How to know wether our content is duplicate or original?

farhan91 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 09:21 PM

sometime i'm talking about something that already been talked
and the content might be similar
so how can i know whether my content is original or duplicate?
where can i check before i post it in to social bookmarking?

James · #2 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 12:21 AM

There is an old saying, a very old saying, that there is nothing new under the sun!

It is a waste of time to look for what others have written for the purpose you state.

Gather information about your topic (that's called research), but then think your own thoughts, organize and state them in a way that reflects your own thinking, and don't worry about what others have written. Let them worry about whether they have copied you if they don't know any better!

Then you will have written what is as original as what anyone else has written.

What you have is not a problem with originality. What you have is a problem with self-confidence. Believe in yourself. You will do well.

farhan91 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 12:41 AM

but there is one article of mine couldn't be accepted in enzine
it is because they claimed my content is similar to other content and duplicated
what should i do?
should i reshuffle my content?

Dmjenkins · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by farhan91

but there is one article of mine couldn't be accepted in enzine
it is because they claimed my content is similar to other content and duplicated
what should i do?
should i reshuffle my content?

I've been through the same.. It's really hard to find the article that is similar to your content in ezine.. One thing that ezine doesn't like are "chunks".. This means that 5 consecutive words contained in your article is similar to other articles submitted and approved by ezines.. It's one of the things considered in determining duplicates.. Also, there is that percentage of similarity where all words used in certain articles are considered in order to determine the duplicates..

I think you should reshuffle the content or you might want to change some words with its synonyms in your article.. Also, you might find this helpful.. http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/.. Sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't..

farhan91 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 09:44 PM

ohh i see
so it is not necessary if enzine claim my article duplicated, that is meant my article is duplicated? just that my article got many similar words with the one that submitted is it?

Dmjenkins · #6 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by farhan91

ohh i see
so it is not necessary if enzine claim my article duplicated, that is meant my article is duplicated? just that my article got many similar words with the one that submitted is it?

Yes.. I believe so..

theemerchant · #7 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 07:58 PM

You can actually jsut get a sentence or two and paste it on the search bar on google .... you can also enclose it with " " to mke sure they are word per word matched. If any sites appear with the same phrase, then chances are the content is duplicate. If not, then it can either be original, or the original hasn't been indeed yet.

Hope I'm helping.

~kev~ · #8 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 01:21 PM

If you write your own content - then it is original. and then you dont have to worry about it being duplicate content.

designerpk.com · #9 (**permalink**) 11-08-2009, 11:06 AM

just use alternate words, if enzine claim your article duplicated, hope enzine accept your articles

sequencehosting · #10 (**permalink**) 11-08-2009, 11:12 AM

I think CopyScape is the best tool for this.

http://copyscape.com/

If your worried one of your pages or articles has duplicate content use this tool.

designerpk.com · #11 (**permalink**) 11-08-2009, 11:28 AM

yeah copyscape is a good tool to trace duplicate content ( most of same content )

farhan91 · #12 (**permalink**) 11-08-2009, 07:51 PM

omg
your recommended site really helpful
thank you

snoof · #13 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 12:14 AM

that is best tool for checking duplicate content...

theemerchant · #14 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 12:31 AM

writing your own content will pretty much ensure you that your content is not a duplicate. But if your doing other things, then I suggest using copyscape. Or you can choose any of those plagarism checker software.

By the way, sometimes the articles you copy are seen by the search engines as your original if you get to be indexed first, so you can still use this.

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