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[Baronnn]

Hello,


In the last few days I have been reading all kinds of interesting stuff related to the Jagger-reshuffle.

In a few articles I read that 'scraper sites hurt some one's position in Google'.

To be completely sure, can some one tell me if a site that just copies the DMOZ-database and list it as being their own content is a scraper site?

If that is the case, then the only way to get rid of a backlink from such a site is to remove the entry in DMOZ. But then DMOZ is stated to have a positive influence on the position in Google. What is the best to do now?

[chrishirst]

welcome to HR Baronnn

Nope, scraper sites will not hurt your position they may even help by some miniscule amount. DMOZ directory clones are not scrapers and the same applies to them.

[Randy]

Welcome Baronnn !

[roxyyo]

what is a scraper site??

[mal4mac]

"Scraper site" is a term like "happy slapper" or "joy rider" that hides an evil activity behind something that sounds almost benign. Bluntly, a scraper site steals your content, and possibly your place in the SERPS and all your hard won profits, using automated techniques. It's like bank robbery without physical violence (usually). If you think a site is a scraper site report them to Marshall Google pronto, Tonto.

[roxyyo]

Aye Aye, Cap'n

[Scottie]

That's one definition...

I think a more prevalent type of scraper site are the ones that copy search engine results pages that match the keywords they are trying to rank well for. There are automated scripts that copy the search results pages into a database where they are used as filler content for pages that feature Adsense or other ads.

So, you might find a snippet of information about your site at www.junk-domain.com/keyword-phrase-one that is copy from your page (whatever the snippet from the search engine said) and possibly a link to your site.

[sufyaaan]

what is a scraper site??

A Scraper site is one that “scrapes” content from other sites to build its own. It is normally built for generating AdSense revenue etc. It is usually easy to identify a scraper site. Simply look for:

1- Heavily keyword-stuffed navigation / text with AdSense ads etc.
2- Lack of useful content
3- Small number of site pages
4- Keyword stuffed content crammed together with garbage text
5- Poor design and layout with overlapping AdSense ads etc.
6- AdSense ads packed in the header and footer as well as navigation area
7- Numerous sub-domain variations that carry an analogous site-theme etc.

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[Michael Martinez]

Google delisted (in my opinion, the vast majority of them) many scraper sites in the July 2005 update. I seriously doubt they have contributed much to anyone's rankings since then, but the October 2005 update probably devalued them further, at least for sites which may get a majority of their inbound links from scraper sites and similar SpamAd sites (sites created solely for the purpose of ranking so as to present Yahoo! or Google Javascript ads).

[jeffroyit]

Google delisted (in my opinion, the vast majority of them) many scraper sites in the July 2005 update. 

Hehe, no way that Google could face this problem very soon, cause "scapperers"
always throw up new sites and make their way.

I have a list with about 5 of them and monitor them to see if Google will
find them and so far they are doing pretty well, one even has over
30.000 indexed pages, other has PR2.

At one time I was getting emails from them that they listed my site in
their website and they invited me to link back to them. But when I visited,
I noticed lots of crap usually based on some word with no common topic.
For example, there was one site related to "clock" word, they had pages
optimized for all "clock stuff", about 50-100 pages.

Anyway, listing or getting listed into these has no effect on Google, this is
even stated on Google webmaster section, since it is out of your control.

[Michael Martinez]

Hehe, no way that Google could face this problem very soon, cause "scapperers"
always throw up new sites and make their way.

The sites no longer appear in the majority of search results. Google has identified a unique footprint for these types of sites and it filters them out.

They are pretty much a waste of time, and the spammers have already begun rolling out new content to replace the scraper sites. A lot of them will vanish when the domains are allowed to expire (being penalized, they are no longer useful to most spammers).