Are Thieves Stealing Your Content?
As a writer, the words you create are your most valuable asset. Unfortunately, any time you post content on a website or blog, there’s a chance a content thief might steal your words without your knowledge. In some cases you might want people to reprint your articles on the web (such as free article distribution for viral marketing). But for the most part, you won’t want someone lifting your content without even a request for permission.
To find out if someone has lifted the content on one of your web pages, check out Copyscape. Copyscape is a website that compares content on one of your web pages with other sites in the Google search engine to seek out matches. I tried this for a popular article that appears on one of my book companion sites and found two matches. One was for a site that had asked for permission to reprint my article and another was a surprise.
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