PLR & duplicate content

21 Nov 06 6:02 am

Well I have read the same thing Lateres, I've got a ton of PLR content, problem is when you purchase the packages sometimes you don't really know what your getting. Often I find that the content in some of the packages is way off topic for my needs.

I even joined a site, for a buck, first 30 days, and then 29.95 a month after that. But I cancelled the subscriptions because even thought I had full access to the content, it still wasn't suited for my needs.

I do have some I'm going to use though. I've seen the Article Content Wizard in action, and I must say, it really does do a good job of rewriting the content, and it even still makes sense afterwards. I tried a couple of other so called content rewriters, which were crap. After the software was finished doing it's thing, the articles looked like a 5 year old wrote them.

I am changing the articles myself right now, and then, using article compare in Traffic Travis which does a nice job of telling you the percentage of difference. It's pretty handy.

I'm looking for a way of creating content faster, so I might buy myself a Christmas present with the Article Content wizard. I think Adrian might have some experience with it as well. I see he is promoting it. For now maybe just try and change them a bit and compare them in TT.

Also, did you write this content in the first place, because if you did, and it's only on your other site, then maybe you would be just fine, it wouldn't be like a tonne of others had boughten the same content.

Just ideas, I don't know, hope it helps cheers Davin

21 Nov 06 7:39 am

I have just watched the video for Website Content Wizard and ooh I tells ya, I'm tempted. As a defiant do-it-yourselfer it takes quite a bit to get me to part with me money but that looks reeeally good. Just to be able to put your own articles through so you still feel like it is yours, it just changes key phrases enough so you could use them for different purposes. But being the cynic I am I still worry that Google will come up with something next to combat even this? What does anyone else think?

21 Nov 06 8:02 am

Well I tell you, after watching the videos over at seo2020.com with Matt Cutts from google, I don't think it would matter all that much.

I know I'm probably going to go ahead and take the plunge with the software, after all, if i'm not happy with it, it does have a good guarantee to it.

We've been programmed to think a lot of scare tactics when it come to Google and what their algorythyms do and think. It isn't quite as bad as we think, at least in some areas. If you want to watch a Q&A session yourself with Matt Cutts, go over to www.seo2020.com with Charles Hefling and I believe you access it through his blog from there. If not, I'm sure you'll find them, actually maybe it's in the forum. I can't remember, but it's good information whatever way you look at it.

I'm at the point of having to find a way to create content faster, my wrists are getting sore from typing. hahahaha Davin

21 Nov 06 1:56 pm

I m wondering fince a long time why the article directories sites are not penalized although all they have is duplicate content?

I think its because of the volume of content. I've read somewhere about the 70/30 rule, where up to 70% of you site can be duplicate content and the rest original.

Personally I built websites with mixed dup and original content, and when I was indexed, I got a shiny '3' from Google.

22 Nov 06 6:51 am

Good to know that.

thanks Alvin.

Alvin wrote:

I m wondering fince a long time why the article directories sites are not penalized although all they have is duplicate content?

I think its because of the volume of content. I've read somewhere about the 70/30 rule, where up to 70% of you site can be duplicate content and the rest original.

Personally I built websites with mixed dup and original content, and when I was indexed, I got a shiny '3' from Google.