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Introduction

Our text compare tool is a fantastic, lightweight tool that provides plagiarism checks between two documents. Whether you are a student, blogger or publisher, this tool offers a great solution to detect and compare similarities between any two pieces of text. In this article, I will discuss the different ways to use the tool, the primary features of the tool and who this tool is for. There is an FAQ at the bottom if you run into any issues when trying to use the tool.

What makes Originality.ai’s text comparison tool stand out?

Keyword density helper – This tool comes with a built-in keyword density helper in some ways similar to the likes of SurferSEO or MarketMuse the difference being, ours is free! This feature shows the user the frequency of single or two word keywords in a document, meaning you can easily compare an article you have written against a competitor to see the major differences in keyword densities. This is especially useful for SEO’s who are looking to optimize their blog content for search engines and improve the blog’s visibility.

Ways to compare

File compare – Text comparison between files is a breeze with our tool. Simply select the files you would like to compare, hit “Upload” and our tool will automatically insert the content into the text area, then simply hit “Compare” and let our tool show you where the differences in the text are. By uploading a file, you can still check the keyword density in your content.

URL compare

Comparing text between URLs is effortless with our tool. Simply paste the URL you would like to get the content from (in our example we use a fantastic blog post by Sherice Jacob found here) hit “Submit URL” and our tool will automatically retrieve the contents of the page and paste it into the text area, then simply click “Compare” and let our tool highlight the difference between the URLs. This feature is especially useful for checking keyword density between pages!

Simple text compare

You can also easily compare text by copying and pasting it into each field, as demonstrated below.

Features of Originality.ai’s Text Compare Tool

Ease of use

Our text compare tool is created with the user in mind, it is designed to be accessible to everyone. Our tool allows users to upload files or enter a URL to extract text, this along with the lightweight design ensures a seamless experience. The interface is simple and straightforward, making it easy for users to compare text and detect the diff.

Multiple text file format support

Our tool provides support for a variety of different text files and microsoft word formats including pdf file, .docx, .odt, .doc, and .txt, giving users the ability to compare text from different sources with ease. This makes it a great solution for students, bloggers, and publishers who are looking for file comparison in different formats.

Protects intellectual property

Our text comparison tool helps you protect your intellectual property and helps prevent plagiarism. This tool provides an accurate comparison of texts, making it easy to ensure that your work is original and not copied from other sources. Our tool is a valuable resource for anyone looking to maintain the originality of their content.

User Data Privacy

Our text compare tool is secure and protects user data privacy. No data is ever saved to the tool, the users’ text is only scanned and pasted into the tool’s text area. This makes certain that users can use our tool with confidence, knowing their data is safe and secure.

Compatibility

Our text comparison tool is designed to work seamlessly across all size devices, ensuring maximum compatibility no matter your screen size. Whether you are using a large desktop monitor, a small laptop, a tablet or a smartphone, this tool adjusts to your screen size. This means that users can compare texts and detect the diff anywhere without the need for specialized hardware or software. This level of accessibility makes it an ideal solution for students or bloggers who value the originality of their work and need to compare text online anywhere at any time.

At this point, anyone that uses the internet (i.e. everyone) knows what Reddit is. Even if you’re not an active Reddit user, you’ve most likely ended up there at one point or another - more than likely while searching a question or advice through Google. Reddit is a place where users can share their thoughts, seek advice from peers, tell their stories and receive judgment. More recently, it’s also become a hotspot for finding real answers to search queries. 

Al Content in Subreddits 2020-2024

Since Google’s November core update, Reddit has seen a major boost in keyword rankings and traffic. These core changes have negatively impacted websites, positively impacted larger sites, and positively impacted Reddit for user search queries. Although no one knows what’s going on under the hood at Google, many have attributed this Reddit spike to users wanting more helpful information/answers from real people, rather than generic blog posts that are manipulated for search engine rankings. Many of which may be heavily influenced and written using generative AI tools (like ChatGPT).

While website owners may not like this change, some users may prefer it, as it does (in some capacity) offer more helpful content and answers to search queries (this is open for debate, but a conversation for another time). 

But, how helpful is Reddit really? Are users getting the best answers through this medium? How do we know that AI isn’t being used on Reddit? 

Understanding how much AI, if any, is being used on Reddit can be difficult, due to both the sheer size of Reddit’s community/posts and detecting AI accurately. Despite the difficulty, we had our team dig into this to get a better understanding - and although we can’t get the full scope of this answer, we do know that AI is being used in some Reddit forums.  

