Re: Data Scraping

From: Michael Martinez <Michael_at_xenite.org>
Date: Wed 06 Dec 2000 14:45:26 -0500

LANCE LEASURE <lanceleasure_at_netscape.net> WROTE:
> My Web site lists several thousand classified
> advertisements and it has been brought to my attention
> that other sites are scraping my data and aggregating
> it with listings from other sites.
>
> I would like to set up bogus listings to identify when
> and by who my listings are being scraped. How many
> (what percentage) bogus listings should I use?

If the other sites have been indexed by search engines,
you should be able to find your own listings by
seeking unique content. If they are aggregating the
data with that of other sites, are they storing it on
Web pages or serving it dynamically (like a meta
search engine)?

I have found some of my content on other Web sites by
searching for unique phrases only I would use. You
may be able to generate random (but unique) ID
sequences for each of your ads and search for those
unique identifiers.

Don't dilute your listings with false advertisements.

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