Today I set up backup blank blogs on WordPress.com for my various websites.
Most web gurus say that setting up blank pages and accounts for the blogs and websites they own has reduced the number of scrapers (people who post copies of a web site) by opening an account with a similar name on social media. Even if you do nothing with a blank backup blog, it effectively body – checks the unscrupulous who make want to earn a living off YOUR hard work.
Opening accounts on social media has the added benefit of providing people who might look for a site on Facebook or Twitter with a link directly to the main site.
Another great advantage to setting up pages and accounts elsewhere that direct readers to the main site is the blank-hits-the-fan factor. Websites crash. Blogs get hacked. Hosting services fry the computers that host the site. The blog tweak that was supposed to take 30 minutes has turned into a 3 day rebuild.
Stuff happens. Having a page already set up on a site like WordPress.com, allows for a fast redirect to something, ANYTHING, that lets readers of your blog know what the bleep is going on.
Bulk site name check for social media: namechk.com/