Can someone tell me how to report a spam blog to a registrar? I have one that keeps stealing my posts and crediting them to others – I want to report them, but I’m not sure what the steps are.
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Meg Kribble says on: October 29, 2007 at 1:01 pm
I have no ideas, but if you get some, I hope you’ll report them here!
Nicole says on: October 29, 2007 at 1:11 pm
I did a WhoIs search, but didn’t see host contact info – I know others have said that they have contacted hosting providers to get sites shut down .. I just don’t know how to do this.
Jeff says on: October 29, 2007 at 2:23 pm
You have to find the internet service provider and have them shut down. You will need to find their ip, which will be tricky. There is no over-arching authority like the do not call list. It is up to the internet service provider to make sure what they are doing is kosher.
Jeff says on: October 29, 2007 at 2:24 pm
One more thing: the only way to prevent this yourself is to either truncate your posts, provide just a header post so people using a reader will click through to your post, or to just chalk it up to the “they suck” part of life.
Nicole says on: October 29, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Thanks Jeff! I don’t mind removing spam posts and such, it’s just that I’ve had the same one over and over recently, and that’s what I want to prevent. I did some altering of my blacklist – we’ll see if that works for now.