What is scraping?
Scraping” essentially stands for copying, or in the case of copyrighted material, stealing content off a blog that is not owned by the individual initiating the scraping process. The scraped content is often used on Spam blogs or splogs. – source
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How do you tell if you’ve been scraped?
Why is scraping bad?
1) Theft of intellectual property
2) Someone else is profiting from your effort
3) Your competitors may end up stealing your business!
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