I usually review my website statistics every morning to track who's coming to my website and where they're referred from.  Statcounter.com offers a nice, easy interface and their free service keeps me informed.  However, today I got a nasty surprise.  I found a referrer link and after taking a closer look at the site that referred to mine, I noticed they had copied just about every page of my website and even foolishly linked to my own portfolio (very dumb).  Normally, I try to track nasty plagiarists via CopyScape.com , but their dumb mistake led me right to them.

WannaGirlFriday.com is the site in question, and they've just been reported to Google for copy theft.  Why should I bother?  Because Google hates duplicate content - and while Google might realize that my content is the original, I'm not willing to take any chances on getting a ranking hit.

Just about every single page of this site is a carbon copy of mine - the owner even put a Meebo widget on her contact page!  While this angers me, if I suddenly have less relevant content at Google because of it - I'd take an economic hit.

The lesson to everyone:  Once you achieve high ranking, you absolutely need to take time to hunt down and deal with thieves. 

What did they copy?

Their stolen copy:

Releasing your listings to a support person can sometimes be a troubling experience. That listing is your baby and you need to be assured that it's going to get the care, thought and attention that it deserves. We can help! Regardless of your existing system for coordinating your listings, the team at Wanna Girl Friday can help you keep all of the details together and organized so your seller feels as if he/she were your highest priority. We can accomplish your listing action plan which may look something like this:  

My Original Content:

Releasing your listings to a support person can sometimes be a troubling experience. That listing is your baby and you need to be assured that it's going to get the care, thought and attention that it deserves. We can help! Regardless of your existing system for coordinating your listings, the team at VirtuAllin can help you keep all of the details together and organized so your seller feels as if he/she were your highest priority. We can accomplish your listing action plan which may look something like this:

This is just one example - they virtually copied every services page on my site as well as my rates page and my "What is a VA" page.  Just Nasty!