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Before I joined our online marketing team was quite stupid. Once they got an article they use to randomly submit it everywhere. sometimes twice on the same site due to lack of cordination between the subordinates. I really worked hard and analysed the duplicate content sources. I want to remove this duplicate content asap. As this content is shared on article sites so we dont have any copyright. And the the team members who were working earlier on the inhouse project moved to some other companies. Thus, no accesss to login details. To make the issue worse there are few philippine companies who are using our content as if it was their copyrighted material.

Please guide me further on how shall i remove this content asap and what shall be my approach?

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As described, the core problem is copies of original content scattered across article directories and third‑party sites, with no easy logins to remove them. Posting to directories does not automatically abolish copyright; original authors typically retain rights unless they explicitly assigned them in a contributor agreement. That fact makes recovery possible but it requires clear evidence of priority: CMS timestamps or database entries, original source files (with metadata), server logs or backup snapshots, social posts or feed timestamps, and archived copies (Wayback/Google Cache). Capture and store those items before starting outreach.

A practical, prioritized takedown plan (actionable and defensible):

  1. Inventory every offending URL in a spreadsheet and archive each page (PDF/screenshot + Wayback/archive snapshot).
  2. Send a short, evidence‑backed removal request to the site contact; include the original URL, original publication date, the infringing URL(s), and a clear request (remove or add a rel=canonical).
  3. If no response, escalate: identify the host/registrar (WHOIS/hosting-lookup) and submit a DMCA‑style takedown to the host’s abuse contact; include the same proofs and a signed good‑faith statement.
  4. After removals, request de‑indexing of cached pages from major search engines and resubmit the canonical sitemap.

Prevention and monitoring: publish clear timestamps and rel=canonical on the canonical pages, add Article structured data, keep an internal archive of originals, and set up automated alerts (Google Alerts, Copyscape alerts or similar) to detect reposts. If any article directories were accepted under exclusive or broad license, review their contributor terms before sending takedowns and consider legal counsel for high‑value cases. The outreach-first idea from and the basic contact suggestion from are the right starting points; the steps above turn those suggestions into an evidence-based, scalable workflow.

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Member Avatar for micheal.burns1

This thread is almost 5 days old now and no one has answered my query? Please help me...

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You have to contact those website owner and say to remove your content, if they don't do then report it to web hosting provider of that site...

Member Avatar for Ramkarthick123

Thanks Prosence for giving us good suggestion.

Member Avatar for micheal.burns1

Thanks you ProSence! I had an idea about contacting the webmaster but no idea about contacting webhosting providers.

I think your idea would defininately will help me.

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Send a mail to them via contact us page.

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