Copied Content - How Much is Too Much?

[Almanac]

Did you ever wonder whether your content is being used by another sites or simply being copied from your site to another?

Copyspace checks on your content over the net and gives you the results.

I used copyscape to find duplicate content and sites that are using my content without permission. I found many sites that are using some of my key statements of my home page. I have spent too many sleepless nights on that home page and the sentences and words were carefully constructed, but overall, 122 words have been copied. Take note, without permission.

Would you bother? It is not a lot, but it is four key statements! More importantly, would Google bother?

[blue dolphin]

Yes, I do wonder actually. There are times when I am almost tempted to copy content from other sites, but never had the guts to do so. So I was wondering if other people found my articles interesting enough to copy them. I heard that there are duplicate content penalties at Google. Google will penalize a site's page rank if they found duplicate content within. But given the huge number of sites, can Google monitor all of them?