> I asked that very question (about using the same article on Knol and a
> personal website) and was told it's OK. It would be nice if they
> developed a system that allowed authors to identify duplicate material
> they own. I don't think I'd mind if Google cited my original article
> as identical as long as they don't penalize me for it.
> Just to make the situation clear, I might even insert a note in my
> knol advising readers that I own a particular article listed as
> identical.
> What I REALLY want to see Google do is crack down on these clowns who
> are copying and pasting articles from Wikipedia. I wrote an article
> about Wikipedia, only to find two or three or more articles with the
> same title that were simply lifted from Wikipedia. I don't appreciate
> competition from hackers.
> On Aug 2, 11:39 am, wisiwig <tia...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Thats interesting and a little dissapointing, I had thought we were
> > able to republish articles or part of them on Knol if relevant and
> > warranted, as long as we both wrote and owned the original work? There
> > should be a system in place of course to stop people stealing
> > material, however the original author should be able to re-use all or
> > part of their own works, surely?
> > On Jul 30, 11:02 am, Digital Biographer <david.pether...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I NOTICED TWO interesting phenomena yesterday - the first was that on
> > > one of my Google Knols, a link under the heading “Duplicate Content on
> > > the Web” appreared (see ) which highlighted the fact that an article I
> > > had added to Google Knol was “75% similar” to content inside a PDF
> > > file on one of my web sites that I had allowed Google’s earch engine
> > > to spider.
> > > So Knol does have the ability to spot duplicate content, and flag it
> > > up. If you look at a Digg article in Knol
> > > [http://knol.google.com/k/derek-slenk/diggcom/16cvuo23yi32x/4#]
> > > which is a straight lift from Wikipedia, you can see the following to
> > > the right:
> > > Similar Content on the Web
> > > medlibrary.org 100%
> > > wikipedia.org 100%
> > > w2n.net 99%
> > > Whether Google's going to penalise such plagiarism or theft by
> > > demoting search results, I can't say - but at least it shows the issue
> > > of recognising duplication and textual analysis is built in from the
> > > start.
> > > --
> > > THE OTHER FACT was someone joining my network at KnolRoll who has
> > > written a guide called The Internet Marketers Report on How to make
> > > money Writing Knols with The Knol™ Project. Note the use of Trademark™
> > > to add credibility. The biography leads to the inevtiable ‘long copy’
> > > sales page with a special offer for the first 100 people to respond,
> > > and yes it’s now only $29.99, and includes these fabulous nuggets of
> > > information: -
> > > * Getting to Know The Knol Project - This section of the report is
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> > > are working with
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> > > * How to Select Profitable Areas - Learn what makes one Knol more
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> > > * How to Get other people writing for your gain - The Industry secret
> > > that allows you to Take all the credit for somebody elses work and
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> > > Yadda yadda. You get the idea.
> > > Regards, David
> > > David Petherick | Word Chef | Knol Rollhttp://knolroll.com|The (free) network for Google Knol Authors to
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