How ask Google to de index scrapper sites?
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While doing text Google searches for various keywords I have found two sites that have scrapped pages from my site which goes by an old URL of www.tpxcnex.com and a new URL of www.tpxonline.com
www.folder.com is one of the sites and if you try to visit that site or any of the scrapped Google index listing, Chrome warns you not to.
How can I ask Chrome to deindex www.folder.com or another scrapper site, or atleast deindex the URLs which have clearly scrapped my content?
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I have 301 redirects from my old URL to the new URL (and from http to https, and from no www to www)
The link suggestion you provided just offered a link to a you-tube video that was instructive but did not help me.
I found a link to https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905 which allowed me to "report content that you would like removed from Google's services". I submitted a request that the scrapper site be removed from Google's index.
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Doug,
Two things:
1. A site shouldn't "go by" two domain names. You should verify the means by which a visitor may be made aware of both domain names to be sure one of the domains is being 301 redirected to the other.
2. If you don't own the domains that contain the scraped content, you can contact the site owner to request that they take it down. Also, here is a link to Google's copyright help center on https://support.google.com/legal/topic/4558877 to deal with it that way.
You may want to step back and get a bigger picture understanding of the inner workings of your website, hosting and google. It will help you in the short term and long term.
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