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Lessons in Copyscape

It seems the importance of knowing how to use the various technologies that go along with protecting your Intellectual Data increases everyday. As many know from my previous posts I use a product called Copyscape on a subscription basis the name is Copysentry.

Copysentry works in various ways, it is fee based on how many URLs you would like to protect and how often you would like Copysentry to search for duplicates of your URL. Subscribing to it is a fairly easy process. If you would like to check it out go here. BTW I am not an employee or associate of Copysentry. I earn no money for this endorsement, as always I share this information to my friends in the Rain.

My weekly report comes to me looking like this. I will only be sharing a small part of it with you, as the page is very long.

My I have a screen shot please....

Copysentry

Ahh, I see this week there are a few newcomers to the group. Let's click on the first one to see how much David loves my website:

The next screenshot please:

Screen shot

Notice how the page is highlighted? Well the highlighted part is where the text matches the text on my site. Don't you just love the pretty colors?

Obviously David really LOVES me and my site. How do I know? Easy, David linked to my site.

To see for yourself click on http://www.davidjwieland.info/

Then look for the heading text that says, "OFFERING MANY CHOICES OF SAGINAW HOMES", where does it take you?

I must admit David did good, at least the Denver was changed to Saginaw, that would be really foolish had he not corrected that mistake!

Isn't this fun? I just love doing this every week when my CopySentry is delivered to my email box.

Would you like to do another one? OK, Next screen shot please...

Maggie Valley Copyright Infringement

Wow! What a lovely site! Tammy even added additional pages not just the first one! I particularly like the way Tammy blended her colors to match mine. She even managed to make my font and colors look good on her cute little site. Tammy also did a good job of changing all the area names. She obviously doesn't love me as much as David, no links back to the CREATOR OF THE CONTENT.

PART II ~ Scapebooking

Creating memories is one thing, saving them is another. I love the digital age where we can save goodies for the future without getting the yucky white paste on my fingers. I never did like having dirty hands. Of course if I did get white past on my fingers it would stick to the keyboard...yucky yuck! Not for me!

To create my digital scrapbook I use a wonderful little program called Onfolio. If you already own it, never let it go. Why? Because Google bought it and it no longer is what is was. I think Google Gobbled it. Boo Who :(

So sorry if you are unlucky, I don't mean to be mean. Just the same this is a lesson in what I do, you can find a way to do the same...

As soon as I find something I want to save, I create a file in Onfolio and save it. In fact I save it twice. The first save is SAVING A LINK to the item. The second save is SAVING THE ORIGINAL TO MY HARD DRIVE.

Why do I do two saves? Well sometimes people like to take down the things I like to save. Sorta remove the proof. hahaha. By saving it to my hard drive the only way they can remove it is to come to my house and get past my two 125 pound Dobermans. Enough of that.

Here's a screen shot. Enjoy!

onfolio OK so I got carried away on the colors with this one. I was trying to make my blog pretty and fun.

Part III ~ The Dangers of Duplicate Content

Anyone who has a website and cares about it being found is always anxious to get their website indexed by the big G (Google for those of you just born yesterday).

Google has amazing powers and has a very special magic filter that finds "duplicate content." In order for Google to find duplicate content it has to have content indexed in it's data base right? I mean if it didn't how would it be DUPLICATE right?

Well oldtimer sites like mine for instance who have been indexed and have been around for ....hummm TEN YEARS have been indexed.

So when another site comes along and decides to hummm "borrow" content from my indexed site, don't you suppose Google would look at the new website as DUPLICATE CONTENT?

OH MY! That must mean that site that copies would be like a car that was trying to win a race while it was chained to a tree!

NO GO! hahahaha

MORAL OF THE STORY?

Browsing the internet and lifting content from a site anywhere in the UNIVERSE is not only NOT going to get you noticed but you will be penalized. By Google, By the person you lifted it from, by society and your mother will swat you over the head for being a brainless dolt.

