http://neildixon.com/theres-nofollow-so-do-we-need-noarrive/ neil dixon's blog, journal, and list of stuff he does Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:22:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://neildixon.com/theres-nofollow-so-do-we-need-noarrive/comment-page-1/#comment-78022 neil Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:03:24 +0000 http://neildixon.com/?p=868#comment-78022 The site that scraped your content was relatively small and disappeared quite quickly (good to see Blogger responding to the reported issues promptly), so I think the impact was negligible. Most potentially damaging in your case might have been having duplicate content in two locations, but Google are now very good at determining the originating source of content, so you would likely not get penalised. If the amount of traffic you get from organic searches has not reduced, then there's nothing to worry about. The site that scraped your content was relatively small and disappeared quite quickly (good to see Blogger responding to the reported issues promptly), so I think the impact was negligible. Most potentially damaging in your case might have been having duplicate content in two locations, but Google are now very good at determining the originating source of content, so you would likely not get penalised. If the amount of traffic you get from organic searches has not reduced, then there’s nothing to worry about.

]]> http://neildixon.com/theres-nofollow-so-do-we-need-noarrive/comment-page-1/#comment-78010 jEN Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:32 +0000 http://neildixon.com/?p=868#comment-78010 As a victim of scrapers myself, I wonder about what kind of damage the splogs have created for my site. In this case, there certainly is such a thing as 'bad press'. As a victim of scrapers myself, I wonder about what kind of damage the splogs have created for my site. In this case, there certainly is such a thing as ‘bad press’.

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