Synonymizing programs used for Google-targeted plagiarism–with some e-books ripped off
Spammers are now using synonymizing software to try to elude detection program and steal content. Yes, as with comment spamming, Google rankings are in mind. The words are different, but the meanings are more or less the same to Google and other search engines. I heartily agree with the Plagiarism Today that this is not fair use. Some e-books, incluidng the commercial variety–although the PT article doesn’t say which ones–are among those being ripped off.
December 7th, 2005 at 2:29 pm
First off, I’m glad you found the article useful. It is quite scary what’s going on in this area. I’m glad that you agree and that I have your support on this issue. I have more articles on it to come, probably later this week or early next.
However, the reason I didn’t list which books were being stolen was that there were simply too many. The one site alone had listed almost a dozen ebooks and, without linking to the site and giving them traffic, it wasn’t possible. If you wish I can email you the link.
Please note though that, when I visited the site, the links to the synonymized ebooks were down. Though he’d proudly declared his intents, either server error or copyright complaints caused the works not to appear. Apparently though, according to him, they had been up previously. I never did get an answer as to why they were down.
Thank you for your interest in the article.
December 8th, 2005 at 2:03 am
…and thanks for your note, Jonathan. Keep us informed. I hope that when you follow up, you’ll use the TeleBlog item to point to the post. - David
February 20th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I am an optimizer, SEO, and SMM marketer and it would be so easy for my to use Synonymizing software; but I choose and believe strongly is fresh content because that’s what the Internet is about. If we all follow that goal, it’s a win-win. Otherwise the web will just get a reputation as a welspring of useless information for the most part.