What would you do with 3000 Articles

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Hey Warriors,

I've got my hands on 3000 articles in all imaginable niches dated back to 2010, they probably been used thousands of times ever since. What is your suggestions?

Thanks!

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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    They may have about the same value as various other things that people have "got their hands on" and post here asking how to use them. You could perhaps print them out and use them to paper the walls of the smallest room in your house?

    It would doubtless make for both entertaining reading and unusual decor?
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    • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      They may have about the same value as various other things that people have "got their hands on" and post here asking how to use them. You could perhaps print them out and use them to paper the walls of the smallest room in your house?

      It would doubtless make for both entertaining reading and unusual decor?
      A great words spoken by Barney the purple dragon: IF YOU CANT SAY ANYTHING NICE, SAY NOTHING AT ALL
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      • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
        Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

        A great words spoken by Barney the purple dragon: IF YOU CANT SAY ANYTHING NICE, SAY NOTING AT ALL
        ???? Maybe so, but Alexa and MissTerraK are absolutely correct in their assessment of the value of the articles. The fact is, there is nothing nice to be said. You asked for suggestions and that's exactly what you got.

        By the way, from your response to Miss TerraK, I would suggest you practice what you preach.
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        • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
          Originally Posted by AnniePot View Post

          ???? Maybe so, but Alexa and MissTerraK are absolutely correct in their assessment of the value of the articles. The fact is, there is nothing nice to be said. You asked for suggestions and that's exactly what you got.
          Than say NOTHING, skip the thread, I dont appreciate your sarcasm. Find another way to get POST COUNTS
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          • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
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            • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
              Originally Posted by AnniePot View Post

              fo·rum
              ˈfôrəm/
              noun
              noun: forum; plural noun: forums; plural noun: fora
              1.
              a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
              I dont appreciate your sarcasm. Find another way to get POST COUNTS
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              • Profile picture of the author DTGeorge
                Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

                I dont appreciate your sarcasm. Find another way to get POST COUNTS
                I don't appreciate you spamming the page. Find another way to get POST COUNTS.

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                • Profile picture of the author arojilla
                  Originally Posted by DTGeorge View Post

                  *Grabs popcorn, waits for show to restart*
                  Later, when it doesn't restart:

                  Originally Posted by DTGeorge View Post

                  I don't appreciate you spamming the page. Find another way to get POST COUNTS.
                  :confused:

                  Adding fuel to the fire for some reason we don't know?
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          • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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            Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

            Than say NOTHING, skip the thread, I dont appreciate your sarcasm. Find another way to get POST COUNTS
            Doesn't really matter what you appreciate on an open forum. You open a thread and that's it. You cannot control the conversation. Everyone is free to respond as they wish.
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          • Profile picture of the author salegurus
            Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

            Than say NOTHING, skip the thread, I dont appreciate your sarcasm. Find another way to get POST COUNTS
            Hey, don't feel bad.
            The Main forum is littered with stupid questions...
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      • Profile picture of the author Vector Graphics
        Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

        A great words spoken by Barney the purple dragon: IF YOU CANT SAY ANYTHING NICE, SAY NOTHING AT ALL
        Any what would you like them to say? A lie? PLR articles are great but you will get much more value buying smaller packages on this forum than buying those massive thousand + article packs that are full of pure gargabe. Paying someone to write ONE unique article (or write one yourself) will get you farther than posting all 3000 of the articles you got on your website.
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        • Profile picture of the author MarketMaster13
          If you are good at re-writing, do it and most probably find some meaningful use or sell them.
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          • Profile picture of the author MarcelCobs
            I would also recommend to re-write them to make unique articles out of them. However, first I would sort them into separate niches. Then look what niche would contain enough articles or would cover and match with the topics of existing blogs or websites you have. The question is, how much work are you able or willing to dedicate to the project?

            First, think about what niches the articles do cover and you want to do with the articles? Resell? Put them into existing or new blogs or websites? Affiliate websites? Pure Adsense websites etc.....?!

