OK, you built a beautiful website, it’s filled to the brim with tons of useful content. Initially your stats are through the roof and requests for information are pouring in.
Then you get a call from someone who says they are a client, have sent you a check, and they want to know where their product is.
Strange, you never heard of this person, didn’t get a check and don’t know what they’re talking about.

After a little investigation you may find that your site has been hi-jacked, and somebody else is benefiting from all your work.
This actually happened to Tatu Digital not so long ago. Someone had copied the entire site, not changed a thing except some of the contact info and was using our portfolio to get themselves work.
Then we got a call from a very angry executive wanting to know where his website was!

Enter Copyscape. Click on the link and enter your url and they will show you if your site is being copied. It will also show you if your site is being archived on a proxy server somewhere.
They also offer a guide to plagiarism that helps you figure out what to do when your site is copied.

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