Comments on: Evil site scraping bastards

By: Dani

Dani — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:05:38 +0000

Surely they would be spat at by the SEs for using dupe content anwyay? Regardless, your site is great, their site is not. The End.

By: Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:07:22 +0000

Have you seen the little apology note that is up on the site now? Apparently it was a “fictional test” to see how easy it is to get to the top of Google.
“Testing” doesn’t give you the right to infringe copyright. They should come clean on who they are.

By: » Search Engine Optimization Scrapers: How Do You Deal With Them? Search Engine Optimization Journal

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:34:26 +0000

[...] brouhaha started when Kalena used her blog to expose a scraper. The industry joke is that this usually leads to the scraper posting on their own site the negative [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:02:40 +0000

Hey Kalena I wrote a review of this post and submitted it to stumble upon (one of my favorite sites). I’m actually one or your students and am still learning, but I’d be glad to help in your googlebombing efforts (if you tell can tell me how to do that…LOL). Anyhow, I admire your wit and humor. Thanks a lot for the laugh! Bill

By: Kalena Jordan

Kalena Jordan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:42:06 +0000

@ Matt and Dani – bwa ha haaaa. That’s right, my plan worked. Looks like I’ve found my Dumbass of the Week!

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:21:41 +0000

http://www.webpropeller.co.uk/?cat=6
AAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:12:08 +0000

Funny – they have this post up there on their site But you are listed as a contributor. Maybe they should have a section for “unwilling, unwitting contibutors”.