How to- What is the latest and best Splog Stopper!

  • What is the latest and best plugin to prevent content theft via feeds?
    Sploggers have always been an issue and now even more so with “auto bloggers” There use to be a plugin “antileech” which allowed you to demolish the splog site with some different content and kill their income. I can’t seem to find that plug in anymore.

    I use a digital fingerprint but doesnt allow options for revenge ??
    Any new ones out there?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    First and foremost, you need to “claim” you feed by installing something like Better Feed. Better Feed allows you to create a custom footer for your feed that appears below every post. You can fill the custom footer with things like a copyright notice, a link back to your blog, and even a digital fingerprint to track content theft.

    Next, install Bad Behavior to keep most content scraping bots from even visiting your blog.

    After that it, it’s up to you if you want to block bots either via user-agent or IP with your .htaccess file. I strongly recommend against IP blocking as most spam bots and content scraping bots use dynamically generated or spoofed IPs, so you’ll only wind up blocking an unsuspecting “victim”.

    AntiLeech still exists, and according to the creation date on the downloaded file, it was probably last updated 12/28/09, but whether or not it supports the latest versions of WordPress is unclear.

    If you find that your content has been stolen, this article provides tons of helpful tips.

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