            Focussing on the most important niches based on your own selection might be the key. A good idea could also be to hire freelancers to speed things up to help you with rewriting - or do it all for you. However if you never find the time to publish them later on, it would be useless. Rewriting the articles simply for reselling the articles in my view would only make sense, if you can leverage enough traffic and prospects to those who want to buy them. Otherwise, waste of time.
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  • Most of those packages are resold over and over again as PLR for $5 on fiverr, and on plr websites etc. Most people that buy them don't use them, but simply resell them. Depending on the level of quality, you might be able to re write some of them, but in most cases, you are better off starting from scratch. Why not pick one of them at random, paste it here, and let's have a look at the quality.
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    • Profile picture of the author celente
      Originally Posted by stoltingmediagroup View Post

      Most of those packages are resold over and over again as PLR for $5 on fiverr, and on plr websites etc. Most people that buy them don't use them, but simply resell them. Depending on the level of quality, you might be able to re write some of them, but in most cases, you are better off starting from scratch. Why not pick one of them at random, paste it here, and let's have a look at the quality.
      I have done weeks or testing with articles, and I agree.

      3000 articles is a shipload.

      I would guarentee that probably 5 of them are worth posting. And before the OP gets angry at those comments, they need to realise what google and its alorithm is now after. Articles of high quality, original, and about 800 - 1000 words.

      Give google what they want, not what you think you need. Its simple.

      I guarentee you will probably even have a hard time finding 5 articles that are worth posting. The quality would be SHITE at best.

      Plus here is something to bend your head around, ONE high quality article will have a better effect than all of your 3000, I can guarentee that for sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
    Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    I've got my hands on 3000 articles in all imaginable niches dated back to 2010, they probably been used thousands of times ever since. What is your suggestions?

    Thanks!

    I'm not sure where you're located, but here, it got down to the low 40's last night and since I'm feeling a tad bit chilly, the best thing I can come up with would be to print them out and use them with kindling to ignite a little cozy fire in the fireplace.

    Terra
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    • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

      I'm not sure where you're located, but here, it got down to the low 40's last night and since I'm feeling a tad bit chilly, the best thing I can come up with would be to print them out and use them with kindling to ignite a little cozy fire in the fireplace.

      Terra
      Very ORIGINAL, no wonder you "GHOSTWRITING"
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  • Alexa.... Terra....
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by stoltingmediagroup View Post

      Alexa.... Terra....
      What? I'm freezing over here, lol!

      And being energy conscious, I'm thinking a fire doesn't use natural gas like the furnace, and it's prettier too.

      Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

      Very ORIGINAL, no wonder you "GHOSTWRITING"
      Thank you, Rachel!

      Honestly, if these articles have been used dozens and dozens of times over, it would be in your best interests not to use them. Potential clients more than likely would click away from your site if you used them there.

      Readers are kind of finicky that way, they want new and improved information.

      Terra
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      • Profile picture of the author Devid Farah
        Hi rachel,

        you see, some people say plr articles are a waste of time others say can be a goldmine.

        It is a goldmine if you use em intelligently.

        Here's the thing... i dont know about those articles, so i cant say if they are a well written piece of text or just crap.

        But even if they are well written, don't use em "as is".. am pretty sure there are other people using those same articles around, especially if they are from 2010.

        Here's what id do.

        Are you a writer? Can you write pretty fast?

        If so, you can rewrite em and "update" the content. (People wants fresh information, not outdated crap).

        Then possibilities are many;

        -turn em into a video
        -create viral ebooks/reports,
        -audio files
        -free mini courses
        -pdf books to give away as a bonus
        -submit the new articles to article directories(it always helps to build authority/credibility)
        -teleseminar series
        -sell the new/original articles on Fiverr or Tradebit
        -offer the new/original articles for free to build your list.

        But.. i would focus on creating my own content, especially if you create a niche blog.

        Anyways, the rewriting process is something you definitely have to consider cause you dont wanna bore your readers over and over again with the same content/crap. Dont use article spinners. They are crap.

        Be unique and original.
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        • Profile picture of the author dkt1856
          Originally Posted by Devid Farah View Post

          Hi rachel,

          you see, some people say plr articles are a waste of time others say can be a goldmine.

          It is a goldmine if you use em intelligently.

          Here's the thing... i dont know about those articles, so i cant say if they are a well written piece of text or just crap.

          But even if they are well written, don't use em "as is".. am pretty sure there are other people using those same articles around, especially if they are from 2010.

          Here's what id do.

          Are you a writer? Can you write pretty fast?

