Ezine Articles Makes Me Mad

Well this is just great! Bum marketing at it's worst.

A couple days ago, I attempted to re-submit one of my currently published article which has been live since Nov. 2007.

All I wanted to do was change my links to point to my new site...

First I got an error message that said my content matched my other article, so I couldn't re-submit. Write a new article with fresh content. pffft..

Well of course it was going to match my other article which remains live while the new changes are in review. argh!

Then it told me I couldn't re-submit the changes! Roar!

Then finally I got it in for review...

Now today they send me a note saying my account is suspended because my content matches some other guys article... and they sent me the link and ask me for an explanation, and to tell them my article source.

So I go ahead and follow the link as I sure can't remember no information source I might have used back in Nov 2007.

So turns out... this article does look similar to mine...

hmmm....

I do a quick search on the guys sight for that topic...

and turns out his article was written on Jan 5, 2010.

Now someone PLEASE tell me how I copied content from an article written over 2 years AFTER mine was published????

Honestly!! How is that possible anyways???

Shouldn't Ezine Articles be smart enough to check the date of a piece of content that they accuse you of copying? before they accuse you of it and suspend your account???

Obviously the other guy stole my content which was published in Nov 2007, and used it in his article posted on Jan 5, 2010.

The date says it all.

Who wrote the article first???? uhh I think it was me???

Please somebody tell Ezine articles how to figure this out so my account is re-instated to good standing.

ARGH!!!

What a waste of their time, all they had to do was check the date.