LEARNING HTML, PERL, FOR BUILDING WEB SITES FROM SCRATCH, HOW DO I BUILD A SEARCH ENGINE WITHOUT PLAIGARISM?

Well first of all, I would say that if you are just learning HTML and Perl, you might want to hold off on a search engine for a little while. A good search engine tends to be a little more advanced for a beginner.

In any case, plagiarism is the act of copying something that someone has already written. To avoid this, read the content and put whatever writing you do into your own words (paraphrase). In software design, you are more likely to run into problems with copyright/patents. Taking some technology that someone developed and calling it your own.

In that situation again, download some code, look at how they achieved it, perhaps think of things to make it better, then set out to write your own code. Use their code as merely a guide, but do not copy their code word for word. In some situations, there is only one ‘good’ way to do something (like looping through a record set) in which case you will have to do it the same as they did it. But no one can fault you for something like that.

When it comes to learning web technologies, you always have to look at someone else’s example. It is the only true way you can learn. But as long as you keep your intentions good, don’t just read but apply what you learn, write your own stuff, you will be perfectly safe on the net.