Web Content Theft - How To Find Out If You're A
Victim
Author: Matt Garrett
If you are someone who has spent much time as an online
publisher you may have had the experience of seeing your content
show up on another website without your permission, and without
any links to send its readers your way so that you might at
least have a shot at getting their business. If so, you are most
definitely not alone.
There are hundreds of thousands of prolific web content
creators who are more than happy to share their product with
others as long as their links go along, but all too often see
their efforts simply hijacked, copyright laws notwithstanding.
You may, in fact, have two or three favorite Internet authors
without realizing that some of what they present may not be
their work at all.
While the problem of web content theft may not have been going
on too long at this point, there is a strong chance that it
could grow to epidemic proportions as more and more advertising
dollars in search of successful websites pour into the Internet.
It's far cheaper for a website owner to simply search for well
written copy to place on his or her site or blog, than to try
actually pay for a ghost writer. If you're a web content author,
wouldn't you like a foolproof way to keep track of where your
content is being used, so that you can keep it out of the hands
of those who want to present it as their own?
If you gave an emphatic Yes! in answer to that question, then
you will definitely want to pay attention to a few tips on how
to turn Google into your very own Sherlock Holmes and go on the
offensive against content thieves.
* It's an unfortunate truth that it takes a thief to catch a
thief, so if you want to know where you copy has gone without
your permission, you'll have to learn to think like a
plagiarist. When you enlist Google's help, take it for granted
that anyone who has borrowed your content without a library card
will be smart enough to make a few changes in it to fool Google,
and they will begin by giving it a new name.
* What you need to do is recall one of those splendid turns of
phrase which brought a big smile to your face, or tear to your
eye, when you first entered it on your keyboard. Hopefully it
will be distinctive enough that your plagiarists will not have
wanted to change it, and if they didn't, Google will lead you
straight to the den of thieves.
* One thing that may work in your favor is that if you have
recently begun to publish on the web, Google will probably not
have found you yet, so your early content will be safe from
getting hijacked. But if you write as well as you think you do,
you will eventually be discovered by an audience, and Google
will notice your traffic.
* When that happens, anyone who happens to search on the topic
of your writing might very well get directed to your work, and
before you know it, your content will be showing up in the most
unlikely places. If Google happens to return you search results
with a message saying that it decided to omit those pages with
similar entries, you have almost certainly stumbled into some of
those places.
Hit the Google like to get to the unlikely places, and see if
the writing on their walls isn't very like the writing on your
home website. Your home away from home, so to speak, except the
owners would really prefer that you hadn't dropped in!
* There are, however, limits to what Google will look for, and
one thing it won't look for is message board posts. Their
content is simply too voluminous and changes too rapidly. If
someone steals your incisive message board posts, you may simply
have to let them go. So why not save your best work for your
blog or website, where you'll have a better chance of keeping
tabs on what happens to it?
The web content theft issue, while it may not have been going
on too long, and may not mean as much in dollar value just yet,
is very similar to of the early days of Napster and MP3 music
file sharing, when record companies and recording artists were
being deprived of millions of dollars in royalties which were
rightfully theirs.
If you're writing web content, you deserve to get the sole
credit for it, and if you're paying to have web content written,
you deserve to reap the full profits from it. So learn how to
get Google on your side in the battle against web content theft,
and when you catch a thief, don't be afraid to take the next
steps in protecting your rights!
About The Author: Matt Garrett © 2007
http://www.CopyDefender.com | Protect Your Web Content Free
automated website copy protection system -
http://www.copydefender.com
publisher you may have had the experience of seeing your content
show up on another website without your permission, and without
any links to send its readers your way so that you might at
least have a shot at getting their business. If so, you are most
definitely not alone.
There are hundreds of thousands of prolific web content
creators who are more than happy to share their product with
others as long as their links go along, but all too often see
their efforts simply hijacked, copyright laws notwithstanding.
You may, in fact, have two or three favorite Internet authors
without realizing that some of what they present may not be
their work at all.
While the problem of web content theft may not have been going
on too long at this point, there is a strong chance that it
could grow to epidemic proportions as more and more advertising
dollars in search of successful websites pour into the Internet.
It's far cheaper for a website owner to simply search for well
written copy to place on his or her site or blog, than to try
actually pay for a ghost writer. If you're a web content author,
wouldn't you like a foolproof way to keep track of where your
content is being used, so that you can keep it out of the hands
of those who want to present it as their own?
If you gave an emphatic Yes! in answer to that question, then
you will definitely want to pay attention to a few tips on how
to turn Google into your very own Sherlock Holmes and go on the
offensive against content thieves.
* It's an unfortunate truth that it takes a thief to catch a
thief, so if you want to know where you copy has gone without
your permission, you'll have to learn to think like a
plagiarist. When you enlist Google's help, take it for granted
that anyone who has borrowed your content without a library card
will be smart enough to make a few changes in it to fool Google,
and they will begin by giving it a new name.
* What you need to do is recall one of those splendid turns of
phrase which brought a big smile to your face, or tear to your
eye, when you first entered it on your keyboard. Hopefully it
will be distinctive enough that your plagiarists will not have
wanted to change it, and if they didn't, Google will lead you
straight to the den of thieves.
* One thing that may work in your favor is that if you have
recently begun to publish on the web, Google will probably not
have found you yet, so your early content will be safe from
getting hijacked. But if you write as well as you think you do,
you will eventually be discovered by an audience, and Google
will notice your traffic.
* When that happens, anyone who happens to search on the topic
of your writing might very well get directed to your work, and
before you know it, your content will be showing up in the most
unlikely places. If Google happens to return you search results
with a message saying that it decided to omit those pages with
similar entries, you have almost certainly stumbled into some of
those places.
Hit the Google like to get to the unlikely places, and see if
the writing on their walls isn't very like the writing on your
home website. Your home away from home, so to speak, except the
owners would really prefer that you hadn't dropped in!
* There are, however, limits to what Google will look for, and
one thing it won't look for is message board posts. Their
content is simply too voluminous and changes too rapidly. If
someone steals your incisive message board posts, you may simply
have to let them go. So why not save your best work for your
blog or website, where you'll have a better chance of keeping
tabs on what happens to it?
The web content theft issue, while it may not have been going
on too long, and may not mean as much in dollar value just yet,
is very similar to of the early days of Napster and MP3 music
file sharing, when record companies and recording artists were
being deprived of millions of dollars in royalties which were
rightfully theirs.
If you're writing web content, you deserve to get the sole
credit for it, and if you're paying to have web content written,
you deserve to reap the full profits from it. So learn how to
get Google on your side in the battle against web content theft,
and when you catch a thief, don't be afraid to take the next
steps in protecting your rights!
About The Author: Matt Garrett © 2007
http://www.CopyDefender.com | Protect Your Web Content Free
automated website copy protection system -
http://www.copydefender.com
