> Mike,
> You have stated yourself that its
> plagiarism,
> But you take a look at any direct marketing
> site and you could say
> that they are all the same; just worded
> differently, and if its different
> then its not copied,
> Swings and roundabouts, if you can look at
> your
> site and say that is the copy of etc site;
> then I would research more!
> If its not a carbon copy then go for it,

> You know everyone wants to see the URL now,
> To try
> And see which site/s you copied.

Hi Martin,

Thanks for your response. Actually, I don't recall stating that I am certain I have plagiarized, but that's okay. I'm sure I must have said something that could be construed that way. What I feel I have done is create a "swipe file", that simply needs to be "massaged" some more before it is ready for the world. :-)

I won't do a comparison between my site and the other. It simply wouldn't be fair to the other site. (I'm not worried about protecting myself at the moment. The page is buried on my ISP's free page, and has only been there for a few days).

Mostly, I want to make sure that I do nothing to hurt my original source. He has put together a well thought-out, organized, classy website, and I don't want to harm it in any way.

Everybody has a differing opinion on what plagiarism is. I understand that. My concern is to do everything in my power to be honest, ethical and above-board. The flip side to that is, I know that successful people model themselves after others who have already been successful.

Therefore, what makes logical sense to me, is to find folks who are successful, and do what they do...WITHOUT STEALING THEIR HARD WORK.

As others have said, it's a very fine line to walk. What I will do is go back to my content and continue to tweak it. When I'm comfortable that it won't be recognized by anyone, I'll put the link out there. That will pass my own self-test. If no one recognizes where it came from, that will pass the community test to my satisfaction.

I should have it better prepared in a day or so.

Thanks again for your input. I greatly appreciate it.

Mike