page creation date, PageRank, and original content

[azn romeo 4u]

Hi, does google take in effect the date a page is created? Like for example I created a page with content on it, and my competitor creates a page 5 days later and copy's the content I created on his page?

I noticed on SERPS, when I search for the content I create I'm #5 and he is #3. But he has my stolen stuff.

Also he has a Pr5 and I have a pr4. I noticed that if you have a higher PR and you get content stolen from a lower PR 4 site, you will always be higher in SERPS. Base on what I seen...not sure about other sites.

And yea I plan on reporting his page/site to the google adsense team.

[tedster]

Some related threads from the Hot Topics area [webmasterworld.com], which is always pinned to the top of this forum's index page:

Duplicate Articles - what Google says versus experience [webmasterworld.com]

Resolving duplicate content with links to the original [webmasterworld.com]

And there's also this classic thread - Stolen Content: What To Do First [webmasterworld.com]

Google is doing better at giving credit to the original - but I still see many problems.