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True...I am in agreement with your opinion. And legally speaking, if the article is copied word to word then certainly it could be proven and that is exactly what I am under the impression of in relation to the topic...if you're just getting inspired and using your own words...well in that case, we all do that...because we learn from somewhere...Originally Posted by George Joseph
no, not all of us steal other people's content
I meant we all learn from somewhere.
no argument there, but if you take somebody else's article and "learn" from it, and then repost it yourself...I meant we all learn from somewhere.
... that's way too dodgy, and i'm against it
Exactly. My way of going around it would be to read and learn from various sources and then put things in my own words with my own opinions added. If I ever have to quote someone directly then I would most definetely give the original author credit. Simply because that is the treatment I would like as well. And of course one doesnt always just learn from reading but through one's own experience as well. So when I write, it is a mixture of everything. I guess we could be on the same page there.
And if you did it without the written permission of the author or copyright owner, you would still be in violation of copyright.
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Interestingly enough, I didn't know that. Thank you for informing me Shyflower. Much appreicated. I'll make sure I keep that in mind if I ever have to do it.
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Bill
it is very difficult to write articles of good quality. Still, your articles must have themes concerned about your company ro products or other things concerned. I am trying to write one article everyday.
I love the Content section of this forum and learn a great deal from posters like Samanime and Shyflower. But I just had to post how much I love that analogy. Plagiarism is always very, very, very bad...but I would hate to see what would happen if you were caught stealing content from Samanime!!!
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most people are using special tools to make pseudo original articles, because in this way they can make a lot of articles without being called copy and save a lot of time and attract plenty of traffic. What do you think of this way ? Is it really workable and effective ? Is this a black hat practice ?
"Most people" are not doing this. But for those who are, it is still a very dubious practice. Using "special tools" does not make it OK.
Mike
To quote myself:
As Mikl said, "most people" aren't doing this, only lazy and shady people.
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Christian Snodgrass
Most people? Where do you get your information to make that assumption? What percentage can you quote and from what source?
If you are making a "pseudo original" article, your originality is a fake by definition. You'll find the "plenty of traffic" you attract will easily become disenchanted with the rubbish a "pseudo original article" spills out and go find a source that shows real expertise in their topic. Bottom line, if you want a high traffic level with a high bounce rate and a bad rep on the web, use "pseudo original articles". Just be careful that the genuine original authors don't find them or you could be in legal trouble as well without a leg to stand on or a penny in your pocket.
Black hat? I guess I would say that anything that tries to game the search engines and/or fool my visitors is black hat. That's pretty much what a "pseudo originality" does.
Linda Jenkinson
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In addition to everything that's been said here about copyright infringement and "black hat" methods, I would add this:
What do you hope to achieve with this sort of dubious practice? Why are you creating a website in the first place, if you rely on plagiarising other people's legitimate content? If you are not able to create your own original material, then you really need to find another way of achieving your goals.
Mike
Your choice of the word "inspire" made me think of the real meaning of inspiration. If you are "inspired" to spin an article from someone else's idea by simply changing a few words, your inspiration is leading you in the wrong direction. This kind of article spinning often corrupts the original author's idea and can even misrepresent it entirely. If the original piece was well-written, chances are yours just won't be.
Real inspiration comes from finding something that interests you enough to become well-grounded in the subject matter and form your own opinion. For instance, your post has inspired me to write these paragraphs.
Linda Jenkinson
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content writting is an ideal way, but what if you have little information about what you are gonna write, there must be a subject, you have to write things related with it. Just take my experience for example, it is very headache to find something to write related with our company or products, not only my knowledge is limited, but also the company is very outdated in informatin. What's worse, most informatin were not wrote in English, you have to translate it by yourself. i almost had enough about the translation. Any better way to deal with this situation ?
You can come up with someone decent in the time it'll take you to edit someone's work.
And best of all, it'd be original
You're right, writing good content isn't easy and especially if you are writing for a client, it probably shouldn't be. That's why good writers take the time to get to know their clients and their clients' businesses. And before you begin writing, be sure you have the mechanics down... spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Linda Jenkinson
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To further elaborate on what Shyflower, if you are so far removed from the content that you don't know where to start, perhaps you should look for someone else that is. Even if they aren't a content writer, you could use them as an information source and fact checker.
Our marketing department where I work often writes about things that they aren't very familiar with (like programming and web development). So, they come talk to us (the developers and web departments) and get information from us. They then write whatever it is they are writing, and send it back to us so we can provide a fact check and give them any suggestions. The results are great, and they didn't have to spin anyone else's content. =p
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Christian Snodgrass
It is not stealing if you have permission from the author. There are PLR articles available online that you can rewrite but writing your own content is still the best thing to do or hire someone to do it for you.
Spinning is still plagiarism. True, it's really hard to come up with something entirely original. You can write something identical to someone else's article without even having read his or her article because people can share the same ideas and observations. But if you take somebody else's work and just spin it, you're just stealing. Write something that you are an expert on, have a passion for or write from your own perspective based on experience. If you are writing on something technical, do research but avoid looking at your resource material while writing because you'll end up copying or paraphrasing what's there. Instead, take notes of pertinent points and write about what this means to you, the implications it has for the rest of the people, etc.
According to Google Panda that's not different because if you change that using Synonyms. then whats the effect of your contain? so for better create your contain different and unique.
This forum is not for discussion of Google and SEO tactics. It is for discussion of web content for people, not for bots. If you wish to discuss SEO, please do so in the appropriate forum.
Linda Jenkinson
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Article spinning will be a obstacle to rank your site. Also illegal too. Write article yourself or use somebody who can write article.
Most people don't have patience to read articles. You can easily write your content as short lists and phrases without need of a copyrighter.
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