Find Out Where Your Most Popular Articles are
I found many of my popular articles on other websites, where my entire articles and pictures were copied and pasted, without my byline. If you are in the same boat, here is a way to deal with these websites.
Recently, I have learned to find out where my most popular articles have ended up. It took some time, but it was worth the search. It will startle you to see that your entire article was copied onto another site, without your byline! It will also surprise you to find your article being change to suit the website’s owner.
What Are Popular Articles?
Usually, popular articles are the articles that are on the Hot Content list. In the past, the top 10 articles that are on the Hot Content receive a sudden spike in page views, which often got picked up by a well-known site. This means that the article have received thousands of views in a very short period of time.
These days, anyone can be on the Hot Content, and the articles are not required to go popular before it is placed there. To simplify things for this article, when I use the words “popular articles”, I prefer to the ones that have thousands of views, not the ones on the Hot Content nowadays.
How to Find Where Your Articles Are
If you want to find out where your popular articles are at, do some searches on Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista, MSN, Ask, and Lycos. You might not find it on the first page result from these engines, so go on to the next pages! Read the short description under the link or click on the title that is familiar to yours article.
I found my popular articles on BlogSpot and personal sites without my byline, and they even changed a bit to fit the webmaster’s gender.
How to Solve This Problem
Once you knew where your popular articles are at, contact the owner of the site through email. If he/she chooses not to reply, leave a comment on their newest post, and keep doing so until they answer you. You can then ask them to remove your article, or add your byline.
For BlogSpot owners, I did the same by sending an email, then leave comments on their newest post. If they are not cooperating, you can tell them that you will report them to Google. Usually, BlogSpot owners responded faster to your request than personal website owners.
My article: “ Distinctly Rare and Unique Lobster” was picked up by six different websites so far when I did my search! These websites were kind and generous enough to link back to my original story. Other sites had removed the article at my request.
Chan Lee Peng has just found many popular articles from Triond writers on other websites. Yes, they copied the entire articles, without byline to the authors, and published on their sites. Since I had dealt with this problem, I thought to share this experience with you.
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You can also use this website: CopyScape to find out who else has similar content to your article!
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December 1st, 2008 at 9:48 am
Great advice again.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:51 am
Thanks for the information. I find this extremely disturbing.
God bless you, BC, for caring enough to notify the Triond community.This will be such valuable information to someone.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:03 am
This is a very useful article! Thanks!
December 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
Sister,
I did whatever you told me to do, but it’s pointless. They still keep on copying and pasting many of my articles to other sites without leaving links to my articles. Previously, my articles used to receive very high page views, but nowadays, sadly to say, the page views have shrank terribly due to these irresponsible bloggers and internet users.
Check out these two websites http://www.bestofindya.com/news/search.php?search=amazing%2C+images%2C+secince%2C+chick%2C+egg%2C+embyo&tag=true and http://myamazingfact.blogspot.com/ page by page. You’ll observe that most of my articles (OMF Buffling creatures, amazing temples, horrible-looking animals on earth and many more), RJ Evans’, valli’s, nobert’s, and more works from Triond have been stolen to paste at these sites for his personal gain which have caused the decrease in our page views.
I really hope that Triond will do something for curbing this crime.
Every one here, please look at http://myamazingfact.blogspot.com/ carefully, this Indian fellow has stolen our works and I observe that he keeps on photocopying our articles just as his own pieces. Please help informing others for this crime and please be cooperated to mail him comments on behalf of his cruelest and immoral behavior. He should deserve to be punished! Please also contact Google so that his blog can be shut down. He’s so stubborn to ignore our sincere requests!!!
Anyone here has any ideas to solve this problem?
December 1st, 2008 at 10:38 am
I too observed many of my popular articles were copied and pasted exactly without my byline.
Chan, thank you very much for your support and help. Yeah, we should do something.
Thanks BC for such a helpful article.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:58 am
I really hope that Triond resolves this serious issue very soon. I think CHAN’S suggestion to imbed the sites with un-copiable (not a word) mechanisms, is a good idea.
