I just received a private message from a fellow Xombie. The message informed me that a blog had copied my review story on Republic Day parade. Firstly I am thankful to the fellow xombie Kukku who sent me the message.

I just checked the whole thing. I was taken aback to find that the blog had actually copied the review content word for word from my link:

http://www.xomba.com/watch_republic_day_parade_celebrations_26_jan_2009_live_online_free

Here is the blog article that copied the content:

http://celebunited.blogspot.com/2009/01/watch-republic-day-parade-on-26-jan.html?showComment=1232782020000#c2241973684085645562

I am also amused to find that the blog writer did not even bother to delete the +1 points that features with the Xomba site only. For this error the blog writer cannot even claim that he thought of the same words exactly same as that i wrote.

May be if the script of the article was a few lines I could have assumed the words chosen were coincidentally the same.

To top it all, this blog article has a front ranking on Google search page (it stands third & even first depending on search words). While my article does not figure anywhere! So much so for being original. I tried to change the title a bit but to no avail :-(

Previously i used to put minimal efforts in reviw stories for a blurb, but of late i have been taking care to write the entire blurb review in my own words.

This is the first time this has happened to me. I donot know if this amounts to plagiarism. I am sure this happens far too often on the web. I do not know if there are some tools to check who is pinching your content.

Copy Paste is surely a dangerous tool. I do not know what to make of the whole thing. But despite all this I think it more prudent to be original.