Copying of blog posts ?
I recently added a LiveTraffic Feed to the lower right side of my blog and have noticed that someone from Boardman, whatever, wherever, or whoever that might be, has been regularly and systematically combing my posts from all years since the blog first started to the present. Here is just a small sample of searches from Boardman over the past many, many weeks. I am flattered, but.... scanned one of the posts in those searches on a plagiarism site and found that indeed, someone has used many of my sentences about the book in question.
How does one deal with this? I don't earn anything from my blog, all of my reviews are free.
A visitor from Boardman viewed '10/1/13 - 11/1/13' 2 hrs 10 mins ago
- Use Robots.txt. The robots.txt file is a simple way to tell search engines and other bots which pages on your site should not be crawled. ...
- Implement CAPTCHAs. ...
- Use HTTP Authentication. ...
- Block IP Addresses. ...
- Use Referrer Spam Blockers
UPDATE: I activated the robots.txt file in my blog settings, and http authenticaton, but this hasn’t worked. Boardman is as active as ever!
Just published
Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo, translated, December 3, 2024; Hanover Square; NetGalley
Genre; literary fiction, Korea, women's fiction
Description: "a story of family, marriage and the cultural expectations of motherhood, about four women whose lives intersect in dramatic and unexpected ways at a government-run apartment complex outside SeoulWhen Yojin moves with her husband and daughter into the Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments, she’s ready for a fresh start. Located on the outskirts of Seoul, the experimental community is a government initiative designed to boost the national birth rate. Like her neighbors, Yojin has agreed to have at least two more children over the next ten years.
Yet, from the day she arrives, Yojin feels uneasy about the community spirit thrust upon her. Her concerns grow as communal child care begins and the other parents show their true colors. Apartment Women traces the lives of four women in the apartments, all with different aspirations and beliefs. Will they find a way to live peacefully? Or are the cultural expectations around parenthood stacked against them from the start?
A trenchant social novel from an award-winning author, Apartment Women illuminates the imbalance of women’s parenting labor, challenging the assumption that “it takes a village” to raise a child."
I'm looking forward to reading this one, about parenting styles.
Someone knows about my difficult past and darkest secrets, and now I think they’ve taken my baby. But who would do this to me and why? I know the answer. Or least I think I do…
Despite what my husband says, I’m not ill. Am I? For I have discovered he has an agenda…"
This novel got my attention because it's not only a thriller but it's set in Spain!
Shy, nerdy Tanvi has always thought of her perfect cousin Mimi as her sister. Not only did Mimi’s family raise Tanvi after the tragic death of her parents, fierce Mimi has always protected Tanvi at school.
When Tanvi captures an incriminating photo of Mimi and a rival Beth at a party, she wakes up the next day with a bump on her head, and no memory of what caused her injuries, Mimi is gone.
The search for Mimi takes a dark turn as the cops announce that they are now hunting a murderer. Could Tanvi be the killer? Tanvi must discover if she’s capable of murder—and the truth of what happened to Mimi.
Another missing person thriller I'll look forward to reading.
Genre: women's fiction, contemporary, humor, romance
Description: Vivian Quackenbush enjoys a typical life. She has winesday evenings with her two best friends. Her son is in college. (But) after nearly twenty-five years of marriage, Mitch wants a divorce. He confesses that he doesn’t love her anymore.
What is Vivian to do but channel her anger, frustration, and pain into a video she posts online. Overnight, Vivian goes viral. Millions of views and counting. Vivian 2.0 chooses to lean—maybe even toward the younger single father next door.
Now Vivian is wondering where she goes from here. She’s discovering that somewhere in her trending if upended life, she’ll have to figure out who she really wants to be.
Memes: The Sunday Post, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, Sunday Salon, and Stacking the Shelves
Hmm, that is weird! I have no idea how to even go about that. I guess you could choose to be flattered, but yeah, still odd. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI don't have any information to add about the Boardman visitor, though I wish I did. The bot explanation sounds plausible. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteNobody's Perfect uses our lack of understanding of the consequences of social media as the fuel for the story, I think. And Apartment Women and Taken and When Mimi Went Missing all center on the fears we have these days...no wonder thrillers are so popular.
It’s unfortunate that someone is plagiarizing your work. I wish I had some advice to give.Thanks for the tips on crawlers.
ReplyDeleteThat is strange!! And sort of creepy!!
ReplyDeleteApartment Women sounds really interesting! I am looking forward to your thoughts!
Yeah, its unfortunate that so many creeps out there. Someone recently stole my blog layout, colors, fonts, and some of my graphics, but I've been told I should be flattered by the theft. I don't feel flattered but I can't really do anthing about it, so I get it. You worked hard on your blog so someone else can plagiarize.
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That's so annoying about your blog posts being taken. That same thing happened to me many years ago, I had two popular blogs and both were stolen and republished by a spam bot with tons of ads added so they made money.
ReplyDeleteNobody's Perfect looks good, happy reading!
Some people have no compunction about stealing others hard work sadly. For a long while I had someone republishing my reviews on their blog but translated into Spanish. I’ve also had the odd review plagiarised and I also had someone else who re-blogged every review I posted but in that instance they did link back to my original post at least. Inoperable you find a resolution.
ReplyDeleteApartment Women and Nobody’s Perfect are being added to my TBR
Wishing you a great reading week
When Mimi Went Missing certainly has a striking cover, and an interesting premise. Hope you enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI added Apartment Women to my TBR. Sounds really good!
ReplyDeleteSo strange. Sorry to hear someone is swiping your content. Lots of new books for you this week. Hope you enjoy your week.
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That Boardman thing is weird. Can you block them if they're taking your words? I wonder what else one can do? keep us posted. I like the looks of the Korean novel.
ReplyDeleteI activated the robots.txt file in my blog settings, and http authenticaton, and it seems to work. The BOT seems to have stopped scanning as it used to, so far anyway.
ReplyDeleteThat's bizarre....I have that traffic live feed on my blog but I had read the creator of that tracker did not support it anymore. Not sure how accurate the locations are as it shows mw surfing in from Orlando, same on my own blog - Orlando. That's 5 hours south of where I am.
ReplyDeleteHad not heard of the titles you wrote about but I like the sound of the Apartment Women. Off to check how to activate robots.txt file now.
I hope your actions work to protect your blog and reviews. Your books all sound interesting. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteJust about to start 'The Manningtree Witches' by A K Blakemore. I'll be 'coupling' it with 'Witchfinders - A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy' by Malcolm Gaskill.
ReplyDeleteOh wow it's always something these days.
ReplyDeleteApartment Women sounds fascinating.
Well, seems like Boardnan is continuing to scan my blog. See Live Traffic Feed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pain to have to deal with!
ReplyDeleteHope the situation gets resolved soon
Ugh, you had me wondering if I want to investigate my own and...not today. Glad you got yours sorted and I know where to come if I do investigate and need a solution. Apartment Women sounds tense and Nobody's Perfect sounds fun. Maybe I'll add both to my TBR.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, Boardman is still very
ReplyDeleteactively trolling my blog. I noticed that just now.
Your books are very intriguing. Each different each draws you in. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in this Korean novel
ReplyDeleteThat is weird. Hopefully you can keep this person and others from stealing from your blog.
ReplyDeleteHow unsettling and upsetting to find out someone is trolling your site to plagiarize! I haven't checked my site, but I probably should!
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