Below is our analysis and links to more detailed data on AI in Reddit. 

AI in Popular Reddit Judgement Forums

Percentage of Al Content Monthly in 2023

In this dataset, we looked at three popular judgement subreddits: TrueOffMyChest, RelationshipAdvice, and AmITheAsshole. The above graph shows AI content detected for the year 2023 in the subreddit AITA. Below is a summary of our findings:

  • In TOMC, AI content peaked in 2020, disappeared in 2021, and started again in 2022, accounting for 1.69% of the total dataset by 2023. 
  • In RelationshipAdvice, AI content peaked in 2022 at 7.52% of the dataset, and dropped to 2.33% in 2023. 
  • AmITheAsshole had 8% AI content in 2019, none from 2020 to 2022, and spiked to 12.54% in 2023. It also had large spikes during specific months of 2023, with a peak of 30% in November.

You can read the full study here: AI in Reddit: Are You Getting Advice from an AI or Human?

Up to 45% AI Content in SEO & Marketing Subreddits

Al Content in Marketing and Seo Subreddits 2024

In this dataset, we examined multiple subreddits related to SEO and digital marketing. The graph above shows the percentage of AI in particular subreddits in 2024 so far. Here are the main takeaways from the data:

  • In the selected SEO subreddits, AI Content has a range of 30.85%, with the Affiliate Market subreddit holding the majority with 45.74%.
  • In Marketing subreddits, AI Content has a range of 23.53%, with the Content_marketing subreddit holding the majority with 45.74%.
  • In 2024 subreddits, AI Content has a range of 19.85% with Content_marketing holding the majority once again with 33.33%. 
  • When analyzing the distribution of AI generated content in all subreddits, Marketing based subreddits accounted for the majority of the dataset. 

You can read the full study here: Up to 45% AI Content in SEO & Marketing Subreddits

174% Increase in AI Content in Popular Writing Subreddits

Al Content in NoSleep and Fantasy Subreddits 2020-2024

In this study, we examined two popular writing-based subreddits: NoSleep and Fantasy. Although we saw varying AI data when comparing both year over year, we did see a large spike in AI content for both subreddits in 2024 (so far). Below is a summary of the findings: 

  • In the NoSleep subreddit, AI growth rose to 15.09% in 2023 and accounts for 41.39% so far into 2024. 
  • Within the Fantasy Subreddit AI content steadily decreased from 2020 to 2023 to 2.4%, but so far into 2024, it accounts for 10.9% of the dataset. 
  • Correlation between Word Count and AI Score in the fantasy subreddit shows that a higher percentage of AI-detected content ranges between 500 - 1,000 words for 2020-2021, while it ranges between 500 - 900 words for the years 2022 - 2023. The AI Score also has a larger range in the 2020 - 2021 dataset than it does in the 2022 - 2023 dataset.
  • Within the top-rated filters by week, month, year, and all-time in the NoSleep subreddit, the range for AI content is 12% with “All Time” having the minority of 30% AI and “Month” having the majority of 43% AI. 

You can read the full study here: 174% Increase in AI Content in Popular Writing Subreddits

Jonathan Gillham

Founder / CEO of Originality.ai I have been involved in the SEO and Content Marketing world for over a decade. My career started with a portfolio of content sites, recently I sold 2 content marketing agencies and I am the Co-Founder of MotionInvest.com, the leading place to buy and sell content websites. Through these experiences I understand what web publishers need when it comes to verifying content is original. I am not For or Against AI content, I think it has a place in everyones content strategy. However, I believe you as the publisher should be the one making the decision on when to use AI content. Our Originality checking tool has been built with serious web publishers in mind!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to fill out the entire form?

No, that’s one of the benefits, only fill out the areas which you think will be relevant to the prompts you require.

Why is the English so poor for some prompts?

When making the tool we had to make each prompt as general as possible to be able to include every kind of input. Not to worry though ChatGPT is smart and will still understand the prompt.

In The Press

Originality.ai has been featured for its accurate ability to detect GPT-3, Chat GPT and GPT-4 generated content. See some of the coverage below…

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Originality.ai did a fantastic job on all three prompts, precisely detecting them as AI-written. Additionally, after I checked with actual human-written textual content, it did determine it as 100% human-generated, which is important.

