If someone supplies me with written content for my website, is there a way to check to see that it's not plagiarized without first putting it on my site?
Payed version of Copyscape has a text box area where you can post and check if the content is copied. Using the free version, you can post it into a .html file, upload it and then can test it. Regards, ~G
I thought universities are using some new software to check students who write papers. Get that software i guess.
Obviously copyscape is the most common. But as mentioned, you may also be able to simply put some content into Google to see what comes back.
I tried google for sometimes, but it is time consuming, moreover you are not sure for the results. I m using the paid version of copyscape and I am happy with that.. saving lots of time.. and it is cost effective
Universities have plagiarism software - my wife finished her degree this year at UCL (University College London). They just brought it into force this year. From the way she described it, it's expensive but does the job.
Quite honestly it's a shame you have to worry about that at all, but I guess it's necessary. One would hope that you'd find someone professional enough and be able to put a bit of trust in them for future projects after the first few check out. That being said, Copyscape and Google are the easiest ways to check, with Copyscape being better but possibly more expensive (if you go with the paid version.) Rebecca
Use blogger then compare the url to copyscape. After you're done testing for originality, delete the blogger entry.
Not always good. Especially if you are somekind of middleman between buyer and writer What happens if Google 'accidentally' indexes it while it is online, and when you submit it to the new owner, the entry comes up in Google, and the buyer thinks that you are taking him for a ride.
It's just keywords for the most part. If I'm posting an article from ezinearticles (for example): the articles would be a 100% match for keywords. If I change half the keywords to similar keywords and adjust the syntax, it might pop up as being 30% similar or something like that and flag as genuine. For most articles, keywords are nouns and objects: Prince William, housecoast, tea set, hotel -- these are all keywords. I've heard that some systems actually count all of the words and compare them. So if your article has 47 "The," 42 "Spleen," and 37 "windows" -- and mine has the same, there's a good chance that portions may be plagiarized. With english there are so many different ways to say the same thing that for two people to say exactly the same thing is really pretty rare. Not that I would actually do it, but finding splogs and listening to their owners on a regular basis has actually made it quite tempting to cheat sometimes. When I post content that's not original I'm always very transparent about it and it's always within the term of the originating sites.
I've used this tool: http://www.articlechecker.com/ Not sure how reliable it is. No, read the TOS. You must use them 'as-is'
You're right, it doesn't -- they also require a full disclosure. I never change them (the few times I do use them), and it's fully disclosed. I was only illustrating the science (math?) behind plagiarism checkers.