This is to DP members who know some about writing, because I do not unfortunately. If I need some articles and hire a writer through a board or forum how can I check if the article delivered is original and not copy + paste from somewhere ? Thanks for your kind response in advance ! stojan
Exactly, just pull a random sentence from the article, throw it in "" and you should know within a few seconds if your article was copied.
Hey Wait a Minute! There is another google way which I think is better! I have used it several times a day and I am happy that it works for me. Maryland university website dustball dot com lets you do it free of cost. Go to the link. It is self explanative.
Alevoor: That's pretty cool. Everyone else: Here is a live link: http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/
Content writers who sell unoriginal material should be strung up by the feet and dipped in expired mayonnaise. They make the entire industry look bad. As well as Googling random sentences, I find that the best way to find an honest writer is to go off recommendations. Cheats rarely build a good reputation.
Writers who sell material that isn't theirs aren't writers at all. They're simply people trying to make a quick buck because they're too lazy to invest the time and effort it takes to obtain a real job.
So I take it you're with me on the mayonnaise idea, yeah? p.s. Denise, I'm one of the 'lucky few whose talent just knows no bounds' you mentioned in your blog post today. I just haven't found out what my talent is yet. Maybe shuffleboard?
The fact is you won't know unless you write it yourself. I always recommend using writers in the United States, because we have the strongest laws and accountability. I was reading today how a PLR service was selling people hundreds of articles they didn't create or own rights to distribute on. The other issue is the fact that many simply reword an article and think it's all ok. That would (could) be a derivative work, which is a copyright violation. Furthermore, it would be darn hard to know it until you are being sued. But, you tend to get what you pay for.
Keith, I'm in complete agreement with you. Shuffleboard, eh? I wonder if there's really a market for that...
I guess I won't be using that as a quote to promote my services, then, what with me being a lousy Brit Denise, something I've learned from copywriting is that there's a market for damn near everything. I'm not really sure what shuffleboard actually is, though. I think they send you the instruction manual when you turn 50.
Market, that's like my mantra: "You get what you pay for." Oh DO they, Keith? Well, looks like I've got about 30 more years to go until that happens
Using someone in the UK can be good as well. Other countries simply don't have the best legal system for pursuing offenders.
Yea. I tell that to all my perspective clients. I'll tell them to go elsewhere first and I will give them one complimentary advising session free. I had one client take me up on it recently. He had a company in another land write 50 pages of content for him on a subject I am an expert in. Long story short, I spent a little time showing him all the errors and how their inaccuracies with the subject matter killed his credibility. Nothing better than letting another company firm up a big sale for you. Anyway, if you can't pursue someone in a court of law, the originality of the article doesn't matter. If you are so bent on getting the cheapest deal possible, hope it's all ok and live with your decision.
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it all comes in a package through the mail. The shuffleboard manual, a pair of really high pants and a book of trite sayings that all begin 'Back in my day...'. I've got 25 years and two days to wait for my package. Counting down the minutes. That's the mission statement for my content writing business. Funnily enough, most people take one look at my rates and decide they don't need quality that much.