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[rpgsearcherz]

Anwii is right about the RSS feeds and how they work, but only if you use them in the same method as him.

For example, you can use a CMS to pull in RSS feeds and convert them into articles (I am assuming that's what his is doing). But you can also do direct feeds, without copying any information (which is the preferred way).

Both "work" but the latter is much more efficient.

[Bikerman]

Searching for plagiarism is quite an involved thing. I use a professional service for my essay checking and it works pretty well.
I agree about RSS - I use RSS feeds on my own site for the headlines and science latest news. Entirely legitimate to do and gives the user the latest headlines from the BBC and the latest tech/IT news from wherever (I tend to use science daily for the science feeds). I keep a 7 day 'live' copy of the RSS articles which is user searchable (my site is in Joomla so I have a little bit of code that converts the RSS feed into a Joomla article, sets the expiry date and stores it according to feed - I use feedBingo now which suits my needs). After 7 days the articles are archived and kept for a further 3 weeks. Finally the headline and url is stripped and saved in a database and the rest of the article deleted.
The only thing you need to do is make sure you leave the credits in for whatever site you take the feed from - apart from that it is legal, totally legitimate and will not annoy visitors like me who HATE plagiarism.

If you are determined to plagiarise other sites then frankly you deserve everything that could, and I trust will, happen to you. A letter from a major firm of solicitors can often have a remarkable effect on your day, especially when it names a 5 figure fee and a court date for breaching the Copyright Designs and Patents Act (1988). Maximum penalty - 6 months prison and/or unlimited fine for a section 1 breach (the sort of thing you are doing). Up to 10 years and unlimited fine for a section 2 breach (where the criminal sets up in business copying for profit).
It is sheer dishonesty to claim others hard work as your own or use it without acknowledgement and permission to appear to be an authority. People spend hours preparing well written and researched materials, only for some little toe-rag to rip it off and display it on his own site as if he had written it.
BAH!

Edited by Bikerman, 06 August 2010 - 08:57 AM.

[Liquidized]

This is true.

Also, if you do want to quote things just quote very small sections and ensure they are *in quotes*. This will help show that you are not the original author (as a writer I personally get very angry about people who take others' work without giving them proper credit).

True, however, alot of people just copy and paste [in fact, wordpress has a plugin to steal feeds] and they submit it to google adsense or some affiliate program. I know 8 sites right now that have been doing this since 2006 that're still up and running. It's a shame google and afflitate sites can't catch what's going on. However, there is things such as JoyStiq in which you rephrase or reword and give source links. That'd be not stealing, just rewriting and rebroadcasting which is kind of gay but if you get all the news together, people would be more than happy to view your site.

[daavis]

please how can i get sites to write articles to

[Harlot]

Copying articles from the website of others is called Black Seoing, and is used by a lot of people to create content based websites and generate advertisement revenue. Google usually bans domain who use black seo methods. It is unlikely that the author of stolen articles will file a lawsuit, as it wouldn't be financially worth it unless it is a big corperation such as CNN or Fox who want to send a message to others who could potentially steal their contents. However, it is highly unlikely that you will be sued for stealing contents. I would highly advise against stealing contents however, and even if you do, it would be at least a little morally sound to not claim it as your own, and post a link back to the site that it originated from.

[inea]

daavis, on 21 September 2010 - 09:00 PM, said:

please how can i get sites to write articles to

Like do you mean a website that pays you to post? Google for postforpay, maybe. If you want to get your own website to write articles you can get a website from the webhost attached to this forum. Or you can use 1 of the free weblog websites that offer space for blogs.

[mahesh2k]

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please how can i get sites to write articles to

You can write at constant content, xomba, snipsly and many other writers site. I found theinfomine.com site beneficial to post my articles. There is nofollow tag on their articles but if you use it to generate the traffic then there is no issue with that. You will be possibly able to fetch a lot of traffic. Plus they allow adsense revenue sharing so expect some good results. Xomba is also one such site that can give you good results. Snipsly allows small snippet of 100 words on articles and you can even earn 80% adsense revenue from that site. Worth joining such revenue share in my opinion.

[inea]

It is more easy to visit those sites when the links to those sites are put in the post.

[christinejoseph]

I have very short Idea on this topic, While copying content from other blogs, article and website you must be give their site like at the last of post so Google can find that it has relation to that site. You can also modify copied content to make it original, it would also help to target your relevent keywords.