[KevinG]

During my morning reading of industry stuff, I came across an article about how popular it has become to "Google" oneself, so I did it. I came across something suspicious which has me making this post rather than the original topic of Googling yourself.

The #14 result of Googling my first and last name shows this listing:


This looks like they are stealing content from my site http://www.cigar-review.com and at least one other site, Cigar World. When you click the result, it quickly re-directs to an online retailer of cigars, to the same cigar they seem to be stealing the content for.

The SE result show this url:
http://www.thehappiestgrace.info/hoyo-de-m...bur-miniatures/

It re-directs to this url:
http://www.tinderbox.com/Hoyo-de-Monterrey...niatures-Cigars

When I tried pasting the original url and hitting the stop button real fast in an attempt to see the original page, I was thwarted by a 403 forbidden.

I was able to get this much code to render in that page source code:

	
	

	

	<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2">
	window.location.replace('http://www.tinderbox.com/Hoyo-de-Monterrey-Excalibur-Miniatures-Cigars')
	

Here is whois info:

Domain Name:THEHAPPIESTGRACE.INFO
Created On:03-Jul-2007 02:58:30 UTC
Last Updated On:01-Sep-2007 20:33:13 UTC
Expiration Date:03-Jul-2008 02:58:30 UTC
Sponsoring RegistrarSTR Holdings, Inc. (R136-LRMS)
Status:OK
Registrant IDOT-X54Y3LK09HAZ
Registrant Name:J N
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street1:1024 Lenox Ave
Registrant Street2:#8
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Miami Beach
Registrant State/Province:FL
Registrant Postal Code:33139
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.7862828558
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:miamibest@gmail.com

Here's the other site:

Registrant:
Tinder Box International, Ltd.

3 Bala Plaza East Suite 102
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: TINDERBOX.COM
Created on: 12-Jan-96
Expires on: 11-Jan-09
Last Updated on: 10-Oct-07

Administrative Contact:
Ellis, Wendy webadmin@tinderbox.com
Tinder Box International, Ltd
3 Bala Plaza East Suite 102
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004
United States
6106684220 Fax -- 1231231234

Technical Contact:
Design, Inc., WebFX admin@webfxdesign.com
3050 S COTTAGE LN
SPARKS, Nevada 89434-6708
United States
7756261150 Fax -- 1231231234

Not only do they seem to be stealing my content, but they are spamming the search engines too.

Any input on what I should do?