Mhh, not so sure. Look at this one:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=593338
The answer is indeed nothing but websources. The "comment" however is a free
text answer. Not an essay in itself, true, and not to be expected given the
price and the time limit. But answer and comment taken together, I could
easily write an answer to the original question, despite no previous
knowledge of the field, and in a way that the result is not any longer
straightforwardly copied.
This just cost the user $3 - I don't know if they would get more if they
paid more, but this is much cheaper than an essay bank
Burkhard
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Diane Brewster
> Sent: 16 November 2005 14:52
> To: Plagiarism; Burkard Schafer
> Subject: Re: google - part of the solution or part of the problem?
>
>
> On 16 Nov 2005, at 14:41, Burkard Schafer wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Most of us are (also) using Google to detect web
> plagiarism. What I found by
> coincidence however is this service offered by Google:
> http://answers.google.com/answers/
>
> For a negotiated fee, you can post queries and a "500
> strong team of
> experts" will give you the answer. I had a look at some
> sample questions.
> Many were of this nature:
>
> "Compare the solubilities of sodium chloride, potassium
> chloride and
> sodium iodide in water, ethanol and vegetable oil. How do you
> determine the solubility of the liquids in each other.
> Then, how do
> you classify these substances by bond type"
>
> I'd say that looks like an essay question to me. That
> specific one did not
> have any answer, but while there is a list of question
> types that Google
> rules impermissible, there is nothing that mentions use for
> school/university purposes explicitly
>
>
>
>
> I went looking for one which had an "answer" - and basically
> it is just a list of sources.
>
> http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=592879
>
> so might save someone unskilled in google searches a bit of
> time, but isn't giving them an essay.
>
> Diane
>
>
> Diane Brewster
> Research Fellow
> IDEAS Lab
> Dept Informatics
> University of Sussex
> Falmer
> Brighton BN19QH
>
> http://ideas.fcs.sussex.ac.uk/~D.M.Brewster/
>
>
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