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PlagSpotter – The New Free Tool for Checking Duplicate Content

November 15, 2012 by 7 Comments

 

Plagspotter PlagSpotter The New Free Tool for Checking Duplicate Content

This is a guest post by Austin Rinehart.

 

[Note from Joseph: as you'll see in the author bio, Austin writes for Plagspotter.com and as such you will of course sense he possesses something of a biased point of view. Nevertheless, I've played around with the Plagspotter software and it's pretty neat. Well worth using - I mean it's free, so why would you not utilize it's capabilities to enhance your business...]

 

PlagSpotter is a new plagiarism content checker which allows you to detect articles which utilize duplicate content on the internet. The software is free and with it you can uncover websites that are potentially hurting your site’s authority and reputation.

 

The vast majority of online advertisement providers are against duplicate marketing content and may penalize your website if they think you are involved. Google also has a strong stance on this issue and often bans links from websites that host duplicate content. With plagiarism check software like Plagspotter you can find out which websites are copying your content, and if the situation is bad then you can then take action against these sites and keep your site’s reputation and presence safe.

 

 

Using PlagSpotter

It is easy to begin with PlagSpotter, and no account sign-up is required. The PlagSpotter homepage lets you type in the URL of a website you want to check, and then searches that website for duplicate content. You can only type in URLs and not local computer content, and you cannot search pages that are not directly accessible.

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Once the search has finished you will be taken to a results page. This page shows you whether any duplicate content has been detected, which will be highlighted, and gives you a percentage of non-unique content overall on that page. If you click on the highlighted text you are given a list of sources on the right hand side, which you can click on and go to check for yourself.

 

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 PlagSpotter Report

 

 

The Verdict

This plagiarism check software is very sensitive in detecting duplicate content. That is good, but it also means that many false positives are detected. This is something of a downside, but it is not too difficult to work your way around these false positives.

 

I was impressed at the speed and rigor of the software, and the overall performance. It’s a new check tool on the market and will no doubt have a number of initial issues, but as a free online tool it is very convenient and has excellent potential for the future, and I would definitely say it is the best free check tool of its kind. I’ll be keeping a close eye on this software – it may even begin to compete with the well-known and well-established plagiarism checker CopyScape. All in all I would certainly recommend it.

 

Austin Rinehart is the senior writer on Plagspotter.com. He is married with two lovely daughters. Austin is currently looking for opportunities to publish on various topics such as internet trends, scientific research, strategies of improving life, etc.

 

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Google Alerts: The Best FREE Tool You May Not be Using

February 13, 2012 by 15 Comments

Today’s post is written by Brendan Hufford, a regular commenter here on my blog.  In the past four months, he has started down the path of internet marketing without looking back.  Today, he shares with us a great tool that many people who are new to internet marketing may not know about: Google Alerts.

 

First, I would like to thank Joseph Archibald for providing us with amazing content for free.  Of the seemingly millions of seo, niche marketing, internet marketing, etc. blogs and sites out there, I’ve found this one to be one of the best and the small community he has built here is awesome!

If you haven’t purchased Jo’s e-book yet, you need to do that (note from Joseph – more on the way soon!).

Seriously. Stop reading this and buy it. The link is over on the right hand side, just above here…

(Note from Joseph: I’ll pop the check in the post today, Brendan. Can you remind me how much we agreed to?).

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Okay, let’s continue.

I was amazed one day while chatting on a forum about mixed martial arts that somebody mentioned they use ‘Google Alerts’ to keep them up to date on their favorite fighters.  I thought it sounded interesting so I logged into my Google account and set it up for some things I was interested in regarding the websites that I run.

The first thing I was surprised at was its power.

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The One Thing You MUST Do As A Newbie Niche Site Builder

January 20, 2012 by 16 Comments
niche site building The One Thing You MUST Do As A Newbie Niche Site Builder

These guys are debating keyword research.

This is a guest post by Tom Ewer of Leaving Work Behind.

