Owner Unplag.com Commercial Yes | Website unplag.com Current status Active | |
Type of site Plagiarism and Similar Content Checker | ||
Unplag is an online plagiarism and content checker that detects same or similar content of documents and webpages. Launched in 2014, the software allows users to compare two documents or upload Word and PDF documents to compare against the Internet and internally stored documents. In 2015, Unplag was named a Hot New Platform by Business.com.
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History
Unplag was launched in 2014 for educators and students. The website was originally launched as a similarity checker, evolving into a customizable algorithm designed by linguists, educators, and IT professionals. The company expanded its features and became suitable for writers, editors, publishers, financial institutions, and law firms. In 2015, the company moved from a local LMS to cloud-based, while still allowing for the software to be integrated locally with an educational institution's learning management system (LMS).
Functionality
Unplag uses an algorithm to check for plagiarized content by searching for text that is identical to the document being checked. It also searches for similar content, even if it is reworded to avoid plagiarism detectors. The algorithm is customized for organizations and used by academia professionals, lawyers, and writers. It also has the ability to detect text that is inconsistent with a writer's normal style. The algorithm has been compared to latent semantic indexing a method used by Google to determine connections between words and phrases. Users can upload .odt, .txt, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf, and .html files to compare to the Internet (web pages indexed by Yahoo and Google). It also allows users to store documents internally for future comparison, check files against Unplag or corporate users’ databases
After check is completed, users receive plagiarism reports which include links to any duplicate content detected by the algorithm.