From time to time I would do articles and submit the to 2 of the more popular articles submission sites. As a user of Google Alerts I received an alert on my domain name. I opened it, realizing that it looked like my article but after I read the heading and the first couple of lines I knew it was not. It was like someone took my article, changed the heading, re-wrote it and sumbitted it using my details. The thing is, the article does not make sense! It reads like a lunatic wrote it! This is the article I sumbitted, http://tinyurl.com/6hsp36. This is the article that appeared on the site http://tinyurl.com/5wj4h8. I'm curious as to how that article got on that site with my details and how I can get them to take it down.

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It looks like the article has been translated into some other language (then back to Literal English which makes it look odd). The whole site is that way. The original link in the Author section takes you back to: "http://articlebiz.com/article/235303-1-8-tips-for-effective" which looks more like your original article, though the formatting is missing.

I don't know how to make them take it down.

Oh wow, that is a nightmare. I can understand how you must be feeling. At the very least, there is a "comment" feature there. You could add a comment saying who you are and that this isn't your article - and maybe a link to point to the real article. At least that might always show there under that article. Maybe.

There's also a "contact" tab at that site - maybe you could write to them there. I'm sure there must be other ways to handle it and would like to know what those are myself.

I think Kathy's right on about what happened to the article. Not sure why they would do that though. Unless they wanted a quick way to change the wording enough so it didn't come up in plagiarism searches. Throw it in an online translator into one language and then back into the original language. Kind of useless though when it doesn't make sense anymore. And why then would they use your real name as the author? It's confusing. I'd really be interested in how this plays out for you.

Deb

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Not sure why they would do that though. Unless they wanted a quick way to change the wording enough so it didn't come up in plagiarism searches. Throw it in an online translator into one language and then back into the original language.

I honestly don't believe there was anything malicious about an article being translated to another language. Remember that the Internet is a global entity, and articles are translated all the time. The link to the original article where the feed was picked up is in the bio. It's possible it makes perfect sense when the article is viewed in that 'other' language. We see it in english because our browsers are set for english (maybe?).

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I honestly don't believe there was anything malicious about an article being translated to another language. Remember that the Internet is a global entity, and articles are translated all the time. The link to the original article where the feed was picked up is in the bio. It's possible it makes perfect sense when the article is viewed in that 'other' language. We see it in english because our browsers are set for english (maybe?). --Kathy

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to suggest there was anything wrong with translating articles. I just thought it odd that it might have been re-translated from that back into English (instead of just using the original article). But if it is our browser language causing it all, that would maybe explain it. I'm not sure how that works.

Another quick question - can an article be translated without the author's permission? Or at least advising the author that it's been done? Just curious.

Deb

That's bizarre, but I think a very blunt note asking that the content be removed should do the trick. I've found my content on sites that 'scrape' blogs and the like and then republish the items as if it was their own content. Each time I send a 'cease and desist' to whoever is listed as the OWNER in WhoIs as well as whoever the regular site contact is (in this case, the contact form) and I almost always rec'v a quick 'Oops, sorry' (although often it's in Russian or Turkish ) - it's annoying, and this case of yours is a bit different, considering that the article has been rewritten, or translated, but I think the same premise applies, it's your article and your name as author. You want it removed so that should be the end of it.

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These spammers have software that reads an article and rewrites it so it can be submitted as a different article.
You can create a software that produces good quality results but this one sounds like a software that translates a couple of words in the article and it's cheap.

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You can see some of them here:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ticle+rewriter

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Okay, I have to give some light to this situation only because I have found stuff on the internet. After doing a lot of research on article writing and submitting, etc. I had on occassion come across postings for jobs. These jobs are for people who will take an orginial article, re-write in 2-3 forms and have them submitted. I don't know where the original article is taken from but you may have had this done to yours.
As to getting it off, I would contact the site and insist that this article is yours; you did not submit it and it has been tampered with(in a bad way) and to them and request that they take it off.
Good luck.

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These people are something else. I've written to them twice and even left a comment and they have failed to respond. This is making me so upset.

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Oh my goodness, that is really something. I enjoyed your version of the article, but gosh what the heck is that other thing!! Geez, if it isn't one thing that you have to watch for it's another. I'm sorry that this happened to you but on the brighter side of things it makes the rest of us aware of what can happen to the articles we submit. At least now we will be able to take the steps to protect ourselves against such things, if it's any consolation I'm grateful to you for the heads up.

Leilani