Part IV ~ How to have a very cool website that brings you business

Sit down, pick up a pen and start writing. Write everyday for a month. Think about your area go out, take photos, think about your "perfect" client, write to them, answer their questions. Address them in the language they understand. Speak to the person you want to attract. Most important of all...

BE YOURSELF...Do you own work.

P.S. Hope you learned something today.

Posted by Kristal Kraft ~Denver Real Estate~303-589-2022 on 03/10/2007 10:20 PM

Comments (75)

copyscape, website, copyright infringement, plagiarism

Originally posted at: Denver Real Estate & Relocation: Lessons in Copyscape

75 Comments on Lessons in Copyscape

MAR

2007

'Bout time! Geesh!

kk - great stuff - will have to get on board with copyscape.

When will they ever learn! Very cool step by step Kristal; go get 'em!

Rich ~ Bout time what?

Tony ~ Copyscape is a killer app.

Carole ~ thanks you know I don't have anything else to do in my life. I make step by step programs to help people find themselves.

Good grief; and Tammy is the "broker in charge" of her office.

I pick up a Maggie Valley referral every now and then; guess who won't be on my list for consideration.

Kristal, As someone who spent a lot of time in the academic world, I am vigilant about defending my intellectual property and copyrighting the photos I take. Thanks for the tip.

Jim ~ "Broker in Charge" is that double jeopardy?

Gail ~ It's my pleasure. I hope you are registering your copyright.

It's funny that you should post this tonight because I thought about you today. The NPR program All things considered had a story today on plagiarism. The story was on how there are no original thoughts. Simply by using the same language and the same individual words are are coping each other. Anyway, it was an interesting program, and plagiarism is wrong.

Dena ~ sorry to miss that program. I do agree. Just go to a mall in any city. They are all alike.

Only if lazy and stupid are felonies Kristal.

You might be able to collect twice as much though; once from ol Tammy personally and again from the brokerage.

Double jeopardy is being tried twice for the same crime; Tammy has committed the same crime in two different personas.

Jim ~ I wonder if there is a name for it besides lazy and stupid. Reverse Double Jeopardy...

KK... awesome post. This is something that I need to learn about. Thanks for showing all of this and explaining it.... much appreciated.

jeff belonger

wow.

great post and thanks for those tips!

OK, I just reread this. Besides hoping "your mother will swat you over the head for being a brainless dolt." What can you do about this?

Cool image Jeff!

I haven't even finished rebuilding my web site. Now I have to think about it being good enough to copy.

Will it ever end ? Probably not.

I found an agent in my on office taking the photos off my site like nothing was wrong with it. Her excuse was, I thought you got them off the MLS. It happens. Nice post that may open someones eyes. If they knew the time and effort that we put in. I do not write as well as you so have not to worry.

So, KK, this is neat stuff...well, at least the technology, not the low-lifes who plagiarize. So what are you going to do with these folks? Go the attorney route? Email them? Offer to help them (for a fee) get their site in order? Maybe you should invite them to join AR? We need more plagiarists here. :(

Jeff

UnBelievable! Good thing you are on top of it. Copyright is a major thing. Plagiarism is a stupid persons answer to lack of creativity - and Kristal - You are the answer to knowing WHAT to do about it. Thank you, again.

I used to do a close second to copyscape by quoting something from my website and Googling it.

One of the favorite things people like to lift from my website is my "40 Free or inexpensive tips can make your home show better, sell faster, and put more money in your pocket at closing".

When you Google part of it: "Go through and pack up most of your family pictures and collections of model ships, stamps, quilts, or anything that might cause a buyer to stop" you can usually catch a fish or two.

This is what I wrote from scratch, original content:

"1. Be sure your lawn and shrubbery is kept trimmed at all times. Consider
removing overgrown trees and shrubs that hide the house from the street.

2. Keep the garage doors down at all times.

3. For a touch of color, have seasonal flowers growing in beds and containers.

4. Make sure your driveway is in good repair. Pressure wash concrete drives
and walks to remove stains and car drippings, and put a fresh coat of
sealer on asphalt drives.

