October 20, 2005 Copyrights, Trademarks and Search Engines By Grant Crowell, Guest Writer Source: www.clickz.com Web site owners must be on constant guard with copyrighted and trademarked materials, both to make sure competitors don't "borrow" content and to avoid provoking search engines in legal gray areas. A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, August 8-11, 2005, San Jose, CA. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members goes into more detail about various methods to protect your intellectual content, including how to safeguard images from being copied, and a checklist for taking action if you've found that your content has been stolen and illicitly used elsewhere on the web. Click here to learn more about becoming a member. A panel of experts debated a number of hot legal issues during the Copyrights & Trademarks panel at SES. How can web site owners get links to
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