Posts Tagged ‘Search-Engines’

Plagiarism Detection Showdown: Bing vs. Yahoo! vs. Google

By Jonathan Bailey • Jun 3rd, 2009 • Category: Articles, Products

Which of the search engines is the best for detecting plagiarism? Here’s a 5-round deathmatch to find out!



Google Alerts to add RSS

By Jonathan Bailey • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Articles, News, Products

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal has given reason for many Google Alerts users to rejoice, the famous email alert service will soon be getting RSS support.



An Inside Look at iCopyright Discovery

By Jonathan Bailey • Sep 30th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Products

The iCopyright Discovery system promises to revolutionize the way copyright holders track and protect their work. Now we get an inside look at what the system has to offer copyright holders.



The Popularity of Plagiarism

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Articles, Personal Experiences

Inspired by recent posts, I decided to take a look at Google Trends and see how search terms relative to content theft were doing.



Finding the Age of a Page

By Jonathan Bailey • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Products

If you need a quick and easy way to get an idea of when a post went life, there is a Firefox plugin that uses google to put that information just a click away.



Spam Bloggers Who Backdate

By Jonathan Bailey • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Prevention

Through a combination of trickery and error, it is often possible for a spam blog to appear to have posted your works before you did. However, what effect does this have on the search engines? The answer is “Not Much”.



Takedown FAQ

By Jonathan Bailey • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues

Whenever copyright holders are first introduced to the idea of a DMCA takedown, they inevitably have many questions about it. Here are ten of the more common questions answered.



Frustration and Fighting Plagiarism

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Uncategorized

If you read this site regularly, you probably know a great deal about how to protect your content on the Web. However, you probably also know that the current system is an inelegant solution in need of serious repair. Here’s what’s wrong and what can be done about it.



Proposal: Feed Republishing List

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Housekeeping

With so many new search engines, directories and social news sites repurposing the full feed, often against the will of bloggers, perhaps it is time to have a central repository of this information. Leave a comment and have your voice heard on this matter.



Search Engines: Three to Beware

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues

Shyftr is not the first site to make use of your full feed or offer commenting as part of a user experience. Here are three other sites that you may want to take a look at.