More Stolen Articles!!!

[Amy W]

Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up - articlet.com has more stolen content posted. Just got a Google alert today about an article of mine that was posted back in January (thanks, Google, for the prompt search results!!!). Word Gypsy, I saw your article, How to Dress for an Interview, posted by the same author as my stolen article - Jack Black. Does the man not have enough money as it is ;)

But even more disturbing, my entire article was posted - not just what I had listed in the long summary. Makes me worried about any future buyers of that article - they could purchase full rights for an article that has been stolen and reposted hundreds of times.

[Ed]

Amy, you have alerted Support about this, yes?

[Word Gypsy]

Thanks Amy! I'll check it out. I'm a bit surprised that I didn't receive an alert. I guess this one was stolen earlier. I do have another one that each time it is taken down, it goes back up a month or so later. Doubly frustrating. Thanks. Ed- I'll be sending a note to support on this too.

[Amy W]

Yep, I've e-mailed Support.

I'm thinking I should also send an e-mail to Google Alerts Support, too. Like I said, my article was up on articlet.com since January, and Google just let me know about it yesterday. Word Gypsy, your's was up since May. I have an alert set up for an article I know has been on the Internet for at least six months (it's not stolen, its been sold), and I have yet to receive an alert about it. So just as a warning to all authors here, don't rely on Google Alerts too much!

[Lysis]

This is why I'm an avid reader of the Google Webmaster forums. I fully enjoy these people who come to the forums wondering why they've been de-indexed only to find that they have loads of stolen content. You can report it to Google too.

[Amy W]

Well, my article is down, but Word Gypsy's is still up. There might be a few more stolen ones on the site, too - some of the titles seem familiar.

I'm not sure if Support has looked into this yet - I haven't heard back from them for a few days - but if anyone wants their articles down from the site, just do what I did. Write in the comments section that the article is stolen, and that you own the copyright to the entire article. Seeing as how CC has had problems with this site before, the articlet.com owners should know the drill.