Combat Plagiarism by Tracking Content
Chances are that if you're reading this article, you are probably an Internet publisher too. Do you have questions like these:* Who is copying my content?
* How can I get links that drive traffic?
* Which of my articles or images are being used most?
* How original or exclusive is my content?
You could Google and hunt down the answers, or subscribe to Attributor, a tracking service. They offer a free white paper and a free report on where your material appears. I found the issues addressed in the blog especially pertinent. With clients like the Associated Press and Rueters, this business must be a winner.
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posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 9:13 AM
5 Comments:
Every time I post to my blog, I receive strange comments, which quote my post and link to some completely unrelated site. These sites are nothing more than snippets from posts around the blogosphere each one starting off with "Blogger says..." Blogger is usually some name or other, but not the author of the article. Do you know anything about this? Is it illegal? Plagiarism? Is there a way to prevent these sites from citing our work and attributing it to other authors? At least they seem to include a working link, little good that does because they're not even listed in Technorati.
-Melissa Donovan
Writing for Writers
Whoops, where I said "and link to some completely unrelated site" I actually meant to say that they list another author as the writer of my piece. The link actually does go to my site.
I think you're describing the dreaded "splogs" or spam blogs. They exist simply to steal content and/or provide additional links to their sites, to draw traffic in hopes of making money from their ads (usually AdSense ones).
I went through a spate of having these results show up in narci-searches. After a few C&D (cease and desist) emails to them, I quit seeing them.
Another deterrent is to ensure you have the ' rel="no follow" ' phrase in your template and get the comments sent to you for deletion and/or moderation. Don't allow anonymous comments, either.
I know these practices annoy some people, but without them we'd spend too much of our time fooling around with blog comments and not writing!
Hi Georganna,
GREAT post! I'd been wondering how to start tracking my content. I've had art stolen and posted on the internet in some outrageous places. Thanks for the timely and very important post.
blessings,
julia
julia ward - a BLINDING heart - awriter's blog - www.ablindingheart.com
check out my latest post: Wassily Kandinsky and the Orange Pear
This is very useful information, thanks!
Again, I learned something new from you ;-)
Smiles,
Michele
Writing the Cyber Highway
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