Sunday, July 30, 2017

Gervise.com

Come on, Gervise.com, who are you trying to fool?

Your article from July 3 is titled: "Students Create App To Improve Your Public Speaking And Speech Anxiety."

A GoodNewsNetwork.org article from July 2 is titled: "Students Create App to Improve Your Public Speaking and Speech Anxiety"

Your opening:
Do you get queasy when you think about getting on a stage? Do you have trouble getting through a speech without stuttering? Well, now there’s an app for that. 
Two college students from Drexel University have created an app called Orai – and it’s designed to help people improve their public speaking skills. 
Orai uses artificial intelligence to offer constructive and concise feedback on clarity, timing, content, delivery, pace, and vocal energy. The app is free to download for Android and iOS.
The opening from GoodNewsNetwork.org:
Do you get queasy when you think about getting on a stage? Do you have trouble getting through a speech without stuttering? Well, now there’s an app for that. 
Two college students from Drexel University have created an app called Orai – and it’s designed to help people improve their public speaking skills. 
Orai uses artificial intelligence to offer constructive and concise feedback on clarity, timing, content, delivery, pace, and vocal energy. The app is free to download for Android and iOS.
You're copying-and-pasting someone else's content.  And you've got AdSense advertisements on your site?  That's just sketchy.

ViralInam.com

Come on, ViralInam.com, who are you trying to fool?

Your article from earlier in July is titled: "High Sugar Intake Linked To Mental Health Disorders in Men."

An IFLScience.com article from July 28 is titled: "High Sugar Intake Linked To Mental Health Disorders In Men."

Your opening:
Researchers have found that men who consume a lot of products high in added sugars are more likely to develop conditions like anxiety and depression after five years, compared to men with low sugar intake. A similar link was not seen in women, and the data showed that the opposite relationship is not true – people with mental disorders don’t tend to consume more sugary products. 
The study, published in Scientific Reports, followed 5,000 men and 2,000 women for a period of 22 years. It showed that men who consume more than 67 grams of sugar have a 23 percent increased chance of poor mental health compared to men that consume less than 39.5 grams. This finding was independent of other factors like health behavior, age, socioeconomic status, etc.
The opening from IFLScience.com:
Researchers have found that men who consume a lot of products high in added sugars are more likely to develop conditions like anxiety and depression after five years, compared to men with low sugar intake. A similar link was not seen in women, and the data showed that the opposite relationship is not true – people with mental disorders don’t tend to consume more sugary products. 
The study, published in Scientific Reports, followed 5,000 men and 2,000 women for a period of 22 years. It showed that men who consume more than 67 grams of sugar have a 23 percent increased chance of poor mental health compared to men that consume less than 39.5 grams. This finding was independent of other factors like health behavior, age, socioeconomic status, etc.
You're copying-and-pasting someone else's content.  And you've got AdSense advertisements on your site?  That's just sketchy.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

HiddenFeed.com

HiddenFeed.com is yet another website with plagiarized content.  The WhoIs registration page shows an address in Pakistan.

Article:
Netflix Officially Kills Star Ratings, Replacing Them With Thumbs Up and Down
http://hiddenfeed.com/netflix-officially-kills-star-ratings-replacing-thumbs/

Original:
Netflix Officially Kills Star Ratings, Replacing Them With Thumbs Up and Down
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/netflix-kills-star-ratings-thumbs-up-thumbs-down-1202023257/

The site also has a bunch of AdChoices ads on its articles.

More Techiwire.com articles

Techiwire.com is still around.

Article #1:
88-year-old grandma crosses skydiving off her bucket list: ‘It was wonderful’
http://techiwire.com/2017/07/29/88-year-old-grandma-crosses-skydiving-off-her-bucket-list-it-was-wonderful/

Original #1:
88-Year-Old Grandma Crosses Skydiving Off Her Bucket List: 'It Was Wonderful'

Article #2:
Strange silk: Why rappelling spiders don’t spin out of control

Original #2:
Strange Silk: Why Rappelling Spiders Don’t Spin Out of Control
Both Techiwire articles have display ads via AdChoices. 

whyme1239 returns

I figured whyme1239 would eventually try to monetize his YouTube channels.