 

Niche sites are a much-discussed topic in the world of internet marketing. Everyone has an opinion – whether the topic is keyword research, content creation, backlinking strategies, or any other marginally contentious point of discussion.

 

Let’s be honest – your head is probably spinning with the wealth of conflicting advice out there. Fortunately, I am not here to compound your misery. I just want to give you one solid piece of advice and then point you off in the right direction.

 

What I am about to tell you is something that I desperately wish I had known when I first started building niche sites, some eight months ago. I know for a fact that I would be much further along in the development of my niche site portfolio if I had followed this one simple rule.

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Are Internet Retailer Credit Cards Really Worth It?

December 9, 2011 by 18 Comments

Gotta just slip this in before introducing to you our post writer for today. I’m off to Thailand for a few days as of early (very early!) tomorrow morning and will be “out of town” for a few days.

Not to say I will not be online, but you never do know in this part of the world – you book up a hotel whereby the online write-up tells you there is full internet access through-out the hotel. You get there after a long trip, desperate to check your emails (and refresh to check your paltry AdSense income) and you find that you can’t get access.

You phone through to reception – “sorry sir, the internet is down today“. And funnily enough, its down for the rest of the time you are there, other than the desktop pc in the lobby that constantly has a queue of folks waiting to also check their emails and to write to Aunt Nelly about their travels around SE Asia. You feel like shouting out…”get off the computer – I’m a businessman – have some damn respect!”.

In fact, the last time I had this problem was in central Bangkok, would you believe. And furthermore, would you also believe that the other issue was that I did not have the right power point adapter (no – not MS Powerpoint, I mean power as in electricity power point).

And I could not find one either. The hotel did not have one, the local shops did not have one…

Motto is, always be prepared to be lied to with regards to good bedroom internet access when you come to SE Asia (of course, there are some countries that are the exception – Singapore being an example) and stay in a hotel here, and always carry a travel power adapter!

So, what I’m sayin is – I can’t guarantee I’ll get as much internet access as I would like. Bear with me – I’ll be back within a week – promise! icon wink Are Internet Retailer Credit Cards Really Worth It?

 

Now, today’s guest post is from Eliza Morgan, a full time blogger and specialist in credit card issues. Over to Eliza!

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You Don’t Need to Build Links if You Didn’t Build Your Website Correctly

October 11, 2011 by 24 Comments

This is a guest post from my friend Matt Hooper, who originally hails from Canada, but upped sticks to go live in Taiwan. I’ll hand it over to Matt now…

 

Joseph is a master when it comes to building links and knowing how to build links the right way. We all know that building links is one of the most important parts of improving SEO and improving how well our websites rank in Google. The problem is that you probably shouldn’t be building links. Well, not yet at least. You see, SEO starts on your site long before you start looking at how to get links from other sites.

 

The Problem

I’m sure that even Joseph agrees, relying on any solution other than a self-hosted solution for building your website is a bad idea. There are ways to use web 2.0 properties to build links to your primary site (aka, the money site). However, it’s downright silly to even think about using these web 2.0 sites as your primary site. When you’re first starting out, it’s easy to be seduced by the ease of setting up a site on Blogger or at WordPress.com (not .org …don’t worry, I’ll explain later) but trust me when I say it’s a bad idea.

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Implementing a Business Structure for your Online Business

September 18, 2011 by 8 Comments

Today, we have a guest post by Carol Wilson. Carol writes about a variety of issues, such as small business topics, business in general, stock market insights and marketing. Please feel free to leave a comment, thank you!

 

Whenever an entrepreneur first sets out to business on the Internet, most don’t seem to think of online business the way that they think about real businesses, and, as a result, they don’t adequately plan and prepare.

The common misconception is that since online businesses are so easy to set up, requiring virtually no overheads, there is no need to implement any sort of structure the way that traditional businesses do. This is perhaps the number one reason that so many online businesses fail!

So what are we talking about when we talk about structure?

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