Ever feel like you are drowning with too much information? I belong to PLRPro which provides 440 articles a month. 11 topics. 40 articles a slug. I haven’t gotten around to using a single article pack from July. And there are some GREAT topics to use to either build new sites or flesh out old ones.
So you’re thinking. Grab your favorite crap builder and put up all 11 sites. Splash some Adsense and a few affiliate products in the template and make yourself some money. Dig in man. Stop wasting time.
Doesn’t work like that for me. I’ve been diligently rewriting all these articles before I build a site. Is there anything more time consuming and boring? Seriously. It’s like re-painting a wall, day after day.
So why do it? Because of duplicate content. Yep, we all fear it. And I’m not sure why. Does anyone really know what duplicate content consists of? Is it the article or is it the complete webpage? (I’ve heard that it really revolves around spammers, back when Traffic Equilizer sites were burning up Google’s results, they would simply duplicate the sites over and over so the term that was searched for would result in their sites populating numerous top 10 positions.)
Gurus with product to push keep saying that every article has to be different. And yet we still submit our articles to directories so we can hope that someone, somewhere (I guess those that don’t get guru mail) will pick up our article and duplicate it on their websites. So the confusion gets thicker. Gurus say to avoid duplicate content but they also say to contribute to it. And maybe if Google was concerned about duplicate content they would ban article directories from their search results that allow sharing of articles.
It all seems so stupid and yet I spend a whole week rewriting articles. Why? Well, I like the thought that my site is wholely and completely unique. If I really care about the topic I will re-write every sentence.
But I can only do this to one site a week. Ideally I’d like to use the other article packs for sites and just change up 25% or so of the article. Splash some newsfeeds, quotes, definitions and stuff on there to make the page different. But I don’t have time because of the care that I am giving to the main site of the week.
I am basically following the Affilorama 90-day Roadmap with these sites. I want to build something that I can submit to the Yahoo directory and not worry one bit that it can’t get included. I want to be proud enough to submit a business press release to PRWeb. If you have watched and listened to the videos you know what I’m talking about.
So that’s how I’ve occupied my time this week. I should have a new site up by this weekend and then I get to start again. gawd
14 responses so far ↓
rochellesull1130 // Aug 4, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Permanent Link to Define Misery: Article Rewriting…
nice…..
sleepingtiger // Aug 7, 2006 at 6:46 am
Hey Splork,
Wow, that’s a great name. Yea I can understand your misery. Perhaps we need good content building systems to begin with. And maybe Content Desk is a good place to start.
Was told they teaches the Right way to build valuable authority niche content-rich portals for highly profitable outcomes.
Any other recommendations my friend?
Splork // Aug 7, 2006 at 12:30 pm
I suppose you could do worse than Content Desk. I used to be a member. Keyword Avalanche is supposed to be good as well now since they have gone white hat. Used to be a member there too. Article Underground is all the rage now. I’m tempted but the $97 puts me off. I’m not sure how long it would take to justify that expense. I’m not good enough to make $100 in the first month of buying a membership. So I would be in the hole quick. If it took 3-4 months to make a profit from whatever it is they offer then I would be losing money fast. On the other hand in two or three months I could be making $600/month simply from whatever it is they do. Lots of gurus like it and spam me with offers to join, so it has to be an amazing product, right?
Marc Lindsay // Aug 7, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Splork and not just saying this.
If you are a member of PLRpro.com you dont need articleunderground.
I can put you in touch of members of both services and they will tell you which one is the better one for value and quality.
I am impressed with the way you are going and actually frequent your blog regularily.
You have what it takes to succeed and I know you will be a greta success story someday.
I just hope all those “guru’s” you are referring to are not us because we do not claim to be guru’s just two regular blokes who know how to make online happen.
Mark ling and I were just talking about you the otherday and how well we think you will go
I need to get in touch with you sometime soon anyhow, want to give you a hand with a few things.
Talk Soon mate
Marc
Splork // Aug 7, 2006 at 4:16 pm
Hey Marc. Nah, I was being my usual sarcastic self about AU. Not interested. I know you and Daniel have got some amazing things cooking for the members, so there is no reason to spend more money, plus it would just cause me to lose more focus.
You and Daniel have been helpful to me from the start. I’ve learned the hard way who in this business is there to help me make money or who is in it to simply make money off me. I’m happy to pay for PLRPro’s service. The fact that I can’t get all the content you guys provide online is certainly my malfunction and a testament to how much you (*cough*–hate this marketing phrase–) over-deliver.
