You are a small business owner, nowhere near the level of Apple or Google. So you don't believe your brand requires a tremendous amount of protection. But your thoughts could never be more wrong. The logo that you created, the brand that you are developing, the concepts and software that you are producing—they all have value that is worth more than you think. You never know when you could be in the position to sign a contract or make a deal that transitions your business into a … [Read more...]
How to Beat Content Scrapers – And Avoid Google Panda Penalties – With Copyright Protection
Gardening Blogger Stephanie Suesan Smith recently wrote a guest post for GrowMap at my request about what to do when your content gets stolen. Some bloggers are now finding that since Google's Panda Update, scraper sites are outranking their original content. Content creators need to track down these scrapers and force them to remove copyrighted material if they don't want their originals to disappear from the search results. When Software Advice recently registered all content on their … [Read more...]