My site has been cloned..what should I do? - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**kingeric** · 05-09-2005, 02:52 AM

I have a very popular game site at http://www.gamepapa.com
recently I found two sites that have cloned my site at

http://www.heshan18.com/dmirror/http....com/index.php
http://www1.dongtaiwang.com/cgi-bin/.../gamepapa.com/

1, How did they get my code?
2, Should I be concerned and what should I do?

**MediaHound** · 05-09-2005, 03:00 AM

Don't worry.

It's a script everyone uses, they didn't clone you.

Hope you didn't think you were going to be the only one with that site when you purchased it!

http://www.arcadehq.com/
http://www.arcadegames.ws/
http://www.fastarcade.com/
http://www.playgamesonline.org/
http://www.freeonlinegames.in/
http://www.anytimearcade.com/
http://www.playvideogames.com/
http://www.543game.com/
http://www.arcade-classics.net/
http://www.arcadeonline.org/
... etc..

**kingeric** · 05-09-2005, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Don't worry.

It's a script everyone uses, they didn't clone you.

Hope you didn't think you were going to be the only one with that site when you purchased it!

Yes I know the script is very popular...Its j0n script.
But my site has been cloned..If you look at the site it contains all my links and personal info...even my domain name.
I did some research an found that these sites might be a way for school kids to use my site on a banned network, because my site has been banned at some schools to keep kids from from playing games while at school.
I guess I should be happy...they sending me some traffic

**Blarian** · 05-10-2005, 01:14 PM

You won't be happy when the duplicate pages get you removed from every search engine known to man...

**Jonathan** · 05-10-2005, 01:19 PM

Yeah, Google will likely have to remove most of their database, including their own site if that's the case.

**stevey** · 05-10-2005, 02:15 PM

they havent cloned your site, the links:

http://www.heshan18.com/dmirror/http....com/index.php

and

http://www1.dongtaiwang.com/cgi-bin/.../gamepapa.com/

all they are is proxy web browsers, eg dnforum:

http://www1.dongtaiwang.com/cgi-bin/...w.dnforum.com/

they are most likey using a proxy browser so that they can view your site while at school. this will not effect your search results or anything

**kingeric** · 05-10-2005, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevey

they havent cloned your site, the links:

Thanks stevey,
Someone else at another forum explained to me the same about proxy web browsers. I feel better now