Having your website content stolen is a growing problem. But when you find out about it, what can you do?

Finding the content is quite easy, getting the “borrower” to remove it might prove to be difficult. But all hope is not lost.

The Google AdSense blog recently made a posting on methods of reporting copyright infringement by AdSense users.

So the next time you see some of your content being used without your permission, have a look and see if the copy violator is making money with AdSense ads. If they are, this would be in breach of the AdSense rules, and you can then lodge a complaint through the AdSense policy violation report form.

And if they are not making money from AdSense but they are in the Google index? You actually might be able to get them removed from the index. If they are in violation of the Google Webmaster Guidelines, you can fill out the Spam Report form. Guard your work. Guard your rankings.

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