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Duplicate content script?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:50 pm
by BMAN
Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knows where to find a duplicate content script to use on my website (php). Not the kind that checks for duplicate content within your own website but one that checks your website against the entire web for duplicate content. I will have ghostwriters contributing original content to my site on an ongoing basis and I want to make sure that they are giving me truly original content. Is there a script that automates this process or would I have to check each one by hand?

Thanks in advance for any replies!

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:53 pm
by RobertGonzalez
That seems like something a crawler might do, no?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:03 pm
by feyd
Do yourself a favor: enforce this through the contract. Add links for reporting plagiarism, and so forth.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:46 am
by BMAN
Yes they will definitely have to sign a contract first, but unfortunately a contract means little to those who are dishonest in the first place. :(

I think what I'm really looking for is a script that automatically takes a random sentence or two from each submitted article, and then does a Google search for that sentence (in quotes) to see if it appears anywhere else on the internet. And if it does, then tag the article as 'possible duplicate content' for me to personally review.

Anyone heard of a script like this?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:17 pm
by aerodromoi
Not a script - but a service ;)
http://www.copyscape.com/

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:38 pm
by BMAN
aerodromoi wrote:Not a script - but a service ;)
http://www.copyscape.com/
Yeah, CopySentry's automatic service would be ideal if I had boatloads of money to blow every month, but I don't (not yet, at least :D) . I'm kinda suprised there's not a simple php script that does this. Seems like there would be a big demand for a script like this, no?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:47 pm
by Luke
I think most people just do what feyd suggested.