I think searching for 'key phrases' in google works well. Also I
know university profs sometimes use some sort of program that scans
the net for that sort of stuff -- could just be strategic google
searches.

In Anti-Plagiarism@yahoogroups.com, "earrach1" <earrach@e...> wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> I'm new to this list and I was wondering if anyone has any good
> tricks for searching the web for unauthorized use of one's web-
texts.
>
> I'm assuming that one way would be to take key phrases from each
> work and cut'n paste it into a Google search. When I've done that
I
> have at least come up with a confirmation of Google being able to
> find the text on my own website.
>
> Are there any better/slicker ways of doing this?
>
> - Earrach
>
> Sassafras Grove, ADF
> Pittsburgh PA
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