HAS THIS HAPPENED TO YOU?
by Theresa Cahill
All Rights Reserved
© Copyright 2002


Has this happened to you?

You're surfing along, or reading an ezine and click through to a website,
and lo and behold there are YOUR WORDS on their webpage!

Not just a paraphrased version of your own words, but YOUR WORDS
down to the last letter, punctuation and all! Appearing for all the world
to see as if it were THEIR OWN doing.

Now, one might consider this flattering, but frankly it's not. It's theft,
plain and simple!

If you've worked hard on your website, then you are aware of the huge
amounts of time, thought and consideration that go into creating and
maintaining your website.

You've gone to great lengths to choose only the best-of-the-best ways to 
say what you need to say. You've been picky! It's your "baby," and you are 
proud of the time and effort you've put into your work.

Then, suddenly one innocent surfing day, you find that your own words 
are no longer "unique" to your website -  even with the COPYRIGHT notice
at the bottom of every page - because someone has literally stolen your
text and is claiming it for their own.

Now, come on... 

We all have the basic right to one fundamental truth - our OWN ideas!
Whatever in the world would possess someone to reach out and steal those
very same ideas (in this case words) and pretend it was their own?

I've even seen websites that have taken a paragraph here and a paragraph
there (from people I know) and, mixing it up at their own site, claim it is
theirs...

Duh... 

Is it lack of writing talent? Then hire someone or contact a friend with the
skills you lack. Is it laziness? Tough luck, we all have to word hard, so do
you.

IS it flattering? I used to think so, now I admit to more than my fair share
of anger.

Creativity! Originality! Hard Work! These are the key factors that will set
your website apart from the rest.

If I notice, believe me, others do, too.

Stealing. Your reputation is too, too important to risk. Create your own 
unique position on the web, and the integrity of those actions will speak
volumes about YOU!

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About the Author:

Theresa Cahill has just released her new ebook, STEP-BY-STEP: 
A guide to basic marketing tools. Learn to setup and use several basic,
yet effective, marketing resources by the end of the book!
http://www.step-by-step-guide.com

Her other websites include:
TheWizWorld MRC Newsletter http://www.thewizworld.com
My Wizard Ads http://www.mywizardads.com