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Protecting your content

by cthomas
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If you are spending several hours writing quality 1000+ articles for your authority site then you obviously don't want people just jacking your content.

What is the best way to protect this?

Does anyone have experience with CopyScape?
#content #protecting
  • Profile picture of the author Mahara Adhe
    I don't really check for stolen content, but here are some links that might help:

    https://id.tynt.com/account/sign_up

    When people copy content, it will add your URL and information at the bottom. It won't stop people, but it will make it tougher for them to quickly grab your stuff. Also, some might slip through and provide backlinks.

    Add a Copyright Notice to Copied Text | bavotasan.com

    You can get the Javascript code for the same action there.

    WordPress › WP-CopyProtect [Protect your blog posts] « WordPress Plugins

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    • Profile picture of the author Shaun OReilly
      Originally Posted by vaby42 View Post

      5 Essential Rules For Protecting Your Content

      Rule #1 – Save As You Go
      There are many word processing or blogging platforms that now do this automatically, but just in case they don’t — always save your work as you go.


      Rule #2 – Save On An External Hard Drive
      It’s practically like the Flinstones of hard drives, but I have one of my trusty old hard drives passed down to me from my husband’s early record producing days, that I use to save my entire site.


      Rule #3 – Save Your Files In The Cloud
      I practically did a old high school styled cheer “hooray!” when news of the “cloud” came into fruition.


      Rule #4 – Print & Save Copies Of Your Work
      Okay, can someone cue a little Run DMC because this is old school and not very environmentally friendly, but it works, and that’s to have a print copy of your important work.


      Rule #5 – Keep A Copy Out Of Your Office
      Whether you work in a rented space or home office, it’s important to understand that part of keeping things backed up and safe is to separate them from where the potential disasters may happen. First place is the home.
      Why are you copying and pasting content from elsewhere
      on the web?

      'Your' post came from here:

      5 Essential Rules For Protecting Your Content From Disaster (no affil.)

      You seem to be posting on multiple topics and threads
      (maybe to boost your post count?) and often exposing
      your own ignorance on many subjects.

      If you want to build your reputation around here then
      comment on things that you know something about and
      can provide useful advice for.

      Otherwise, you just reveal your own ignorance quicker:

      "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

      Dedicated to mutual success,

      Shaun
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      • Profile picture of the author vaby42
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        • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
          Originally Posted by Shaun OReilly View Post

          Why are you copying and pasting content from elsewhere on the web?

          'Your' post came from here:

          5 Essential Rules For Protecting Your Content From Disaster (no affil.)
          Thank you - I had a feeling it was a copy and paste job, searched, but didn't find it.

          Originally Posted by vaby42 View Post

          next time i will give direct link to site to help thread starter...
          That has to be the funniest and most ironic comment I've read in a long time. Did you actually read the OP? Which is about how to PREVENT people from doing EXACTLY what you just did.

          Adding a link back doesn't stop content theft from being content theft. A thief is a thief, regardless of whether they say where their stolen goods came from.

          You need to give the link and NOT reproduce the content.

          Having said that - your second post was to the point and relevant and how it should be done. Stick to that approach and you'll be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    @vaby42 - those are good rules for making sure you keep backups - but I don't see what that has to do with the original question. None of those techniques will prevent someone else from copying your work.
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  • Profile picture of the author StevenWatanabe
    If your not worried about the serps picking up your content, I recommend using scribd.com You can embed the code onto your website and allow people to view it. You also have the options to disable the copy function and can even make it a private document.

    The benefit of making it private is that it will only allow the embedded code on your website. If someone tries to dive into your code and copy the scribd embedded code, then it would not work for them or anyone else. It truely keeps your content safe.... that is unless they decide to print screen...
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