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!
my motto is "Keep it simple" and "don't leave anything for tomorrow that can
be done today."
If you have any questions or comments please contact me.
Regards Gerald
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E-mail: gerald@webcraft.ws
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