Other Site (Auto)-Reposting My Posts

  • pog123

    (@pog123)


    7 years, 7 months ago

    Hello,

    There is a guy with a site similar-in-content to my own. EVERY SINGLE TIME I write a new post, it appears on his site that very minute and I get the notification by way of a comment like so: […] post (POST TITLE) appeared first on (MY SITE) […]

    Is there any way I can block this guy and/or his website?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    7 years, 7 months ago

    You could try. If his site is pulling the content directly, you could block it’s IP address. If you’re on a VPS, use iptables. Otherwise, a plugin like WordFence could block by IP.

    Davood Denavi

    (@binarywc)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    You will need to figure out what his sites IP Address is and use a security plugin to block bots from that IP address.

    Hope this helps. If not tell us the url of the site in question so we can help you further.

    Thread Starter pog123

    (@pog123)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    Hello Gentlemen — thanks for your prompt responses.

    Here is a screen shot:
    https://s13.postimg.org/ctse2fvl3/reposterip.jpg
    Is that the guy’s IP address? If so, how can I block him now?

    Regards!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    From what I can tell, that does look like an ip address, yes.

    Davood Denavi

    (@binarywc)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    You need the IP Address of the site that is reposting your content… that may be different from the IP address of the commenter that is listed in your screenshot.

    Thread Starter pog123

    (@pog123)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    The commenter is in fact the site that is reposting my content. And I’m guessing that’s his IP, is it not? How do I go about blocking him and/or the site bots?

    That’s basically an automatic comment I get each time after I make a post since his site automatically reposts everything.

    Davood Denavi

    (@binarywc)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    He could be posting the comment from a different server or computer thus the IP addresses would not be the same. Check his sites IP address using a tool like https://www.site24x7.com/ping-test.html and confirm if the IP address is the same as the one the comments are from.

    Hope this helps!

    Thread Starter pog123

    (@pog123)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Davood —

    I checked on the site you suggested and confirmed that it is indeed his IP address. What can I do now in order to prevent him from being able to keep auto-reposting all my posts?

    Thanks in advance.

    Davood Denavi

    (@binarywc)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    I am sincerely sorry for the delay in my reply. Actually, I thought I had replied a few days ago but apparently I had never clicked submit.

    Now that you have confirmed that the IP addresses are the same you need to block that IP Address from accessing your site and the RSS feeds using a plugin or have your host do it on their end as @sterndata suggested using IPTables.

    Hope this helps.

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