Plagiarism Tool

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• Watch the high resolution video explaining how to use the tool: Using the Plagiarism Tool (Time 2:06)

[edit] Plagiarism Tool

• Go to the Mahalo's Literary Plagiarism page to access the tool and drag it into your bookmark bar, or create an empty bookmark and drag in the code from below.
  • <a href="javascript:q = '' + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt('Search words', ''); if (q!=null) location=' http://www.google.com/search?q=%22 ' + escape(q).replace(/ /g, '+') + '%22'; void 0">Plagiarized?</a>

• • Note: You must have javascript enabled in your browser for this to work.
• Now whenever you land on a questionable source online, highlight some of the text on the page, and click this bookmarklet in your bookmarks bar to search for this info on Google. This will tell you if the content is scraped from another site, and help you find the root source.

[edit] How And Why To Use This Tool

• One of the most important parts of the QC and serping process is making sure the sites we link to on Mahalo do not have scraped or stolen content, that is, the sites do not take content from another source without attribution. We also don't want to link to sites that borrow content from other sources with attribution if we can link to the original source instead.
  • Read more at the Mahalo FAQ

• Use this applet to test a questionable site's content to see if it appears in more than one place on the Internet.

• Drag the tool from the Literary Plagiarism page into your bookmark bar. In Firefox, this is a simple drag and drop procedure. Please note that this applet only works if you have javascript enabled in your browser's preferences.

• Now whenever you are on a site that you suspect may have stolen content, simply highlight a section of the page, about one or two sentences, and select the Plagiarized? button.

• Your window will be replaced by a Google search for an exact match of the selection. If the results bring back only the page you were on, then it is probably original content and safe to link to, provided it matches all of the other criteria for inclusion on Mahalo.

• If the results returned are multiple pages all carrying the same content, then it is up to you to decide if the site you are linking to is the original source, or if the information is best left off the page. When in doubt, don't link to it!

• Remember our mission at Mahalo is to provide the best spam-free high-quality search results on the web. Never link to anything you know is plagiarized. Never plagiarize guide notes, fast facts, timelines, or any other section of your serp.

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