7.5.4 Copied MC
Another way to create an abundance of content with little time, effort, expertise, etc. is to copy content from another source. The word <copied= refers to the practice of <scraping= content, or copying content from other non-affiliated websites without adding any original content or value to users (see here for more information on copied or scraped content). Pages with copied content are created with no or very little time, effort, or expertise, and also have little to no editing or manual curation. There is little value when pages are created simply by copying content from other sites. As with auto-generated content, it is a technique that can be used to create many pages or even a whole website. For this reason, it is often easiest to recognize copied content by exploring many pages on the site. The Lowest rating is appropriate if all or almost all of the MC on the page is copied with little or no time, effort, expertise, manual curation, or added value for users. Such pages should be rated Lowest , even if the page assigns credit for the content to another source. All of the following are considered copied content: ● Content copied exactly from an identifiable source. Sometimes an entire page is copied, and sometimes just parts of the page are copied. Sometimes multiple pages are copied and then pasted together into a single page. Text that has been copied exactly is usually the easiest type of copied content to identify. ● Content that is copied, but changed slightly from the original. This type of copying makes it difficult to find the exact matching original source. Sometimes just a few words are changed, or whole sentences are changed, or a <find and replace= modification is made, where one word is replaced with another throughout the text. These types of changes are deliberately done to make it difficult to find the original source of the content. We call this kind of content <copied with minimal alteration.= ● Content copied from a changing source, such as a search results page or news feed. You often will not be able to find an exact matching original source if it is a copy of <dynamic= content (content that changes frequently). However, we will still consider this to be copied content. Important : Licensed or syndicated content should not be considered as <copied= (see here for more on web syndication). Examples of syndicated content in the U.S. include news articles by AP or Reuters. 7.5.5 How to Determine if Content is Copied How do you determine whether all or most of the MC is copied? How do you identify the original source of the content? These things can be difficult to determine, but the following steps may help. 1. Copy a sentence or phrase in the text. It may be necessary to try a few sentences or phrases from the page just to be sure. When deciding what sentence or phrase to copy, try to find a sentence or series of several words without punctuation, unusual characters, or suspicious words that may have replaced the original text. 2. Search on Google by pasting the sentence or phrase (surrounded by quotation marks to search for an exact match) inside the Google search box. You may also try without quotation marks to search for more general matches.
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