I appreciate the nice words and encouragement. I still feel like I’m just spinning around in circles sometimes. I’m amazed at how you guys get your sites up and start doing well. But I think between PLRPro’s “The Player’s Handbook” and Affilorama’s “90-Day Roadmap”, I should be in good shape.
Marc Lindsay // Aug 8, 2006 at 10:01 am
lol,
Yeah sometimes I do think we “over-deliver” a little to much but that is our policy, over-dilver and provide awesome service
Yeah with affilorama and PLRpro you really can’t go wrong with some hard slog and refining of the system.
Regards
Marc
Kerry // Aug 9, 2006 at 1:49 am
hey splork and Mark,
Interesting that you just happen to mention about AU. I was seriously thinking of joining them just to see how it compares to PLR.
“If you are a member of PLRPro.com you dont need articleunderground.
I can put you in touch of members of both services and they will tell you which one is the better one for value and quality…”
Would love to know who those other members are just to satisfy my curiosity! Might save myself $100 or so a month from AU… Mind you, they do have a great “sales pitch!” I’ll give them credit for that! LOL
Kerry
burty // Aug 11, 2006 at 10:17 am
Sounds like you are a busy fool. We’re walking pretty much the same path, and yet I use just three pieces of software;
~ article rewriter
~ site builder
~ rss submitter
I have no doubt that you will start expounding about how using software produces rubbish sites. Used properly any tool is as good as the person operating it…
So, with three pieces of software, all built by myself - I can take a pack of 20 articles, rewrite them and draw out the best 10 or so, make a site, announce the site - and all in less than 20 minutes. I then spend an extra hour doing other promotion - eg submit an article to one of the article directories, get a few high PR backlinks and so on. Then I do the same tomorrow for a new site, and the next day, and the day after, etc etc etc.
All you need is a system. Once you are happy with the system you chose, then start to automate it. You will no longer be a busy fool…
Splork // Aug 11, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Interesting point. Sounds like you are very focused which is what I am working towards and am making progress.
I don’t code nor do I want to, so the minimalist approach to building sites like you have undertaken is just not going to work for me.
I’ll stick with WP, XSP and few other tools to help me build. I’ll still rewrite by hand as I haven’t used an article rewriter that produced anything better than crap. Submitting the feeds. I don’t know. WP already builds that in. And I would prefer to use my social networking tool to post my links into my accounts on Delicious, Furl, etc. Much better results.
But yea a system that I can plug into might be good.
burty // Aug 11, 2006 at 2:55 pm
And I would prefer to use my social networking tool to post my links into my accounts on Delicious, Furl, etc. Much better results.
What do you think my rss submitter does
Claude // Aug 24, 2006 at 6:39 pm
I’m with you Splork. I rewrite all the articles as well. It’s tedious but I can add additional low volume related keywords into the article and haven them doing double duty. I have some articles that show up on page 1 of G for several different keyword phrases. OK, we’re not talking about millions of searches for them but still, if I can get another 20-50 visitors just by adding a couple of extra words…why not?
It also adds to the general “theme” idea of the site. :o)
Claude // Aug 24, 2006 at 6:44 pm
I’m a member of AU and PLR-Pro. The difference is essentially organization and posting blogs. PLR-PRO is designed for not only adsense income but can easily be used to generate affiliate and personal product sales also. AU is much more focused on getting keyword based PAGES ranked and generating Adsense. The announcement blog farm (22 at the moment) all on individual IP addresses is what keeps me with them for the moment.
Splork // Aug 24, 2006 at 7:31 pm
I think they call that “The Long Tail” Claude. Picking out those long phrases that are searched but a few times. Not the large quantity phrases but more of the quality phrases, if that makes sense. But whatever they call it, it’s a good strategy.
PLRPro is supposed to be adding niche sites as well. The current article directory is the first of many.
I’m tired of rewriting though. Like you said it’s tedious. I’m spreading myself pretty thin lately and am getting tired of writing.
Thanks for reading.
greff // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:59 am
Splork,
Your article today earned you at least one new fan. It is terrific.
I’d really like to hear more truth about article writing. For instance, if you do the research the articles submitted to the directories simply are NOT getting picked up and put on good sites. They are mostly garbage spun sites and, yes, that is what they are.
Are the garbage sites making decent money?
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