5. Make sure patios and decks are clean and in good repair. Replace any
rotten wood and nail down loose boards on decking or steps; pressure wash
if needed.

6. Garage sale time! Clear out everything you don't intend to keep and tidy
up what's staying. Make sure garage doors and openers are in proper
working order."

And from another website:

"Be sure your lawn and shrubbery is kept trimmed at all times. Consider removing overgrown trees and shrubs that hide the house from the street.

Keep the garage doors down at all times.

For a touch of color, have seasonal flowers growing in beds and containers.

Make sure your driveway is in good repair. Pressure wash concrete drives and walks to remove stains and car drippings, and put a fresh coat of sealer on asphalt drives.

Make sure patios and decks are clean and in good repair. Replace any rotten wood and nail down loose boards on decking or steps; pressure wash if needed.

Garage sale time! Clear out everything you don't intend to keep and tidy up what's staying. Make sure garage doors and openers are in proper working order."

And from http://www.agovichrealty.com/main.asp?id=2

Agovich Realty, Inc.

4114 Oakbrooke Curve
Eagan MN 55122

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Outdoors

1. Be sure your lawn and shrubbery is kept trimmed at all times. Consider removing overgrown trees and shrubs that hide the house from the street.

2. Keep the garage doors down at all times.

3. For a touch of color, have seasonal flowers growing in beds and containers.

4. Make sure your driveway is in good repair. Pressure wash concrete drives and walks to remove stains and car drippings, and put a fresh coat of sealer on asphalt drives.

5. Make sure patios and decks are clean and in good repair. Replace any rotten wood and nail down loose boards on decking or steps; pressure wash if needed.

6. Garage sale time! Clear out everything you don't intend to keep and tidy up what's staying. Make sure garage doors and openers are in proper working order.

And http://www.craigjamesrealestate.com/40%20tips%20for%20web%20site.htm

Craig James

REO Marketing Southern and Northern California.

1. Be sure your lawn and shrubbery is kept trimmed at all times. Consider removing overgrown trees and shrubs that hide the house from the street.

2. Keep the garage doors down at all times.

3. For an eyecatching touch of color, have seasonal flowers growing in beds and containers.

4. Make sure your driveway is in good repair. Pressure wash concrete drives and walks to remove stains and car drippings, and put a fresh coat of sealer on asphalt drives.

5. Make sure patios and decks are clean and in good repair. Replace any rotten wood and nail down loose boards on decking or steps; pressure wash if needed.

6. Garage sale time! Clear out everything you don't intend to keep and tidy up what's staying. Make sure garage doors and openers are in proper working order.

and Joanne L. Gardiner,
Broker, e-PRO Realtor
"For Old-Fashioned Service in Cyberspace"

And several more.

Thanks for sharing that information Kristal! I sure did learn something today!

Kristal... I've been looking at this service for a while and have done individual post searches. I will now be subscribing myself.

"OFFERING MANY CHOICES OF SAGINAW HOMES" - I know you probably DON'T find that funny, but it cracks me up. When I clicked through to go see it I was saying to myself, "no he didn't." But, yes, he did. Amazing.

Jim ~ That is very sad. I have a similar story happening with my page called moving list. It is really very generic, but everybody and his brother started copying it, I just gave up. My descriptions of the areas in Denver has been copied so many times, people copy from the copiers. One guy even had a picture of my husband on his site. I staged my hubby to be walking down a path, specifically to put on the site. The idiot kept telling me it was his copy. He still cracks me up. How would you like to be his broker? (don't bother to answer, I know the answer!)

Mariana ~ It is unbelievable. I suspect someone from AR will be letting these folks know. Of course I will be having a "chat" about it too.

Jeff Dowler ~ Google is working on a new search engine for infringement. It has to do with spontaneous self-combustion. I'm not quite sure how it is going to work, but I understand it is very effective. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Eric ~ Gosh Eric I thought you took all those gorgeous shots off the MLS too? Are you telling me you took time to go do them yourself? Are you sure all those lovely shots aren't fee stock photography? :)

Herb ~ If it's not good enough to copy why bother?