He has at least two channels:  Sports Valley and Recorder.

And although I don't see any ads on Sports Valley, I do see ads on Recorder.  The videos uploaded onto these channels have been circulating around the internet for years, and I think it's safe to assume whyme1239 didn't create them.  They're just short, silly clips such as...

Awesome Rabbit rally car  (A rabbit goes chasing after a car.)

Extra Crispy (A bird lands on a space shuttle.)

and

Chinese Hurdler just doesn't give a fuck (An athlete runs through hurdles.)

Cevolt.com

Come on, Cevolt.com, who are you trying to fool?

Your article from July 8 is titled: "Police officers mow lawn of disable veteran."

A Fox News article from July 7 is titled: "Police officers mow lawn of disable veteran."

Your first two articles:
A pair of Texas police officers are being recognized for their good deed after a neighbor snapped a few photos of them mowing the lawn of a disabled veteran. The photos made their way onto the Longview Police Department Facebook page on Wednesday after the neighbor contacted the department. 
“Moments Like These,” a post on the department’s Facebook page read. “There are times in the police profession that we understand why we’re really excited about this job. The days and night of high speed pursuits, food chases, drug arrests of someone who needs to be taken off the streets are the instances where our blood pressure soars, and we get that feeling of exhilaration. We think this is why we became officers.”
The first two articles from Fox News:
A pair of Texas police officers are being recognized for their good deed after a neighbor snapped a few photos of them mowing the lawn of a disabled veteran. The photos made their way onto the Longview Police Department Facebook page on Wednesday after the neighbor contacted the department. 
“Moments Like These,” a post on the department’s Facebook page read. “There are times in the police profession that we understand why we’re really excited about this job. The days and night of high speed pursuits, food chases, drug arrests of someone who needs to be taken off the streets are the instances where our blood pressure soars, and we get that feeling of exhilaration. We think this is why we became officers.”
You're copying someone else's work without giving credit.  And you've got AdSense ads on your articles?  That's just sketchy.

Another Ktase.com article

There was a Ktase article posted on June 28, 2017, which copied-and-pasted content from the New York Times.  The article in question was an obituary for the author Margaux Fragoso, written by Sam Roberts.

The Ktase article was titled:

Margaux Fragoso, Memoirist Who Wrote Hauntingly of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 38
http://ktase.com/2017/06/margaux-fragoso-memoirist-who-wrote-hauntingly-of-sexual-abuse-dies-at-38/
(http://archive.is/J2Ma6)

The New York Times article was titled:

Margaux Fragoso, Memoirist Who Wrote Hauntingly of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 38

I made an archive snapshot of the Ktase article a month ago, and the amount of text appears to have been sheared since then.  The article was 400 words long back when I archived it.  

The Ktase link had also been posted in the /r/books subreddit, where it received 918 upvotes:

Another Zinfoze.com article

Here is another Zinfoze article, from July 27, 2017:

Justin Bieber Cancels ‘Purpose’ Tour Dates for His ‘Soul and Well-Being’
http://zinfoze.com/justin-bieber-cancels-purpose-tour-dates-for-his-soul-and-well-being

It consists of four paragraphs, but the four paragraphs are from the opening or Joe Coscarelli's article in the New York Times from July 25, 2017:

Justin Bieber Cancels ‘Purpose’ Tour Dates for His ‘Soul and Well-Being’

The Zinfoze article is only 167 words, and the Times article looks to be about 3x that length.  So it's not like Zinfoze copied the entire thing.  They just copied enough to get across the crux of the story.  The rest of Coscarelli's article provides additional info about Bieber's tour.   

Zinfoze has advertisements from AdChocies on its site.  Here's an archive of the article: 

I noticed someone posted the Zinfoze article in the /r/music subreddit.  It got 15,700 upvotes: