-screen1.png

and

http://www.computerrepairchichester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/price-promise-guarantee.png

http://assurecomputersolutions.com/ourservices/tutoring-training/ definately shows the new picture now, try shift refresh

 

[Coastalbendcomputers]

They were quick on that one it is now under going maintenance.

 

[16k_zx81]

Has the guy removed the plagiarized/ stolen content now?

 

[Morrison5891]

I would not be happy if someone did this to us.

 

[16k_zx81]

I would not be happy if someone did this to us.

After the first time my site got /completely/ copied by a local guy who set up business just up the road from me with everything (business model, prices, all of the text) identical, I set up an account with these guys

http://www.copyscape.com/

It warns me if anyone copies my site now, and I have a cease and desist notice set and ready to go as an email template.

http://minnesotaattorney.com/cease-desist-letter-template-example-sample-forms/

If you have a good website, people will copy it.

When they copy it, they will cost you rank in google (duplicate content penalty)

Not worth messing around. Its an act of theft that will cost you money and should be taken seriously.

That said, I have to say that if I could possibly do what has been done here to them before having the content removed, I would do it in a heartbeat.

This is my new favourite Tn thread

Jim