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Re:Ask HN: Someone is proxy-mirroring my website, can I do a... by hedora on Monday December 12, 2022 @12:56PM (#33957806)
One possibility: Serve different content, but only if the user agent is a search engine scraper. Wait a bit to poison their search rankings, then block them.
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Re:Ask HN: Someone is proxy-mirroring my website, can I do a... by zhengyi13 on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:34PM (#33958334)
... be careful with this.

Assuming you've monetized your content with ads, depending on your ads provider, this may have deleterious effects on your account with that provider, as they may then assume you're trying to game ads revenue.

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Re:Ask HN: Someone is proxy-mirroring my website, can I do a... by chipsa on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:52PM (#33960952)
The mirror is almost certainly running their own ads, given they strip the JavaScript out.
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