Jennifer ~ you are welcome.

Dena ~ Please see my response to Jeff Dowler. :)

Jeff B. ~ OK did you take Nima's logo? Nima is the Mortgage Man, I saw him in the Mortgage Man suit, or was that a aaahhh different kind of suit? :)

Jeff Turner ~ it is pretty funny. I have an even funnier one, I will not expose this one though. In my local market one of my competitors stole a bunch of content and maps from me. I made him remove them, but he left one graphic that he never saved to his server. It's still on my server, so I can see how much traffic his pages are pulling in. Cracks me up. One day I will collect back fees for my bandwidth. :)

KK, there was a reason there were stocks in the town squares when our country started. The shame of being publicly outed for one's crime was a deterrent. Since I don't understand why someone would copy something that is not a result of one's own creativity, I find it pathetic that people would copy and make no attempt to make their own content. Put them in stocks. List them in the hall of shame.

Bonnie ~ Certainly I do agree stocks had their place. What does amaze me is why people would copy my words. They must really be hard up!

MAR

2007

Great and very informative post. Thanks for the great advice and the time you obviously spent in preparation. Great stuff!

kk.... he actually has the cape. When I signed up for AR, I had used mortgageman as my log in name.... maybe I should use my name in front of it?

http://activerain.com/jeffmortgageman

jeff belonger

I have been hearing Copyscape mentioned but didn't know anything about it. Thank you for this very informative post.

I know of at least one Realtor who copied some of my stuff. She actually had the audacity to tell me at one of our Realtor meetings. She said I hope you don't mind.

While in no way do I disagree with your conclusions; I would be *&$%#! about it too. I do think that there is a misconception about "duplicate content" and G. It is true that G gives more weight to a page with unique and original content (content is king) and that someone stealing that content dilutes its value. The G duplicate content penalty that you have heard about is not really related to this.

G's duplicate content penalty is about content that is duplicated within one's own web site. Content that is identical within the web site but can be accessed from 2 different URLs. An example might be a listing that is on one page but has a "printer friendly" version of the same listing on another page within the domain.

www.mysite.com/123oakstreet.htm

www.mysite.com/123oakstreetprint.htm

Same content, different URLs same domain.

Just my 2 cents about the big G. ;-)

No doubt some of these l-a-z-y agents will go with the "my webmaster did it" defense as if somehow that makes it all OK.

WOW Kristal! This old coot sometimes leans toward vigilante justice (meant NOT in a negative way), and has been hoping that you or the indomitable Lenn Harley, would post evidence & name names. Thank you!
Jay

I wish you had used these agent's names in your title...

When you google the agents mentioned in this blog, the first thing you get is about plagiarism. That is the power of being written about by a blog with a high google rank. Use your power.

Wow! What a post to wake up to. Carnac would call these people "a special kind of stupid". I'm very impressed with how you taught the lesson. And the comments here are outstanding!

I had a website main page copied by someone IN MY OWN OFFICE. If someone was looking through the agents' sites trying to choose one, they'd be just as likely to think I ripped off the other agent, right? I was FURIOUS. Did anyone notice I put a Copyscape warning on my page welcoming my office members to Active Rain? I didn't worry about any Rainers copying off me, but since it's happened in my own office before, I felt a little defensive there.

Nice information Kristal -

I have been on a new slogan kick for the last few weeks. Maybe I can offer David some help.

"I Make Steals Happen" or "Multi-Million Dollar Loser"

Kristal this is a very informative post. I too like your site. It is very put together and informative. I am going to try and figure out how to put my own content into it but possible use the ideas of what you thought was important content to include for your area.

Thanks for the suggestion of how to come up with ideas and content for a website. I've heard about the indexing and the duplicate content flagging of search engines. Very informative post as always. Thank you.

