***cross posted on DalianDalian.com

First it was Xianzai.com who was stealing our Dalian content and reprinting it verbatim on their website.

Now it’s ChinaExpat.com. I was a little disappointed to see that, especially since I had written a pretty hefty Dalian piece for them a while back. Maybe they figured that if I did one piece pro-bono, that I wouldn’t mind if they lifted all the stuff I’d written about Dalian? I don’t know… They do link to DalianDalian.com on one of their pages, but I really don’t think that’s gonna cut it on their listings pages. Especially considering that when users search for a Dalian bar or restaurant on Google, ChinaExpat will be right up there in the rankings thanks to the content they lifted (word-for-word) from us.

UPDATE: This is especially mind-boggling considering that ChinaExpat has their content stolen a while back, and made quite a bit over noise over it. I suspect this is a case of the site owners not knowing what hired writers are doing… But Jesus, c’mon people.

Anyway ChinaExpat, you can use my stuff. Just be clear to attribute where it came from.
Also you’ve stole some of DalianXpat’s content too, so be sure to get in contact with them too.

Some examples:

Original Page: http://www.daliandalian.com/listings/dalian-bavarian-beer-house
Stolen content: http://www.chinaexpat.com/dalian-bavarian-beer-house.htm

Original Page: http://www.daliandalian.com/listings/brooklyn-bar-and-restaurant
Stolen content: http://www.chinaexpat.com/brooklyn-bar-and-restaurant.htm

Original Page: http://www.daliandalian.com/listings/chu-shin-ya
Stolen Content: http://www.chinaexpat.com/chu-shin-ya.htm