Take care & blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Triond should solve this or at least take strong steps. that clout will do a lot. I am going to address Triond about this. They seem to respond within 2 days of any request I have sent in past. If we all do that, maybe we can be strong in numbers and triond will act.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Useful information, Icy. Blogger is owned by Google and so they have some responsibility for allowing this to continue. It might be worth going to Google with a list titles, dates, etc.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
There is a way for Triond to prevent this. For those Triond members who are members on myLot you will know that the ability to copy and paste is not possible until you’ve reached a certain number of posts. The number of posts is not the issue. The fact is, there is a way to prevent copying and pasting (a lot of photo sites have this technology). Why can’t Triond use it?
December 1st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Yeah – I am with Mary Patricia on this one. I have no idea how expensive the facility would be to put in place, but it is an excellent idea. I too have seen a decline in my hits – and this must be hitting Triond in their pockets too. I believe they are sening the blogger Chan mentioned a ‘cease and desist’ notice. For copyright infringments, it is a long and tiresome process, though – look it up on blogger – phew! Enough to put a lot of people off.
Thanks, BC, for this useful and (no doubt) comment stimulating article!
December 1st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I just tried this with my article on Aspirin and I found it in at least 6 places complete with photographs and no links or by lines. It was also reproduced in another 4 places with a link back to me but that doesn’t make up for the reads I (and Triond) lost because of it. If this is what I can find for one article, it is frightening just how huge this problem is.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I am going to go check this out, Chen also sent me an email letting me know this is happening and I contacted Triond but have not heard back yet. Thank You!
December 1st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Triond has to do something to resolve this issue. If other site are able to install a facility to stop them copying articles, Triond probably can do it too.
December 1st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
thanks for posting this BC,it’s a very sad thing and hopefully this problem will be solved as soon as possible.It was Lauren who first inform me regarding this matter,i did exactly what you said but only one site so far had deleted my copy/pasted article on his blogsite.so far, 7 of my most popular articles have been copied and pasted(entirely) without putting a link by these “evil” in the internet.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
yikes…none of my articles have hit it big yet, so I can’t imagine anyone has copied them…
December 1st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Isn’t it sad that people are so hard up for content that they would actually paste your work and put their name on it? It adds a whole new side to plagiarism I suppose.
I paste my own articles to my blog, but only partially, you have to click on a link halfway through the article that opens up the corresponding triond page.
Very good information BC, Thanks.
-M
December 1st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
It has been awhile since I have had anything “hot” and I have not checked to see if anything of mine has been plagiarized. Perhaps I should. I have seen some other articles which have been nearly copied by writers at Triond and am disappointed in this behavior. Marketing yourself online is no small task and for someone to steal someone’s thunder is so wrong.
Thanks, BC, for explaining how we can check and giving us suggestions for solving this dilemma. I thought our copy write from Triond was supposed to offer some protection. This is sad and hurts Triond, writers and talent.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks, BC for this information. Triond should definitely take action to solve this issue.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Thanks BC for tips and sharing your experience. Like every one else here I hope Triond and our community can find a way to solve this problem.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:01 pm
When I first informed everyone about the happenings of this little site we call myamazingfact.blogspot.com I had the full intentions of blasting this 19 year old kid out of the internet superhighway.
I contacted the source and the sites hosting these pieces. I just got the email back and this is the most important fact of the email “Consider myamazingfacts gone.”
Thanks for informing more people BC.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Good article BC. I have done searches and have found my articles on different websites. I asked them if they would either link back to my page and why (that I am paid per click for it) or remove it. They were considerate and obliged by linking back to my article.
Lauren, you did good.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:33 pm
The owner of myamazingfact.blogspot.com has his blog here too http://wtfurls.com/domain/myamazingfact.blogspot.com and is on their hot content list. It’s quite a way to get yourself on the hot list.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Great advice. Thanks!
Inna
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 am
Wow, very interesting, great work!
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:14 am
good advice…i hope triond will resolve this problem…
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 am
There’s always a downside! Thanks for the advice.
