Is there such a thing as 100% original content

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I am constantly reading about how you can get 100% original content but my question is if you have to do research for the article you write how can it then be 100% original as you will have to use the information found in your research.

Pretty much anything that anyone writes about has in some form already been written about so its not knew.

To me original would be something that I wrote about regarding a study that I myself did so that I could then say its 100%.

If the information already exist in a form how can it be original?. Am I wrong or am I just misinterpreting the meaning of 100% original.

Confused...
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  • Your thoughts and opinions on the information might be original.

    I know what you're saying and I think if you can find a way to build upon or improve what's already there, it becomes original.
  • With regards to internet marketing, most people use "100% original" when they mean it passes CopyScape and would appear to be unique to search engines.
  • One way to ensure 100% "unique" content is to simply go do your research and take notes. Don't copy the words when you take notes - write your own words of interpretation. After you complete your research, use your notes to write "unique" content.

    I bit the read apple and swallowed. (Original)

    This morning, when I got up, I picked up a nice red apple and ate it for breakfast. (Unique)
  • Unless you're in quantum physics or micro-biology there is no new information.
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    • That is my thinking and what is confusing me about the whole 100% thing.

    • It could indeed be argued that all information exists, but hasn't been enumerated by/through rational study/observation.

      Therefore, does it actually exist in a quantifiable form?

      Atoms existed for an infinite time span before they were actually "discovered" by humans through observation.

      Graduate school students must publish an original thesis. This means that all the sources that go into the work be credited, but the new thesis be an original work comprising of some research or study into the field that arrives at a new "angle".

      Does a bibliography denote lack of originality in the work?

      I don't think so.

      At an abstract level, my talent in life is that of a master integrator. I can put things together in such a way that has never been done before to solve a problem.

      I envy pure innovators - to me, those guys have the psychic umbilical cord attached to the mother ship.



      John.... I think the real answer that you seek is that information delivered by YOU is unique. There are lots of fitness people, but none with your unique personality and viewpoint on things. That is the differentiating factor in finding a market who likes how you deliver the information.
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    • Not necessarily, I write satire and I've been known to invent quite a few new bits of information.

      Trust me, all those musing are original content in that sense of the word.



      KJ
  • I guess depending on the topic I can see what is meant by original.

    If I am writing say an article such as what are the side effects of an herb I have a problem saying that my article is 100% original as the side effects are already well known and documented. After all how many ways can you write about the side effects. This is where I am having problems grasping the 100% original content.
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    • Yeah, I can see that argument.

      Your article is unique as you wrote it but your content is not.

      So 100% original content / 100% unique content is I guess a wee bit of a myth.

      It's the same in music and literature in general. Same beats, same words, same ideas just different arrangements.
    • The Bible says there is nothing new under the sun.... but there is only one person with your voice..... so as long as you get an idea, add your voice and spin it around, it becomes original

    • I believe with a "What Are the Side Effects of (insert specific herb name here)" title and you discovered new, undocumented side effects which only affect people with particular blood types, height, body weight, hair color, eye color, race, etc. etc. etc. after doing your own studies and experiments, then your article still won't be "100% original".

      Why?

      Your title most likely pushes you to write down even already discovered and documented side effects of the herb.

      If I don't have newly discovered, undocumented side effects of the herb based on my own studies or experiments and/or from studies and experiments done by others I paid to do it for me, then I could target a certain readership yet to be targeted by authors of such topics. I could then conduct studies and tests. This way, I'll write the article in a way yet to be done since I'm targeting a reader market yet to be targeted by any published article, though it'd be difficult to identify angles which will give me the results I need (in this case: I'm thinking of profits for my efforts).

      I could then target a reader market already targeted by other authors and target an age range, or people with other diseases or disabilities, or particular professions, or in certain countries, etc. etc. etc. yet to be targeted by other authors (since I think such authors would tend to target the general populace with such topics). I could conduct studies and experiments afterwards.

      ...but it'd be just the same: I won't have "100% original" content, just uniquely written articles with original and non-original content.

      Think I'd have "100% original" content if my title were something like "What Are Possible Side Effects of (insert herb name here) Affecting Alien Life in (insert planet name here with alien life)". lol I can most likely make it up, sound logical enough to pass as being factual and still have "100% original" content.
  • When you are dealing with stats, numbers and facts it is statistically impossible to be 100% unique in the literal sense of the word, you will always have some similarity and overlap.
  • The problem is, many IMers claim that using unique text stings means "unique content", when if fact the only thing unique is to combinations and orders of the words, but not the info itself.

    To get truly original content, you need to focus on your own research, results, opinions, etc.
  • I started writing about fitness and nutrition because I have a background in the two but lets face it just about anything and everything has been written about 99.99% of topics so I struggle with telling clients that my articles are 100% original. pretty much everything has been written about fat loss unless I go out and create a new way to lose it...
  • That is why it is always a good idea to spend the time and create the content by yourself as everyone's way and style of writing is different and therefore can pass for unique content as its written another way..
  • The thought process is going to be the only original here .

    Reading 25 articles , taking the main concepts and writing them with your own "original" spin will not make the information original.

    I write a lot about certain herbs and while they appear to be original, the native Cherokee's knew this before anyone with a pale complexion ever stepped foot on U.S. soil .

    I even tell original stories from my childhood pertaining to these herbs . While the storyline is original, the actual facts about the herb is rehashed any way I look at it .

    Just give your original take on what you are selling . Your personal experiences will help sell but when it comes down to it , the rehashed facts is what will make or break the sale .
  • When it comes down to it, we've all been influenced by thousands of people in our lives, some in great measure and some small. Given that, nothing can be purely original.

    But this is just word games. Original, in the context of content creation, simply means you originated the content, not that the content has never been produced anywhere else.
  • To make content original you have to express your ideas. All have original ideas.

    Still, every original idea is based on existing knowledge, we build on existing knowedge/research and add our point of views and experience in the subject.

    You can also gain originality by explaining an idea in a new way. Maybe to express the idea to a new group of people, or in a new setting. Still you should source the resources you build your arguments on.

    For internet marketing on ezinearticles etc we usually build on common knowledge and insight so there is very often no need to reference to other resources.
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    Is there such a thing as 100% original content

    I am constantly reading about how you can get 100% original content but my question is if you have to do research for the article you write how can it then be 100% original as you will have to use the information found in your research. Pretty much anything that anyone writes about has in some form already been written about so its not knew.