Copied Content : how to track?

Hey guys,
Yesterday while doing on page of my website, i placed my webpage URL in copyscape and found that my content is copied on around 6-7 website.

Now what i need to ask is-
Firstly, whether they have copied my content or i have done it?
Secondly, if they have done it. How can i claim or ask them to remove?

Please let me know ...

 

I'm using copyscape for my site. It works just fine. Best of all its free for all. You would not have to upgrade to premium the basic membership has most of the features you'd ever need.

 

You need to check the content after uploading whether it is copied or not. Even yahoo, bloomberg and other famous has copy content you can check from copyscape, now you need to change or edit your content.

 

Copyscape is one of the best tool and also useful if you are looking duplicate content.But it has cropped up again recently as a tool to find a duplicate content. Copyscape find a sites that have copied your content without permission and also that have quoted you.

 

Thanks for the info mate. But my question is that how can we ask them to remove that content which they have copied from our website.

 

How was the content copied? Did they copy the entire article with no credit to your site? Did they copy only blocks of with reference to your original article? There's a report you can file against the site, a DMCA report I think and Google will ask them to remove your article from their site. Check Google Webmaster Help for more info.

 

How can you be unsure if you copied someone's content?

 

there is an option to get the copied content removed, at copyscape.

 

Good catch... If you copied content, then you should know you copied. Unless you outsourced content writing to someone and didn't check before uploading.

 

i have written content by myself and i always copyscape my content before uploading it onto any website

 

Have you got your content written by some professional writer or did you write it yourself?

If you have written it, you must know the reference sources (or sources from where you copied the content)

 

So might be the case some one has copied your content, the best way is to get sign up with copyscape program they will look round the web and monitor for your content. If in case they found any one has copied your content than immediately will be notified to you through mail.

 

Send a DMCA request to the infringing site's webhosting, ad providers (e.g. Adsense), domain registrar and ISP (if you can find it).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act

 

Good Question

 

Basically, you will have no choice but to change your content. If you don't, well it's either you or your competitor's site will suffer the infinite wrath of Panda. Don't try to convince them that "hey! You have copied my content! Delete it!" - no, that's not a very wise move. Just edit it and you're done.

 

I don't know how can I find out who copied my content but my posts are protected with copyscape.

 

Whether you write your own content or have it outsourced, I think it's best practices to always run it through copyscape. This is a very important step prior to publishing particularly if the article in question is from someone you hired to write for you or a re-written PLR.