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 am
Thanks for the advice B C. I don’t think it will apply to my meagre offerings but I will back up any action Chan Lee or anyone else wants to take
Christine
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
Being new to Triond, I never even thought of this being an issue. On one hand it may be a little flattering to have someone like your article enough to copy it…on the other hand, it draws away from your clicks per page.
Thanks for the info BC and everyone else who commented with suggestions.
–Dendro
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:26 am
I’ve also checked mine in the past, and have found several of them in different places. I’ve even found that writers here on triond have been writing articles that are similar to mine, with the same title (with one word changed). This was done for some of my more popular articles. I wasn’t pleased at all.
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I’ll give up a month’s earnings if Triond imbeds the articles and PICTURES so they can’t be copied.
Clay
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 am
I just hope those copycats will just use their brains instead of copying from other writers.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 am
Great article. I’ve found some of my articles completely copied word for word in other sites, as well. I’m all for the technology to prevent copying and pasting of all articles and photos.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I hope Triond can fix this problem. It is not fair to have someone get the credit for your research and hard work. I had not considered it until Chan contacted me and I still haven’t had the time to look for any of my work that might be out there.
December 4th, 2008 at 5:57 am
They are doing that? I’m sorry if I sound naive, but that is so wrong? Writers would pop their brains out thinking of some new fresh ideas? And they just do that?
Well, I believe in karma. People doing proper things get what they deserve. Same things go with copiers. Yuckk!
December 7th, 2008 at 2:57 am
I’ve always hoped that by being with Triond, our works were protected from being copied by ‘outsiders’ due to imbeds which prevent this. With Triond being such a large site with hundreds if not thousands of articles being written daily on it, why have they NOT done this…surely they have been aware of this thievery even more than we are!
I’m copying this article, and will follow all the directions given…and I will also contact Triond regarding this serious issue.
If we all contact Triond, I cannot imagine them continuing to allow this plagarism to continue. After all, writers will not continue to write on sites where their hard work can be stolen…
December 10th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Awesome article. The bottom line is we are talking about flat out plagiarism. Your tipson how to deal with it are basically our only options. Unfortunately, anyone can copy and paste just about any article or picture from just about any web site. You can even retype articles and stories from print magazines, if you wanted to take the time. Nothing is really safe anymore. I know some web sites have things set up so you cannot copy and paste anything. I am assuming that is expensive, but I have no idea. That is the route Triond needs to take. I truly feel for anyone who has had their articles or stories stolen. My heart goes out to you. Print out and save this article and take the steps suggested. Other than that, besides Triond completely changing their web site, I am not sure what else we can do. Greast article though. Thanks for sharing!
February 15th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Am new at submitting my article here and on Enzine article too, for years I have been posting them on my own webpage or board, yes I find it scary writing and not knowing if you are copying or not. When I read your advice it does help me a bit, but am wondering should the site like Triond are able to secure our writing much more then this. Most of my work are send to me first with the date and the time I wrote it, to be able to prove that I have wrote it myself. But is there something else that could be done. Thank you for great article like this one.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I feel very sad to learn this. But I think it will be ok if they copy only a part of our article and leave a link back to the original article. Because this will create inbound links and hence improve page views.
But copying entire article and also without crediting us is very bad. Many people over the internet do this. But good thing is Google does not encourage copying. So it removes these sites’ ranking index. So those blogs/websites, if copied completely will over time lose the worthiness of their website. They will eventually lose everything from that site. So they will stop after that.
So we can take some relief. But we can ask them to copy only partially and create link back to original source. Many will most likely do. This is good for both the parties.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
If you are finding these on a blog from blogspot.com, it is easy to flag it as having objectionable content and just give the reason as ‘copied article from so and so website’. This will take good care of these cheating bloggers.
December 1st, 2010 at 8:39 am
So this article has that ‘naive’ thing lol… Read it again, about your stolen articles and Chan’s… so sad. Haven’t tried this though – the searches, I guess I’m still lucky my articles are so common they are not worth copying. Anyway, hope everything is fixed now. Its been a long time and you had been using your copyscape for sometime now. When I have a blog of my own, one sensible enough, I’ll have a copyscape too. Thank you.