Writer Screwed Me. CopyScape Let Me Down.

Hi,

I have been using a content writer for some time now. She gave me great rates and good content. I would periodically verify the content with CopyScape, and they would pass the test.

However, on close reading, I found some sentences in her articles that seemed totally out of place and irrelevant (though they sounded good by themselves). So, I did the manual Google checks and found them coming from free articles (and other) sites! These sentences are not generic in the type that they could accidentally be created by two authors independantly. In fact, there are a few words rewritten in these sentences. I guess that is why Copyscape could not catch them

But, I am feeling really let down. Have you been in a similar situation? Have content writers mastered the art of scamming CopyScape?

Thanks
Ajeet

 

I have bought articles from only two writers in DP, they both did exactly what you are describing. The articles were passing the copyscape test but in no case were they unique. The reason I decided to buy in the first place was because I am not a native English speaker so I am bound to make grammar and spelling mistakes. I guess from now on I will write all the articles myself.

 

I can write articles and they will be unique all right but I am not the best writer ever

 

I find that articles with stats in them all seem the same because its hard to rewrite numbers and make it sound different (grammar being grammar after all). Being said, copyscape can (I believe) tell you when part of a phrase is matched to another site, in my experience at least. Its harder to pick it out though, that's for sure. Since copyscape kinda leaves the decision of copied info up to you anyways, its usefulness isn't always there.

 

Ajeet, send me a pm if it's one of my writers. I've been pretty on top of them for this kind of behavior, so I'd be surprised.

 

My Wife Writes,

She is building her reputation with other members here on DP so if you need references please just ask ...

 

Hi,
When I posted the original post, the only thing holding me back was the fear that this could show all writers in bad light. But, it was an important matter, and I wanted to learn more about CopyScape (or alternatives).

No Jeeplaw, it is not one of your writers (in fact, I do not directly know any of your writers ). The writer has gone silent on me and if I do not hear from her in a day or two (to hear her story), I will disclose her name for sure.

In fact, I think that there are a lot of good writers out there. Even after this incident, I will continue to use services of content writers (though I will look a bit beyond CopyScape).

So, apologies to all genuine content writers. I am big consumer of articles, and intend to continue

 

My advice would be to always use highly recommended writers even though they may be more expensive.

I currently write my own articles (very few of them because I don't really have time these days) but if I had to hire someone I would hire LisaG from RentACoder.com (she's on the top 10 chart if I remember correctly)

 

If you do not mind, could you tell me how much she charges. Thanks

 

Here is my wifes site www.ArticleBrokers.com if you would like to discuss prices with her!

 

We see this all the time... Either get recommendations or go with a site that has precautions in place to protect you. Not to plug my site but we check all articles before they are sold, ban writers, and offer refunds if something like this happens (it doesn’t often). Since we handle all the licensing we have to.... I’m sure there are other sites that do this as well.

 

Maybe you can bypass the dupe filter if copyscape couldn't find it.. While you arrange for new content.

 

I have heard good things about Constant Content. BTW, you are saying that you do more than CopyScape, right? If it is a business secret, I do not expect you to talk about it, otherwise, I would like to hear about the other plagiarism checks you perform.

Thanks
Ajeet

 

That thought occured to me, but then I thought that probably Google's system might be different (if not more sophisticated) than CopyScape's. But, frankly, who knows. Also, if I were basically getting articles rewritten, my willingness to pay the asking price would go down.

 

Copyscape check, words that can't be easily changed check... For example search for.....

"Russian Blue" Popular Cats

The article is about popular cats and contains the word "Russian Blue". We also use software that collage professors use to detect plagiarism.

Part of the problem is the author, if the author is looking to scam you they could post the article on another website and block copyscape from going to that website. I would get as much info on the author as possible a yahoo email address and name is not good enough. Since writers live by their name you can easily tarnish that name if something bad was to happen. If you google a writers name and don’t find anything.... Be suspicious.