A website "copycat" that bothers me a lot...

QueenDarkling said:

Hi,
So a few years ago I ditched a domain and closed the website. The website contains my company info.
And then I found out someone picked up the domain and revived THE EXACT CONTENT.
With all my company info on the site, but I am not the site owner anymore!

I'm afraid someone will use it for scam.
What can I do?

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PHPInjected said:

Was the company in name only? What I mean is, do you have an EIN or LLC attached to this company name?

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QueenDarkling said:

Yes, the company is registered and still running.
I have other sites so I didn't think someone will take over the domain, it doesn't have good DA or something.

I'm surprised to see the site with all the same content and design - how they did that?
I designed it myself and updated all the content, but I deleted the whole database after the domain expired.

Only good thing is that I didn't reveal full address and contact number; but there are names of staff.

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AngelSeo said:

Send a cease and desist letter to domain registrar, hosting company, and him (via whois of the domain). Find an example online, and do it - usually is good enough.

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PHPInjected said:

I was going to say this. This is most likely your first course of action. Does your business name have a DBA attached to it? A trademark?

Generally, this should be pretty cut & dry as they're infringing on your business.

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Enserio said:

Then you do a redirect to the commonly used site.

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TomTheCat said:

I won't recommend a redirect in this case, because you don't know what the current owner has done to the website. OP, should leave it as dormant or a basic page with his company info.

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