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Copyscape declares 12% of my articles as copied

by Olu Joseph
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Hi guys, i have a guy (from english speaking country) who
writes my articles and i kind of trusted him on the originality
without ever checking.

Somehow, i just checked on copyscape and it shows that
12% of the content are on 2 other websites in the same niche.

1. What is the implication to my blog?

2. Should i show this guy the result and stop using him?

3. Does 12% copy mean much or i should disregard it?

Cheers,

Olu
#12% #articles #copied #copyscape #declares
  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    Yes! Indded its mean a lot according to Seo if your 12% contents are copied or used in other sites. It is better to consult with that Guy and Show him the result which you found in the Copyscape. Let see what he has to explain on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author nitesh
    Please show the results to your writer.
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  • Profile picture of the author adeelv
    Speak to him and see what he says. Can it be that someone else copied your articles and that's why the 12% is showing up?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Thio
    Did it say what part of the actual text was copied? I'll play the devli's advocate and say perhaps the 12% was from quotes or something he used across different articles.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheEye
      You need to determine if your writer is at fault or whether somebody is copying your web pages.

      Get some more articles from the writer.

      Before you load them to your website, check them in Copyscape. If they show up as being copies, then search for a unique phrase from the article in Google. This will give you the websites the article is already on.

      If the articles are not on other sites, change the articles before you put them on your site. If they turn up elsewhere with your change included, the person has copied them from your website.

      If they turn up elsewhere without the changes then they must have come from the writer.

      For a while you may want to incorporate a unique word into articles you publish e.g. put the word scarlet into every article.

      Pick a word that everybody will understand but one that a writer is unlikely to use.

      This will allow you easily recognize the source the article came from.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        It depends on the Copyscape results - the detail of the "copied material". If your writer is giving information about specific facts, figures or, for example, dates and description of an event - the copy may be elsewhere as facts don't change.

        Use your common sense and look at the results - and then talk to your writer about it. You can tell from the copied sections shown in the results whether it's a problem or not.

        In years of writing I've had one client who claimed "the article doesn't pass copyscape 100%" - but what he hired me to do was write about scheduled events and the groups participating in Mardi Gras parades. Those facts don't change - you can't rewrite specific facts, dates, etc. or they are no longer true. Once we discussed what happened, he understood.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        For some reason I'm having problems getting my original post to show here.

        You may be misinterpreting the results. If specific events or dates or historical references are part of an article....they can't be changed and remain accurate.

        LOOK at the detailed results and decide whether it's copied material or repetition of a known fact that can't be changed or reworded.
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  • Profile picture of the author garmahis
    I'd compare the dates when your articles were published on your site and on the another sites. It would be obvious who copied what and when.

    You should take care of the duplicated content immiately. Replace it on your site if it's your writer fault or contact other sites if they copied your content.
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  • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
    Are these articles that have been on your website for a while or did you just get them? If you posted them a while ago and they're already online, someone could have copied them already. In fact, if the content is any good, I'd say it's likely.

    If you just received them now and they shouldn't online at all, it's likely your writer is plagiarizing. Confront the person and ask for a rewrite or a refund.
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