Kristal, my question is does this work on photos? I understand that maps have 'copywrites' but I don't how that works on photos. Most of my website is dedicated to St. Jude events, but I would get real miffed if someone took my photos and said they took them. Thank you for the detailed explanation!!

Wow......I can learn something new everyday. Interesting concept.

Hi Kristal - I had recently been hearing about copyscape, but had not yet had the time to check it out to see just what it is. Thank you for taking the time to write this very descriptive post explaining what it is and what it can do. I'll be checking it out for sure now. I always just figured none of my stuff would be worth copying but who knows...... One of my sites has been up over 10 years and the others have been up for years as well.

Thanks again for the time it took you to put this up for us.
Ann

Incredible Kristal...the nerve of some people! I am going to check out Copyspace as well. Fantastic post and very educational.

Cyber theives are at it again! It is too bad they are not creative enough to develop content on their own. If you really have something unique, it should be easy to provide fresh content on your site.

I just loved this post. Put their names - and websites - out there for all to see. Good for you. And, CopyScape rules...

I don't spend a lot of time tracking text content thieves. I doubt that my content is that interesting to that many folks anyway.

I do plug in a few "keywords" that I can use to occassionally identify folks who lift content and I keep a record of them. I check back regularly to make sure they haven't decided to take a map or new home image or other images.

Image thieves will pay.

Kristal, you crack me up! You're just as sarcastic as I am (maybe even more so). I find it HILARIOUS that this genius wasn't even smart enough to change where his link was directed. I'm sorry, but there's only one word running through my mind right now... it's MORON, with big HUGE capital letters! Great post and thanks for sharing the info with us. I've been thinking about subscribing to copyscape so it's kind of cool to see how it looks when it comes across.

Never underestimate the stupidity of a lazy agent... as Mama used to say .. these people are just dumber then dirt..

It's a shame. Just imagine how much time was spent deciding what to steal instead of creating their own.

Unbelievable. I am speechless at the nerve of some people.

Thanks for this information, this is a subject I really need to address in my business.

I had someone copy my whole site - including the misspellings - and they were local in my market! It was in pre-copyscape days but one of their clients contacted me to tell me about it.

YAY!!!! YAY!! Y A Y !!!! ~~ Kristal ~~

You said..." Browsing the Internet and lifting content from a site anywhere in the UNIVERSE is not only NOT going to get you noticed but you will be penalized. <S>sit down, pick up a pen and start writing. Write everyday for a month.

Thank you 10,000 times for this. When a writer abandons his or her own "voice" not only does s/he lose authenticity, but shines a spotlight on what is one of the glaring challenges of our times...the notion that pilfering(and that is just what grabbing other people's intellectual property is)... because so many people do it.... is OK.

WHAT do you do next when you find such examples?

Kristal, I've never registered the copyright on any of my photos. Can you explain more about this? I thought it was enough to put my name and copyright in the bottom right of the photo? Thanks.

No one has ever bothered to copy my words (sigh!), but I'm pretty good at photography (I studied Ansel Adam's Zone System in college and photography has continued to be a passion of mine). My photos are often "stolen" by other agents and used in their mailings and listings. I want to stop this, please tell me how. Thanks.

In the spirit of expeditious cut and paste and lifting photos from the MLS, and without rancor or prejudice, or sympathy, I hereby offer to these losers, who appear unable to independently forage for roots and berries, the unlimited use of the following testimonials:

In all our dealings with Realtors over the past ten years, we have never met anyone as kind, helpful and energetic as you have been. Without hesitation, we would highly recommend your service to anyone who is looking for an experienced, caring Realtor who gets things done! Thanks for taking such good care of us!

Bryan & Yvonne Carpenter, Cary, North Carolina

Thank you XXXXXX so much for taking the extra effort to make our first home purchase successful. You were there guiding us through all the crucial and important steps!

The McGinnis Family, Cary, North Carolina

XXXXXX, Thanks for all your help in making our "dream home" a reality. You are truly a professional.

