Reporting websites

How to report a website to Google, Yahoo, MSN or other search engine.

Did anybody copy your content or steal something from your site? Have you been misdirected, mislead etc.?

In the cyber world lots of people have no ethics, they may steal your EProducts or they may copy your content then claim that they are the ones who created it.

Fortunately you can report such websites to major search engines so that they delist them, in this article I will tell you what you should do when you find a website that is stealing your content.

What to do when you find a website that is stealing your content?
  • Step one, contact them first: Sometimes the website owner might not be aware of what’s happening in his forums or pages especially if he allows users to make posts. Contacting the site first is an important step since it will save you a lot of effort if you were able to resolve the issue that way
  • Report them to their own hosting service: Go to the http://www.whois.net/ and make a whois query to determine the hosting for this website. Usually you will find a line that looks like this, NS1.netfirms.com , in this case the host is netfirms.com. Contact them and inform them about the abusive website
  • Report the website to yahoo: Use this link to report a site to yahoo
  • Report the website to Google: Google has a very strict policy for dealing with websites that copies or steals content. Use this page to report a website to Google report a site to Google

Reporting sites to Google is usually done on a specific basis and in a structured manner
Specifically, the parts about reporting phishing and spam:

Report spam:
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Report phishing:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report sites that download malware to your computer:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

Site/business that treats customers unethically:
http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9110


If you're worried this will impact your search results, please visit
the Search Help Center here: http://www.google.com/support/?ctx=web&hl=en


Or, if you're concerned about any Google Checkout or commerce
implications, visit the Merchant Help Center as appropriate:
http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/?hl=us

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How to Report a Phishing Site to MSN

When people go phishing on the Internet, they are attempting to perform online fraud. Most of the time phishing takes the form of a bulk email. This message often looks to be from an established company or Web site. In the message the phishers will be trying to get the recipient to give out personal and private information. If given, this information will often be used for identity theft purposes. MSN is trying to do something about this. By reporting phishing emails and sites to MSN, you take a decisive stand against these types of scams.

  1. Step 1
Go to the MSN homepage at www.msn.com.

  1. Step 2
Procedure #1: Click the link at the bottom of the page for “MSN Privacy”.

  1. Step 3
From this page, click the link to their Web form in the box for “How To Contact Us”.

  1. Step 4
Fill out the form in its entirety, which will include telling MSN what country you are contacting them from, what product you are using, the reason for the contact (be sure to state phishing) and any additional comments. Be sure to include the Web site URL where you believe phishing to be taking place.

  1. Step 5
Procedure #2: Click the link at the bottom of the page for “Feedback”.

  1. Step 6
Fill out the feedback form in its entirety. You can rate a particular URL negatively and also list under the comments that this site is a phishing scam.

  1. Step 7
Contact MSN by printing out the Web site in question and sending it to their mailing address through the Postal Service (see below). Include the recipient's first and last name, or the department name.

  1. Step 8
Contact MSN by phone to report a phishing Web site (see below).

 

Tips & Warnings

  • If you use the Postal Service, be sure to send it via one day mail. Most sites come and go quickly, so to catch the phishers in the act, authorities need the information about phishing sites within 48 hours.
  • Be as specific as possible when reporting phishing Web sites. If you received an email and clicked a link, be sure to report both the Web site URL and attach a copy of the email, including the headers.
  • Don’t give out your information to a phishing site in order to catch them in the act! There is no telling just how many will receive that information. Simply report the possibility that it is a phishing site and leave it at that.
  • Avoid clicking links in phishing emails. Report the site by putting the link address into the reporting form.
 

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