is it a good idea to rewrite articles?

Hi Zena,

What makes you think that "95 - 100% original" is going to be so much cheaper than "original"?

It's permissible (provided, obviously, that they're your articles to start with!). But it's hard to find the prospect appealing or attractive, to be honest.

Rewrites that are 100% original are not rewrites - they're simply writes, wouldn'tcha say? LOL

Zena,

It is a good idea to rewrite your articles only if you know what to do
with them, and they are good articles to begin with. There are many
uses for them, but you should begin from a position of knowledge.

Of course anything you rewrite should be your own material.

However, you will receive many opposing opinions on this and related
subjects for a variety of reasons.

I will also tell you this can be an extremely effective technique when
used properly. The results can withstand the various forms of algorithm
changes, and contrary to the rigid opinions of many in this forum - results
can even improve after algorithm changes. I know this for a fact.

What ever you ultimately decide should be based on an informed position.


Ken

Using an article as a reference for a new article is FINE!

How many articles that you write are based on some thing you read in another article on another blog post.

By taking an idea or concept and placing your own spin on it, That is what article marketers DO!

I can guarantee that 99% of articles are unique in words but Not unique in the message the convey to the reader.

How many SEO, Marketing, etc articles are there that say basically the same thing just in 10,000 ways. What makes it unique is the content came from you, Not the idea.

ODA

I agree with Allen, If an article has been re-written to a high standard then it can be classed as its own article.

Generally in a lot of topics the same thing will be spoken in many many original articles, the key is that yours has it's own spin on it and doesn't look like somebody elses work.

For example, if your article is about something really specific such as "how to ride a bike" many articles are going to go over the same steps and procedures involved with how to ride a bike. The key is putting your own stamp on the re-write and making it your own.

I agree that a rewritten article can be as good as a new one if you really put an effort into the rewrite.

Also keep in mind that there is a difference (at least to me) between article spinning and article rewriting. Article spinning only replaces some words in an article with their synonyms which sometimes makes the article unreadable.

Article rewriting actually goes in - rewords, restructures and repurposes. I agree that a rewritten article can actually turn out better than the original.

So make sure that whoever does your rewriting is actually rewriting and not spinning.

Hey, Zena.

I think writing NEW articles is the way to go, and using LOTS of sources. This makes your new article a lot better than most articles, plus you have the facts to back your article up.

It also makes your article a lot better because search engines are going to recognize a good, quality new article and give you more credit for it. Also, people who read your new article will think your article is a lot more interesting and up to date.

Who wants to read the same old thing, rehashed? That's my two cents.

rewrite article would be good if you're not such a good writer and can't come up with anything to write. There's also a lot of software that can help you rewrite faster.

But I'm always give my website 20% new content and 80% rewrite. Google love it and my site always rank high in google search even i'm not doing anything much

Any writer worth their salt wouldn't consider offering anything less than 100% original work; every time. Of course, that's assuming the writer and their client cares about quality.

A rewrite is about quantity.

An original is about quality.

You decide how you want to market yourself.

In more than a decade of professional writing for the web, I have turned down thousands of requests for rewrites by selling the client on originals instead. This is because I understand that one finely crafted article will perform and earn for years to come, whereas rewrites typically get lost in the unimaginable heaps of rubbish that saturate the web.

So in your case, you can order 4 articles that are and will always be sh@#...... or you can order 1 good article that will outperform the other 4 combined anyway.

I used to think that rewriting was the direction I was going to go with article marketing but I changed my mind.

Now I just write (outsource) one article and place it on my site and backlink it a lot. Then 30 days later I submit it to the top 5 article directories 100% the same. With an anchor text text pointing to the original article so google knows that the article is mine if someone tries to steal it I will outrank them and my duplicates. Then I also use the same article and mass submit it to over a 100 sites using a software for more backlinks.

My overall goal with article marketing is to get my own page to number one in google with the keywords I picked for that article (main keyword plus 4 lsi keywords) and not spun versions of my article.

To me I would rather let google know that I created an article and to rank my website high then let people find my spun articles that 95% of the time is not even going to give me traffic.

A 100% rewrite that is not a simple rehash of the source article is original enough for any use. I don't see a problem there.

Funny thing is... has anyone thought of this:

Rewrite is just taking an article and putting it in a different light with the same words. How many 'unique' articles do you think you can get?

Almost no idea or sentence in existence is unique. o.o Sad But True.

What are you going to do with the rewritten articles?

how can i get sued??

its my original article written by me or articles i have purchased from my writers.






thank you all for your help
zena

Obviously original content is best. But if you're getting a good rewrite at a discount, I would jump on it if Article Marketing is in your overall marketing plan. I wouldn't rely on it...but it's a good add to good campaign.

To Your Success,

I think rewrites should be at least half original, if you know what I mean.
A writer, even if he's writing about a general topic, must receive the permission to get creative.
You can't really take 90% of the content someone wrote and just spin it. That is not writing, that is just another method of copy/paste.

Honestly, I see rewrites this way: just like a news, you see the same video as journalist X and write your thoughts and what you find most appealing behind the video.

Cheers,
Roxanne