Gary & Diane, Cary, North Carolina

I always like to learn on AR. Thanks for your post, it was great.

PatriciaAUlson/REALTOR/SEACOAST NH & ME

patricia4realestate.com

I think David must have been tipped off.

I clicked on the link and the site is no longer available.

Terry,

It just happened minutes ago, then, because I just had the sublime pleasure of seeing his "Denver Page."

Kristal,

Good post on copyright I use copyscape myself. It was good to kind of see a little more in depth on what goes on in the world wide web.

Good Day!!

Duayne Weir

www.duayneweir.com Investment Real Estate

Personally, I think David needs to man up and drop by with a public apology right here on this post. That's the only way he's going to save any amount of face at this point.

David says in a private email:

From: David
Email: djwieland@charter.net
Subject: SOOOO Sorry

Hi Kristal,

I am very sorry about the copying of your website. I asked my assistant to make up a site for me. I will be having a long talk with her tmr. I have taken off the internet and It will be changed ASAP. Again, I am very sorry for that and thank you for bringing it to my attention. Enjoy your day!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No comment.

Was that a serious apology or a smoke screen? Seems pretty easy to point the finger at the assistant while pleading innocence in this case. I'm all for giving someone the benefit of the doubt but really...

Why would you leave something as important as the copy on your website up to an assistant without, at the very least, looking it over to say yea or nay? I mean, this is *your* presence on the Internet after all. Wouldn't you do everything in your power to make sure that it shows you in the best possible light? You certainly would if it was print advertising so why not with Internet advertising?

At any rate, nice detective work Kristal. And good advice to save a snapshot of the offending site while it still is the offending site. Without that bit of evidence once they take it down you'd have a tough time proving it was ever there. That's good thinking.

Thanks for the good read.

Jerry

MAR

2007

Don ~ you are welcome, this was meant to be a training post on oh so many levels.

Jeff ~ So what did you do with Nima? You could wear a Zorro costume and write mortgages with a sword...overkill probably. Really though guess you haven't been reading the posts about branding in the comments.

Randy ~ So did you mind? LOL! Another brainless human.

Louis ~ I hear you. Thanks for the tip...2 Cents that is.

Leanne ~ Actually the going line is "my assistant did it." One day I will hear "my broker made me do it."

Jay the Codgerguy ~ Vigilante? I think not. This is a learning experience with examples. Many people love me. That's why they copy me. :)

Maureen Francis & DK ~ My power is being saved for special purposes.

Linda ~ Carnac is oh so right, special kind of stupid indeed. We have outstanding commentors here in the rain.

Sarah ~ Why use your brain when you can get it for free? You should put ants in their drawers (at work). hahaha

Dan Cummings ~ Ouch! You are quite the slogan coiner! Somehow my instinct tells me you should stick with real estate. :)

Cynthia ~ I'm sure you will do a bang up job of using your own voice to develop your own website. Glad to set an example.

Lysa ~ No. Photos are .jpg or .gif. There is a service you can subscribe to that will "tag" your photos and trace them if someone lifts them off the page. There is also code you can add to the HTML of the page that will disallow a "right click." It only works for the people who don't know how to get around it. A tech savvy person will know how to download an entire site if they want and steal the whole thing, code, keywords, photos, content, design etc.

Diane ~ learning new things is good! I hope.

Ann ~ I hope you have not been copied, but with your track record of writing, I would bet money you have been copied too. Copyscape is a very handy tool to have in your toolbox.

Monika the teacher lady ~ thanks, good luck with your copyscape endeavors.

Joan ~ Cyberthieves are nasty. Right clicking is just too easy to do. Too bad they don't understand how easy it is to get caught.

Don ~ I hate having to do this, but maybe it will deter others.

Lenn ~ Oh Lenn, don't cut yourself short. Content thieves are probably more prevalent than map thieves. Map thieves actually make my blood boil quicker and at a higher temperature.

Ryan ~ I beg your pardon! Me sarcastic? What ever gave you that idea?

