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Our website was ripped off!

We had the form filled out on our website saying that our website has been ripped off by a company in Mumbai. We wrote a mean email to them and we will be contacting the hosting company next...

  1. Someone has COMPLETELY ripped off our website! Grr! See khiweb.com we are writing an angry email to them. #plagiarism
  2. @topleftdesign And some of the social media icons (RSS, Posterous) are still linking to you!
  3. @topleftdesign OMG! That is a SHOCKER of a copy job. Had it happen to us at JointEquity, but that was just copy. This is the WHOLE SITE!
  4. @topleftdesign fish financial are being listed as one of their clients in the images - sounds like misrepresentation. could FF sue too?
  5. @monkeyonahill @fishfin is a lovely client - ironically that happened to them too, but an angry email took care of that...
  6. .@topleftdesign gahhhhhhhh and they added a scrolling marquee! Didn't they read the blog before copying? bit.ly/qkJpme
  7. .@topleftdesign gahhhhhhhh and they added a scrolling marquee! Didn't they read the blog before copying? bit.ly/qkJpme
  8. RT @jd_peters: @topleftdesign i'm guessing they will get business. coding over there is ok, design is appalling, so even poor copy is better than own
  9. @topleftdesign I did wonder that myself. How did you get tipped off? Perversely I'm almost impressed by the brazenness of it...
  10. @topleftdesign Wow, their Homepage's "From Our Blog"'s "Read More" still links to your site!
  11. @topleftdesign If you copy a bunch of the text and paste it into a google search, it's all generic, appearing on dozens of other sites.
  12. “@topleftdesign: Someone has ripped off our website! See khiweb.com we are writing an angry email to them." Wow! Exactly the same.
  13. RT @topleftdesign: Someone has COMPLETELY ripped off our website! Grr! See khiweb.com we are writing an angry email to them. #plagiarism
  14. "@topleftdesign: Thanks for sharing this @marketingmixman - Why Plagiarism Is Not Flattery bit.ly/MrjSS6" What a cheek, get them off!
  15. @topleftdesign We had the same problem with our company site. I accidentally found out by looking at our analytics. They forgot to strip it.
  16. You're welcome @topleftdesign.Those of us who think twice about this stuff should start a cut 'n' paste scrupulous zone 'OriginalityRules'!
  17. RT @TremulantDesign: .@topleftdesign gahhhhhhhh and they added a scrolling marquee! Didn't they read the blog before copying? http://bit.ly/qkJpme
  18. RT @eXCheez: @topleftdesign Wow, their Homepage's "From Our Blog"'s "Read More" still links to your site!
  19. @piersparker not quite. Some subtle differences - you may notice if you look closely!

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Keren Lerner

I am a designer and networker. My company is Top Left Design. I speak, write and train on design, blogging and social media and I am always learning.

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