This is an interesting issue. Writers will have their own views about this and the 'Webmasters' will have their own definitions and conceptualization for the "Uniqueness" of any article. Let us see how our esteemed DP members react to this thread.
A unique article does not mean it just has to pass Copyscape. A UNIQUE article entails writing something in your own words about a topic you've researched very thoroughly or are familiar with - it's not simply rehashing an existing article to change the wording around just enough to pass Copyscape. That doesn't make it unique. That just means you were able to pass an arbitrary test.
Thank you ashvaj and denisej, but how can you understand whether it is unique or not? How to find out an unique article? Just read it out and come to a point , yes it might be unique?
If you can't tell whether an article is unique or not, chances are you should not be involved in a business model that relies heavily on content. If you hire writers who know the niche you are hiring them for, uniqueness shouldn't be a concern. If they are experienced in what they are writing about, they wouldn't have a need to rip off someone else's content.
An ardent and voraceous reader would immediately come to the conclusion about the uniqueness of any content.It needs some analytical and backtracking abilities to identify the content.For someone who has no idea about the content it will be just another piece of paragraphs. If I am reading something about a particular subject that is completely new to me I will never be able to figure it out if it is uniue or not.Such content may always be new to me and in some sense unique also. But if I am an ardent reader of a particular 'niche',it would be difficult for anyone to make fool of me. I would immediately spot it out. Thus a person who is an "expert-reader" for a particular subject would the best judge to decide about the uniqueness of any content.
I think he meant that if you're an expert on the subject, you would be able to immediately tell if an article was unique, as opposed to if you were a novice. Not to sound nasty, but from the looks of this thread, a person could explain and explain from here till kingdom come, but the OP still wouldn't get it.
I will have to assume that "unique content" in this sense is not just passing Copyscape tests (after all, it isn't). If you're an authority in a particular niche, you can spot unique content from a rehashed write-up by determining if it provides you with new value. After all, you'd need to have substantial specialized experience and skills in a particular niche before you go and purchase, or even offer, content for you or your client's site. Content with New value = Unique Content, as long as it's judged by an authority in the specific niche.
Probably he/she is asking how to determine whether an article is copied from the web or completely a new one. That's what I can see from his/her question. If any of you know any other ways to find if a article is copied or not please post here. I think that's what the OP is looking for (at least that's what I am looking for.) Thanks in advance.
Use Copyscape.com. Or do a Google search for some of the sentences in the article you want to check for duplicated content.
Rayaan, copyscape will help to check the uniqueness kinda. Even a re-written article can pass copyscape. Does it means that it is unique?
I was responding to Dayjober's question about checking if an article has been copied from the Web. Copyscape will do that for you, I believe. If an article doesn't come up with any matches on Copyscape, it doesn't mean it's unique. It means none of the sentences have been found duplicated elsewhere on the Web.
I wouldnt know. But what does it matter if it is unique or not? What matters is if your readers like it, and such articles like it keeps them coming back to your site. Quite frankliy, if that article is in a hundred more sites, it doesn't matter one bit.
Sorry, but I didn't even bother to click on that link. What matters is if the readers like it, and such articles like it keeps them coming back to the site. ADVERTISNG and word of mouth is what brings a lot of people in. Not a few search engines, bringing in a few hundred or so a day. If that. That is, if that Webmaster is even lucky to land on page one or two.