So this was weird. My wordpress blog picked up this guys site as spam and I'm not sure how to stop this guy. I noticed that every time I post something it's showing up on www.johnssantoro.com I don't know if the owner is the same as www.johnsantoro.com but I emailed him and asked him to stop posting my stuff. In looking at this blog I noticed that there are TONS of entries per day from tons of photographers websites or blogs.
Any thoughts on this guys? I would imagine this would be something Matt Antonino might be able to provide some insight on. If you've got time Matt, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I don't know if I can block that type of thing. Anyway guys and girls, let me know what you think.
Thanks in advance
Full Version: Some guy is posting all my blog posts on his
I'll be keeping my eye on this thread. My blog posts are on his site as well. He's not claiming the posts are his since he's sending a link back to the original post. So I'm not sure what his end game is unless he's making money off the google advertisements.
dont you guys remember this guy? he posted on here before asking if anyone was interested in his blog and having a photographers blog.
So how'd you find if he posted your stuff? I looked back like 30 pages or more and it was still showing stuff posted today. Just curious.
Shawn, I clicked on the link that my wordpress supplied.
Actually, I don't remember this guy Tami. Hmm.
Actually, I don't remember this guy Tami. Hmm.
QUOTE (Mark Christensen @ October 24 2008, 07:17 PM) 
Shawn, I clicked on the link that my wordpress supplied.
Actually, I don't remember this guy Tami. Hmm.
Actually, I don't remember this guy Tami. Hmm.
it was a while back and everyone pretty much told him it was a stupid idea. i think its him anyways.
Wordpress spam is HUGE - and yes it's the google ads they're after. happened to me too. always watch your trackbacks. most will remove you if you ask
It's called stripping or mining. The owner of the blog will pull your content and put it on their blog to increase their google pagerank and referall traffic. Like Matt said - it's all about the benjamins.
Sean
Sean
If you can find out his IP address, you can probably block him from visiting your site using the .htaccss file or other method.
QUOTE (phototristan @ October 24 2008, 06:32 PM)
If you can find out his IP address, you can probably block him from visiting your site using the .htaccss file or other method.
Tristan's right. Get his IP from the trackback and block him by pasting a line in the end of your .htaccess file in the root of your blog like so:
Deny from 93.174.93.230
his IP address may change from time to time, so you may have to do this periodically.
I also use this for very consistent comment spammers. even though they get caught by akismet, i feel a small satisfaction when i permanently ban them from accessing my site.
someone PM'd me asking for more info on how to block IP's using .htaccess, so rather than just respond i'm putting it here so others can read it.
for anyone who wants to know exactly how to deny access using a .htaccess file, here's more specific info:
1. figure out what the root directory of your blog is. if your blog is something like: www.mysite.com/blog then your blog's root directory is a folder on your web host called "blog" probably inside a folder called "public_html" or "www" or "httpdocs". if your blog is your whole website (like: www.myblog.com), then your root directory is "public_html" or "www" or "httpdocs".
2. once you've found your blog's root directory, look for a file called ".htaccess". these are often times hidden (the fact that it starts with a "." means it is a system file, and thus usually hidden). most FTP clients or web-based file managers have an option to turn on that is something like: "show hidden files". try to find that and turn it on. once it is on, look for the .htaccess file.
3. if you can find it, just edit it and save. you might need to download it to your computer and edit with TextEdit (Mac) or WordPad (PC). Don't open it with Microsoft Word, that will ruin it. if you are having trouble downloading it and opening it, try changing it's name via FTP before you download it. change it to "htaccess.txt" then download, edit, upload, and then rename it exactly ".htaccess". that can help because your computer doesn't like you messing around with files that start with "." or you can edit it through the built-in code editor in your web-based file manager.
4. if you can't find one, that's ok, you probably don't have one. in that case, using TextEdit (Mac) or WordPad (PC) create a new file and add in the code (see above post). then save it "htaccess.txt". after saving, upload it into the root directory of your blog (see step 1) and then don't forget to rename it ".htaccess"
5. .htaccess files are powerful little buggers, so if you somehow hose your whole blog, the first thing to do to fix it is delete your .htaccess file that you created -- that will usually fix things if they have gone terribly wrong.
6. if, when editing your .htaccess file, you see a bunch of other code already there, just leave it, and paste in the "Deny from..." line on the very bottom after everything else.
for anyone who wants to know exactly how to deny access using a .htaccess file, here's more specific info:
1. figure out what the root directory of your blog is. if your blog is something like: www.mysite.com/blog then your blog's root directory is a folder on your web host called "blog" probably inside a folder called "public_html" or "www" or "httpdocs". if your blog is your whole website (like: www.myblog.com), then your root directory is "public_html" or "www" or "httpdocs".
2. once you've found your blog's root directory, look for a file called ".htaccess". these are often times hidden (the fact that it starts with a "." means it is a system file, and thus usually hidden). most FTP clients or web-based file managers have an option to turn on that is something like: "show hidden files". try to find that and turn it on. once it is on, look for the .htaccess file.
3. if you can find it, just edit it and save. you might need to download it to your computer and edit with TextEdit (Mac) or WordPad (PC). Don't open it with Microsoft Word, that will ruin it. if you are having trouble downloading it and opening it, try changing it's name via FTP before you download it. change it to "htaccess.txt" then download, edit, upload, and then rename it exactly ".htaccess". that can help because your computer doesn't like you messing around with files that start with "." or you can edit it through the built-in code editor in your web-based file manager.
4. if you can't find one, that's ok, you probably don't have one. in that case, using TextEdit (Mac) or WordPad (PC) create a new file and add in the code (see above post). then save it "htaccess.txt". after saving, upload it into the root directory of your blog (see step 1) and then don't forget to rename it ".htaccess"
5. .htaccess files are powerful little buggers, so if you somehow hose your whole blog, the first thing to do to fix it is delete your .htaccess file that you created -- that will usually fix things if they have gone terribly wrong.
6. if, when editing your .htaccess file, you see a bunch of other code already there, just leave it, and paste in the "Deny from..." line on the very bottom after everything else.
Although for me, his address is: 81.19.64.136
So he may be changing it. If so, he truly is a bonafide spammer.
You may want to add slightly to the code Jared by denying the domain name using this:
order allow,deny
deny from .johnssantoro.com
allow from all
Add as many as you'd like in between the top and bottom lines.
So he may be changing it. If so, he truly is a bonafide spammer.
You may want to add slightly to the code Jared by denying the domain name using this:
order allow,deny
deny from .johnssantoro.com
allow from all
Add as many as you'd like in between the top and bottom lines.
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