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Passed Copyscape Question

by moodyresources
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What exactly does "Passed Copyscape" mean? Does it mean that when searched on Copyscape that absolutely 0 results are returned?
Or does it mean that less than a certain number of results are returned?

What kind of a difference does it make if the results are a few phrases or say a paragraph that shows up in the results?

Thanks for any clarification.
Melissa
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  • Profile picture of the author RBum78
    It means, zero results are returned.

    Few phrases = More unique content
    Paragraph = Less unique content
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  • Profile picture of the author Charann Miller
    If something is Copyscape passed it is 100% unique and that there is no other body of work out there across all of the searches on the internet like it.

    If it returns any search results it means the content or part thereof (such as the "few phrases" you were mentioning) has already been published before and will show you on which sites.

    Always make sure if you're buying or selling content especially if its brand new, fresh unique content that it absolutely 100% passes the Copyscape squeaky clean test first.

    Hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rachel Incoll
      Originally Posted by Rannie1 View Post

      If something is Copyscape passed it is 100% unique and that there is no other body of work out there across all of the searches on the internet like it.
      That's what I used to think until a few months ago!

      I paid for someone to write 25 articles for me, however before I paid I ran every single one of them through Copyscape. They all passed with flying colors - 100% unique content apparently.

      A few weeks later I started submitting some of them to Ezine Articles. The first few went through ok, then the 3rd one was rejected. EA claimed that the article was too similar to one already submitted - ie. plagiarised .

      As it had passed Copyscape I was rather sceptical of this claim & asked them to provide me with the link to the other article. This they did, & lo and behold it WAS very similar to the one I'd had written - literally a couple of sentences reworded here and there, but at least 90% of it was the same.

      Copyscape didn't pick this up....

      Copyscape is definitely better than nothing in checking for duplicate content but is obviously not 100% accurate.

      Cheers

      Rachel
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      • Profile picture of the author homebizbuilder
        Hi Rachel,

        It could be because your writer sold the same copy to another person. I mean this is a possibility but it may not be also. In any case, the article you have could be rewritten by your writer.

        I use another tool to check for duplicates and it works perfectly - ArticleChecker. And it's free

        Davion

        Originally Posted by Rachel Incoll View Post

        That's what I used to think until a few months ago!

        I paid for someone to write 25 articles for me, however before I paid I ran every single one of them through Copyscape. They all passed with flying colors - 100% unique content apparently.

        A few weeks later I started submitting some of them to Ezine Articles. The first few went through ok, then the 3rd one was rejected. EA claimed that the article was too similar to one already submitted - ie. plagiarised .

        As it had passed Copyscape I was rather sceptical of this claim & asked them to provide me with the link to the other article. This they did, & lo and behold it WAS very similar to the one I'd had written - literally a couple of sentences reworded here and there, but at least 90% of it was the same.

        Copyscape didn't pick this up....

        Copyscape is definitely better than nothing in checking for duplicate content but is obviously not 100% accurate.

        Cheers

        Rachel
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Lockwood
    Why do people think Copyscape is some magical piece of software that always "knows" whether content is unique?

    That's like believing that Google always returns the best site at #1 in its results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rachel Incoll
    Chris,

    I'd say that's probably because they generally have a very good reputation & that's what they claim they do. I didn't notice anywhere on their site where they say their search isn't 100% accurate.

    But we live & learn.

    Cheers

    Rachel
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  • Profile picture of the author Bakai
    I get PLR articles on a regular basis, and when I first get them they all pass copyscape even though they are being used by many people. It takes time for content to get indexed.
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