They might even be doing it unintentionally. The number of 'open proxies' on AppEngine - is very high. If someone uses said proxy against your site, the link can end up in a search engine, and because the proxy rewrite links, search engine crawlers get a whole new site to crawl. - ideally the proxy should be blocking crawlers - at the very least. (and in a perverse way because the proxy site hosts content from many domains (ie subjects) - it can end up getting quite a diverse portfolio of content)
The intentional ones, are doing to to increase exposure to their site mainly. They can put AdSence on the pages (even just rewriting the adsence it of the original content producer) - or similar advertising to raise money. - basically they steal trafffic from your site, by stealing the content - ie very little work. (speculating on Kyle's case, as we dont know the specifics ;) On 26 January 2011 17:01, Stephen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > This issue has surfaced before. What is the purpose behind them doing this? > (sorry if that's a stupid question) > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Doesnt help you for the results already there (although it should help >> to make them disappear with time) - and its a cat and mouse game if >> they try changing appid. >> >> but you can block them from reading your content. I guess they must be >> using URLFetch to grab your content. The User-Agent on such calls >> include the appid of the calling app - just selectively block on that >> ;) >> >> (and yes I know it doesnt answer your actual question) >> >> >> >> On 26 January 2011 12:59, Kyle Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi - >> > >> > How can I find out who owns a particular application? >> > >> > The app does not use a custom domain, so DNS/registration info is no >> > help. I noticed a app that is mirroring all my content and is showing >> > up next to me in search results. So, clearly, I'd like to ask them to >> > stop doing that. >> > >> > Long time GAE user, Kyle >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Google App Engine" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
