Learn about Copygator, a tool to detect possible thefts.
Lately I’ve read several articles of Triond users about how to find possible plagiarists. Some of them have given the advice of “google yourself”. But, what if someone republishes your content without including your name? And what if someone reproduces just a part of your text, changing the title?
Thanks to an article in Spanish written by autornonimo, I learned about Copygator, a website that allows you to know if there is duplicated content on the web, one of the main worries of any online writer.
It works in a very simple way: you just have to tipe the URL of the site you want to check (example: your blog) in a box and they will show you a list with other sites with similar or exactly the same content.
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In the result, Copygator informs you which articles of the URL you entered may have been copied and when. You can also use the function “Compare” to know the level of words in common.
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Since Copygator works with the feeds of the websites, you must check them periodically. You can also ask Copygator to be informed by email anytime they detect duplicated content from a particular site.
Other articles of mine about how to protect or enhance your content are:
February 1st, 2009 at 6:52 am
Nice article, Thanks for the information.
February 1st, 2009 at 6:58 am
Hello everyone,
Regarding this article, I wanted you to know that thanks to this tool (Copygator) I found some websites with possible unauthorized republished content of Triond users. Triond editors didn’t allow me to include these examples in the article but I’ve already inform these users privately.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:07 am
Thanks Maria!
February 1st, 2009 at 12:45 pm
¿And if is plagiarized content which is the step to follow?.Thanks.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:05 pm
un saludo.
February 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Hola, es interesante todo esto, pero puedo leerlo en español sin necesidad de usar un traductor?
Muy bueno
February 1st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Gracias Maria! Es muy interesante y bien claro.
Thanks alot for this good informacion.
AC
February 1st, 2009 at 9:58 pm
thanks for the information.. better check it out right now..
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 am
really great article liked the work….
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Nice article Maria. Personal I have one conflict in the past with some stuff of mine. But with this tool, I will search a lot more (if exist) someone who are stolen my articles.
Thanks!
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Thank you, Maria! I didn’t know that Copygator existed. I found a page where someone had copied and pasted 18 of my articles but it took hours to scare up the information. This will really save a lot of time.
February 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Here’s an example of how it works:
Original article:
http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/Grammar-Versus-Speed.371165
Copied in:
http://wp02.miomia.net/wp02/2009/48923.html
I didn’t know this Triond user, but I entered the site http://www.webupon.com and got this result.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:47 am
eye opening article, nice.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Thanks for sharing a very helpful article.
February 5th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I am one of the writers that Maria found. Not only was my article published 9 times on a single site, but between Paula (my Wife) and I, they had published a dozen of our articles. I have posted more information on the Triond writer’s forum.
Thanks a lot Maria! This was a lot of help!
My articles were stolen on pangsai.com. Search for Purple Slinky (another Triond site) and you get 15 pages of articles! Many of them I know are printed without permission (because many are ours).
February 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I highly recommend to visit the Triond forums because there are different posts where the users exchange advices about what to do when you’ve been affected by this problem.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Superior!
February 15th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Thanks!!!!!! brilliant!
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February 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
Wow! Excellent advice.tnx