Google Your Name!

This type of thread was posted about two years ago but it's worth repeating. (If not, mods, feel free to delete or move it.)

It happened again. I did a search of my name and found another website that published my work without payment (I was paid for first serial rights when it was originally published in hard copy, so this would have been reprint rights) and without my permission. I contacted them (it's a newspaper) and they pointed the finger at the website itself. I contacted the webmaster, and he pointed the finger right back to the newspaper. They're pulling it, but no one is admitting fault (of course--geez, they'd have to pay me!).

So, every week: Google your name or the title of your work that's been published.

IdiotsRUs said:

Top of the list was a drag queen though....

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Ohh...pretty!

If others have your same name, google the title of your work. What gets me is that this was originally published in a syndicated newspaper insert, and not online. These *&#%*& had to scan it then publish it online.

Google Alert never caught this one, though, and it was published online in 2006. I just found out now through Google search (and I had to wade through a few pages). As a side-note: I tried Cuil.com today to search my name and that gave me a headache. They need to tone down their muscle power. I mean, 215k sites mentioned for moi? Right.

Update: That newspaper is coming through on payment to me for second serial (reprint) rights on the article. Yes! And I did remain calm when I called them. Hard for me to do....