Vahan Petrosyan

searchenginejournal.com

I use this tool most frequently to check for AI content personally. My most frequent use-case is checking content submitted by freelance writers we work with for AI and plagiarism.

Tom Demers

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After extensive research and testing, we determined Originality.ai to be the most accurate technology.

Rock Content Team

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Jon Gillham, Founder of Originality.ai came up with a tool to detect whether the content is written by humans or AI tools. It’s built on such technology that can specifically detect content by ChatGPT-3 — by giving you a spam score of 0-100, with an accuracy of 94%.

Felix Rose-Collins

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ChatGPT lacks empathy and originality. It’s also recognized as AI-generated content most of the time by plagiarism and AI detectors like Originality.ai

Ashley Stahl

forbes.com

Originality.ai Do give them a shot! 

Sri Krishna

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For web publishers, Originality.ai will enable you to scan your content seamlessly, see who has checked it previously, and detect if an AI-powered tool was implored.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is it important to check for plagiarism?

Tools for conducting a plagiarism check between two documents online are important as it helps to ensure the originality and authenticity of written work. Plagiarism undermines the value of professional and educational institutions, as well as the integrity of the authors who write articles. By checking for plagiarism, you can ensure the work that you produce is original or properly attributed to the original author. This helps prevent the distribution of copied and misrepresented information.

What is Text Comparison?

Text comparison is the process of taking two or more pieces of text and comparing them to see if there are any similarities, differences and/or plagiarism. The objective of a text comparison is to see if one of the texts has been copied or paraphrased from another text. This text compare tool for plagiarism check between two documents has been built to help you streamline that process by finding the discrepancies with ease.

How do Text Comparison Tools Work?

Text comparison tools work by analyzing and comparing the contents of two or more text documents to find similarities and differences between them. This is typically done by breaking the texts down into smaller units such as sentences or phrases, and then calculating a similarity score based on the number of identical or nearly identical units. The comparison may be based on the exact wording of the text, or it may take into account synonyms and other variations in language. The results of the comparison are usually presented in the form of a report or visual representation, highlighting the similarities and differences between the texts.

String comparison is a fundamental operation in text comparison tools that involves comparing two sequences of characters to determine if they are identical or not. This comparison can be done at the character level or at a higher level, such as the word or sentence level.

The most basic form of string comparison is the equality test, where the two strings are compared character by character and a Boolean result indicating whether they are equal or not is returned. More sophisticated string comparison algorithms use heuristics and statistical models to determine the similarity between two strings, even if they are not exactly the same. These algorithms often use techniques such as edit distance, which measures the minimum number of operations (such as insertions, deletions, and substitutions) required to transform one string into another.

Another common technique for string comparison is n-gram analysis, where the strings are divided into overlapping sequences of characters (n-grams) and the frequency of each n-gram is compared between the two strings. This allows for a more nuanced comparison that takes into account partial similarities, rather than just exact matches.

String comparison is a crucial component of text comparison tools, as it forms the basis for determining the similarities and differences between texts. The results of the string comparison can then be used to generate a report or visual representation of the similarities and differences between the texts.

What is Syntax Highlighting?

Syntax highlighting is a feature of text editors and integrated development environments (IDEs) that helps to visually distinguish different elements of a code or markup language. It does this by coloring different elements of the code, such as keywords, variables, functions, and operators, based on a predefined set of rules.

The purpose of syntax highlighting is to make the code easier to read and understand, by drawing attention to the different elements and their structure. For example, keywords may be colored in a different hue to emphasize their importance, while comments or strings may be colored differently to distinguish them from the code itself. This helps to make the code more readable, reducing the cognitive load of the reader and making it easier to identify potential syntax errors.

How Can I Conduct a Plagiarism Check between Two Documents Online?

With our tool it’s easy, just enter or upload some text, click on the button “Compare text” and the tool will automatically display the diff between the two texts.

What Are the Benefits of Using a Text Compare Tool?

Using text comparison tools is much easier, more efficient, and more reliable than proofreading a piece of text by hand. Eliminate the risk of human error by using a tool to detect and display the text difference within seconds.

What Files Can You Inspect with This Text Compare Tool?

We have support for the file extensions .pdf, .docx, .odt, .doc and .txt. You can also enter your text or copy and paste text to compare.

Will My Data Be Shared?

There is never any data saved by the tool, when you hit “Upload” we are just scanning the text and pasting it into our text area so with our text compare tool, no data ever enters our servers.

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