Someone mirroring your site?

Index Sites · Sep 19, 2019

Wasn't sure what section this goes in, but what are counter measures to someone completely mirroring your site? I think it's being mirrored but i'm not sure exactly what you would call it. If I post something they immediately have it If i change my sites code they immediately have the change if my website goes down there website goes down what the hell is that?

Index Sites · Oct 7, 2019

IG Growth · Oct 7, 2019

Have you tried changing the link of your website? I do not speak of the domain, but of what accompanies it

Veil123 · Oct 7, 2019

Try to track down their crawlers and then block them/their IP address(es).

macdonjo3 · Oct 7, 2019

Veil123 said:
Try to track down their crawlers and then block them/their IP address(es).

Who says it's being crawled? There are a multitude of other possibilities of what might be going on. For example requests iframed pages don't use the host's IP address. Proof: https://codepen.io/macdonjo/pen/JjjjzoP

Veil123 · Oct 7, 2019

macdonjo3 said:
Who says it's being crawled? There are a multitude of other possibilities of what might be going on. For example requests iframed pages don't use the host's IP address. Proof: https://codepen.io/macdonjo/pen/JjjjzoP

Very interesting. This means that in such cases, the victim is pretty much f*cked up.

bartosimpsonio · Oct 7, 2019

macdonjo3 said:
Who says it's being crawled? There are a multitude of other possibilities of what might be going on. For example requests iframed pages don't use the host's IP address. Proof: https://codepen.io/macdonjo/pen/JjjjzoP

In this case it's just giving the target site free traffic.

Also there is something you can add to your headers so that it's impossible to iframe your site. I forget what but google should tell you.

Veil123 · Oct 7, 2019

bartosimpsonio said:
In this case it's just giving the target site free traffic.

Also there is something you can add to your headers so that it's impossible to iframe your site. I forget what but google should tell you.

Yes, it is the X-Frame options meta tag.

azooz3001 · Oct 7, 2019

The question is. Will they get results by doing this?

Will google rank thier website or keywords?

macdonjo3 · Oct 7, 2019

Veil123 said:
Very interesting. This means that in such cases, the victim is pretty much f*cked up.

It's really hard to say whats going on without seeing the URL. People do all sorts of stuff. Iframe a WH website to get your site approved for an ad network, etc. Who knows the reasoning. I doubt it's an autoblog. He did say if his site goes down, so does the copier - which makes me think iframe or another, to properly mirror...

Shel · Oct 7, 2019

I don't understand, what benefits do he get for doing this? And how is this hurting you?

macdonjo3 · Oct 7, 2019

Shel said:
I don't understand, what benefits do he get for doing this?

read my reply

Shel · Oct 7, 2019

macdonjo3 said:
read my reply

And how is this a problem for the real site owner? If it's an iframe it won't do much I guess?

macdonjo3 · Oct 7, 2019

Shel said:
And how is this a problem for the real site owner? If it's an iframe it won't do much I guess?

I can think of many but one example would be: poor traffic sent to a website can mess with stats, CPMs, etc.

It's hard to say since the OP has given very little detail.

Index Sites · Oct 7, 2019

Oh wow this has gotten a lot of replies let me take some time to read it

Index Sites · Oct 7, 2019

Well the problem is when i google my website and even some keywords related to my website the copy site now is starting to pop-up in the top 20. To say the least this really bothers me a lot so i'm looking for solutions to solve it and how it's being done.

bartosimpsonio said:
In this case it's just giving the target site free traffic.

Also there is something you can add to your headers so that it's impossible to iframe your site. I forget what but google should tell you.

I'll do some research into this. It seems like the most likely solution of what's happening right now.

klazeg said:
Have you tried changing the link of your website? I do not speak of the domain, but of what accompanies it

I'm not understanding what you mean. Can you elaborate or give an example?

Veil123 said:
Try to track down their crawlers and then block them/their IP address(es).

I'm not sure it an scraper since the entire site goes down when mine does I've already blocked a number of IPs I believe coming from the site to try and stop this.

Alok1688 · Oct 7, 2019

Well, this seems interesting do share the final solution to the issue.

At start I thought the instant updates on the other website could be the reason for RSS feeds fetching but both sites down at the same time are something I am not aware of.

You can also ask your hosting support about this they can look for if there is any script placed on your hosting files. I know a case where one of a hosting executive did this with a client. So asking your hosting support about this can also help in some cases.

Index Sites · Oct 7, 2019

Well I've implemented the X-Frame deny solution with no visible signs of a result. I'll try to dive into my traffic and see if it could be any bots i'm unaware of this might be worthless seeing as the site does go down whenever I stop or restart my VPS any change period is thoroughly copied, so I doubt it's a simple crawler or bot but i'm just lost at this point.

Alok1688 said:
Well, this seems interesting do share the final solution to the issue.

At start I thought the instant updates on the other website could be the reason for RSS feeds fetching but both sites down at the same time are something I am not aware of.

You can also ask your hosting support about this they can look for if there is any script placed on your hosting files. I know a case where one of a hosting executive did this with a client. So asking your hosting support about this can also help in some cases.

Thanks that's a good idea I'll try that right now

tubeboost · Oct 7, 2019

Have you thought about adding php scripts that generate dynamic content?

Index Sites · Oct 7, 2019

tubeboost said:
Have you thought about adding php scripts that generate dynamic content?

I don't have the skills or knowledge to implement such a thing and it is a streaming site, so i'm not completely sure if it's viable.

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