Avoid Accidental Plagiarism

Plagiarizing someone's work is always a big mistake. Even when it's done accidentally, it's still wrong. Avoid accidentally plagiarizing someone by following these tips.

Ali Luke, editor at Daily Blog Tips, shares how you can tell if you've plagiarized someone by accident.

Could YOU Be Accidentally Plagiarising Other Bloggers?

One morning, I read a guest post on a major blog on a topic that I specialise in.

All the sections in the post sounded like points I’d make. At first I brushed that off. But then something about the wording made me pause.

This post seemed a little too familiar.

A quick Google later, and I’d found a post I wrote two years before: a guest post for a different blog. My structure and all my ideas had been used, intact. Unusual words and phrases – like “mediocre” – were used in both posts. Every one of my sentences had been reworded (in many cases badly) but it was still stolen.

Plagiarism doesn’t just mean passing off someone’s words as your own. It includes stealing their ideas.

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