Kaye ~ Please don't insult dirt. :)

David Love ~ I agree.

Christy ~ Nerve? I guess.

Jennifer ~ You are welcome. I hope you don't need to address it.

Sharon ~ LOL I love when they copy my misspellings and bad punctuation. It's even better when they link back to the source. Cracks me up.

JaneAnne ~ Pilferpeople that's what they are! Tar and feathering sounds good to me. Would that be the green way to do it? :)

Gail ~ I will need to research the name of the company that will track your photos for you. You do need to make a CD of your photos and send it to the U.S. Copyright office to register them. After that sit back and wait for someone to take your photo. The fines buy a ton of very nice shoes from Nordstroms. (not the sale kind) I will blog on this further.

Mike ~ how kind and generous of you. Some people just don't have the time to gather their own.

Patricia ~ You are welcome.

Terry ~ Oh I'm sure he was tipped off by someone here on AR. I expected nothing less. Of course I also sent him an email, the subject was "Cease and Desist". It worked.

Mike ~ Do you think the new page will link back to me? :)

Duayne ~ Good Day to you too!

Ryan ~ Don't hold your breath.

Jerry ~ Always save the snapshot first. It's way to easy to change something and deny it ever existed. As per the apology being serious...who am I to judge?

kk:

Great stuff. Leave it to you to find these neat programs. Wonderful. I need to try it.

Ken

Kristal, Thank you, I do know about the right click codes, but as you said there are tech savy people out there that can get around it, and adding water marks etc to photos just takes away from them. Do you know what service to look for that will track photo's if they are lifted or what key words I should use to search for one? I do love Copyscape, I did try it out and caught myself btw, it worked! Thanks again! Have a great day!

Ok....now I read about half the post because I just had to ask a question...

If I were to type into my site..."Are you considering a move and want to purchase a new home?"...your system is going to say I am copying you?

How many agents have that line in their advertising and website....ummmmmm...probably EVERY ONE OF THEM!

I guess I will have to go back and read the rest tomorrow when I have more time but I really didn't get this. Oh....I guess ad me to the copy list because I am sure that I probably have the wording somewhere either on my ads or my site...

Ken ~ Glad to help, let me know how it works for you.

Lysa ~ I'm working on a blog about that Lysa. Stay tuned!

Jeffery ~ LOL of course you must be tired. Had you read the blog, you wouldn't be asking that question...Try again when you are into reading... You will agree.

KK... what do you do once you find stolen content?

I know you can sue... but is it worth it? What really can you get?

Curious?

I didn't read everyone's comment so I don't know if someone mentioned this. Since Kristal mentioned Onfolio is not what it was, there are other ways to easily save a site to your hard drive. The easiest is to select "Save As" from the "File" menu, then select "webpage complete". This will save the page and graphics to your hard drive.

kristal,

Thanks for the post. Yet another gem. I was not aware of this service, until your post. Thanks for sharing!

MAR

2007

Craig ~ I could tell you but I would have to kill you. Sorry, just can't do that.

Ben ~ Thanks for adding that info. No one did so prior to you.

William ~ Glad to help. The service is outstanding and unfortunately very needed.

Kristal, I thought it was enough to put your name and copyright on the pic. Please do a post on this. I need to learn more. Thanks.

SEP

2007

Informing and entertaining...Thanks!

OCT

2007

Kristal, amazing information in the field of plagiarism. To be original, just write and don't read or cut and paste from anyone else unless you reference them. Those colors you provided were amazing. But then again if you can't think, copying is so much easier. I know it ticks you off.

OCT

2008

Kristal: This is an amazing explanation of Copyscape/Copysentry. Will all the talk going around AR right now, I thought this should be brought up to the top of the list again. Thank you for the very clear explanation.

FEB

Thank you for the information. I found one of my little blogs under someone elses name recently. I didn't think that I had very much to say or rather it couldn't be of much value.

Apparently I was wrong because I feel like someone stole something out of my house! A real violation.

Thanks again.

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