Get articles written or rewritten ?

Personally I would only resort to rewriting if I was on a limited budget. Your articles are likely to be better if they are all fresh. Then again, if the writer doing the rewrites does a quality job, there should be nothing wrong with it.

There's nothing wrong with rewritten articles as long as it pass at copyscape and it is written with quality. I rewrite articles if i don't have much sources.

If you have or purchase quality PLR articles that you can supply the writer, many will be happy to rewrite them for you. Some, including myself, charge less for this because there is little, if any, research involved. Other writers will charge the same whether they are writing original content or rewriting an existing article. It can be a good way to save money if you work with writers who charge less for rewrites.

The issue tends to come when clients want to do one of two things:

1. Expect the writer to rewrite the content for a lower price as well as follow a lot of additional instructions (additional keywords, format, structure). This isn't a basic rewrite and should require a higher fee.

2. Expect the writer to go out and find articles to rewrite rather than being supplied with PLR. This is basically stealing other's content. Even if it is rewritten, a lot of writers find it unethical to rewrite something taken straight off an article directory or blog.

I don't think I would put rewrites on my website. I like having unique, quality content. I might put a rewrite of a PLR on an article directory but to be totally honest, for me it takes only a fraction of time longer to write a unique article. I don't save much by rewriting.

All the above arguments have some merit.

I take it on a case by case basis. If I have some really decent PLR content with lists and good descriptions and examples and so forth, I'd rather have that content rewritten - or rewrite it myself - than outsourcing for new content that might not be the same quality.

BTW, some people use words like "unique" and "fresh" but these things aren't always evident from web content. You may know a piece of content is fresh and unique (according to Copyscape or a piece of software), but the browser looking for information is just looking for good content. If existing PLR provides that, I'll just polish, edit, rewrite and maybe add some points.

I use a mixture of rewritten and original content on my websites. When it comes to PLR, I almost never post it "as-is" - I at least rewrite it in my "voice" as I feel that's very important.

Rewriting can save you a HUGE amount of money when you're starting out, but remember to go about it the right way. Technically, picking any random article off the internet and getting it rewritten, even in 100% different words, is still plagiarism. You want to make sure you have the rights to rewrite it before you do (e.g. you bought an original article and are using it many times, or you bought PLR rights).

As long as the content is good quality, and as long as you can still include your "voice" as I mentioned earlier, then rewritten content can still work very well. I know as I have used it a lot, but only good quality stuff. I used to post up, shall we say, less high quality articles and I really don't think it got me anywhere!

~Ruth

Don't rewrite the article.

Read the article for comprehension, and rewrite the idea in your own words.

Articles fall under copyright protection.

Ideas are timeless and carry no such protections.

Definitely a fresh written article. Just be careful when you outsource it, you might get a rewritten article that pass (sometimes doesn't pass) copyscape

Preferably fresh written articles, although re-writing an article is also acceptable but most people would prefer originally written articles. You can do re-write as what fellow warrior here has stated, if you are short with your funds.
Re-writing an article that will pass Copyspace is totally a requirement when submitting an already written article. When you try to re-write on it, you have to make sure that there will be no content that would be duplicated in your re-written article.
Just read and get the thought of the article and try to do some re-write with it but with your own thoughts and concepts to it. Never try to write the same and thus, trying to change or alter a few words from it.
We have to respect the works of other people in this.

rewriting is actually harder for the writers. and thus writers charge more for rewriting.

I have never understood "rewriting" all other points aside it will take me as long to "rewrite" and article as write one of my very own that is unique and not have to worry about any problems.

Chris

I think rewrites are fine if you do it right. When I rewrite an article it always comes out completely different. I use the original article simply as a guide for ideas because it cuts down on research time.

i will often go in a completely different direction and then I guess it technically is not a rewrite. After i add in the keyword I am going after and some LSI words i have a completly different article that will add value to the web.

I agree with the comments here that are saying it's so affordable to get articles written these days and have 100% original content. If you are on a limited budget check out fiverr.com

I just posted my resource for article writing on another thread this morning... so I'll report my article writer's info here:

I use Racquel Newman Here is her odesk profile: https://www.odesk.com/users/~~b31e10...fa?_redirected
(great 5 star rating and feedback)

And she's now on fiverr doing work for $5:
http://fiverr.com/princesszelda

Hope this helps!

if you're using the articles to just drive links then rewriting is a cheap and good option. But if you use your articles for multiple purpose which you should be doing like follow up emails, product pages, giveaway reports, website content, etc then it is better to have fresh unique content flowing.

I have a hard time coming up with fresh new content. PLR gives me ideas so that I can write my own twist on it. I do not use their words, but I certainly use it as a beginning point for some good articles

The main problem, which has been stated already, is that re-written/spun content ALWAYS ALWAYS decreases the quality and readability of the article. 100% unique + Readability + backlinks = $$$ = )

for me it just depends on what i need the article for. if it is for an article directory i will rewrite it, but for my own websites, they have to be 100% fresh.

If i am stuck and unsure what to write, i will read a couple of articles and then use the ideas, with my perspective and my own twist to it.

Okay, I want to put original content on my websites but I will need to outsource it. Here's the problem. How can I tell that what I get is really original content and not the product of spinning? Of course I will run it through copyscape but spun articles can pass copyscape as I understand it. I'm not clear on how Google can tell that content that will pass copyscape isn't original but I've heard they can. So I could pay for original content, have it pass copyscape and still end up with a spun article that Google can detect. Is there a solution to this?

A good qulaity re-write is just a good as a new article. Think about it, how many articles have genuinely new information that has never neen written about before? hmmm.

A bad re-write will sound false, wont flow and does no-one credit. A good rewrite happens when the author reads other articles to gain the knowledge first and then types away rather than rewriting paragraph by paragraph

the idea is to take out sections of different article and have them rewritten.

It can be much easier to write from the starting point of an existing article, sometimes staring at a bright white page with only a blinking cursor on it is enough to kill any creative streak! lol!

A good rewrite though will add all sorts of your own personality to the article and once you start there is a very large chance that it will twist into an article of it's own anyway in my experience.

If you are talking about outsourcing then this changes slightly but I still believe a good rewrite can be as good as a new article, as mentioned before, how much REALLY totally new content is out there anyway?

I don't think you should rely totally on rewrites by any means, that just won't cut it, but there is nothing wrong with using them for extra content when you need to.

My answer to this question is simple. Unique content is always better and if you rewrite an article to pass copyscape 100%, then it was really just used for research.

Benjamin Ehinger