          If so, you can rewrite em and "update" the content. (People wants fresh information, not outdated crap).

          Then possibilities are many;

          -turn em into a video
          -create viral ebooks/reports,
          -audio files
          -free mini courses
          -pdf books to give away as a bonus
          -submit the new articles to article directories(it always helps to build authority/credibility)
          -teleseminar series
          -sell the new/original articles on Fiverr or Tradebit
          -offer the new/original articles for free to build your list.

          But.. i would focus on creating my own content, especially if you create a niche blog.

          Anyways, the rewriting process is something you definitely have to consider cause you dont wanna bore your readers over and over again with the same content/crap. Dont use article spinners. They are crap.

          Be unique and original.
          Great advice! Re-purpose and make them your own. They must have some value to them. Get ideas from them (you can get ideas from just about anything) Well said Devid!
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  • Profile picture of the author ddev
    2 Ideas:
    1) As someone said, sell them on Fiverr.
    2) Turn them into videos (just in case, my product - signature - doesn't turn articles into vids).
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    • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
      Originally Posted by ddev View Post

      2 Ideas:
      1) As someone said, sell them on Fiverr.
      2) Turn them into videos (just in case, my product - signature - doesn't turn articles into vids).
      Thanks, I was thinking to open few channels on Youtube in hot niches and make as videos. Some articles very good.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        There's nothing nice to be said, Rachel. They have no value.

        I was simply trying to say so in a light-hearted and clearly jokey way that wouldn't sound too impolite. Obviously I misjudged your mood and failed to do that completely. My apologies.
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        • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          There's nothing nice to be said, Rachel. They have no value.

          I was simply trying to say so in a light-hearted and clearly jokey way that wouldn't sound too impolite. Obviously I misjudged your mood and failed completely. My apologies.

          Than say NOTHING, skip the thread, I dont appreciate your sarcasm. Find another way to get POST COUNTS
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      • Profile picture of the author arojilla
        Translate them. They may have a use in other languages/markets. Even automatic translations could do, not the first time I've seen this. Hey, I have even thought about translating popular WSOs and promote them in my country (of course with permission and sharing any possible revenue). There I gave someone a business idea...
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  • Ok, this is not going to end well. Let's back up a bit and let's all close our eyes....
    you are on a sandy beach, on a peaceful tropical island.... with the sun beaming down on your body.... feel the ocean breeze against your skin.... aaaaahhhhh..... now doesn't that feel good?

    Alexa and Terra are professionals in the area of writing articles etc, which is why when someone profits from polluting the web by re-distributing large packs of plr article packs of questionable quality, it can strike a negative chord, and claws may come out.

    In the case of Alexa and Terra, I can guarantee they are looking out for you. However, today appears to be a case of misunderstood humor.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    Got a match.
    No you can make a little use from them. Use them if they are plr and sell them better yet put up a squeeze page and give them away while building a list.

    Use them for research, probably trash research though.

    Okay back to you got a match.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by hustlinsmoke View Post

      Got a match.
      No you can make a little use from them. Use them if they are plr and sell them better yet put up a squeeze page and give them away while building a list.

      Use them for research, probably trash research though.

      Okay back to you got a match.
      Okay, two votes for burning them...We win!

      Terra
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  • Profile picture of the author zahanega
    I would say sell them to people looking for content. But you said yourself that they have been used a number of times and are not unique. I don't see any use of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    This is one of Plr accounts where I pull rabbits out of my hat. I stopped counting at 5000 articles but there are well over 5000 articles plr here for my taking 327 pages of ten each page with 10 to thousands per product.
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    • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
      Originally Posted by hustlinsmoke View Post

      This is one of Plr accounts where I pull rabbits out of my hat. I stopped counting at 5000 articles but there are well over 5000 articles plr here for my taking 327 pages of ten each page with 10 to thousands per product.
      I see its PLR, did you custom write them and give PLR or you bought them with MRR?
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    Most are plr mrr but I'm just showing how easy it is to find them. I would assume over 10,000 articles on this one plr site.
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    • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
      Originally Posted by hustlinsmoke View Post

      Most are plr mrr but I'm just showing how easy it is to find them. I would assume over 10,000 articles on this one plr site.
      How it apply to me?
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  • Why is everyone so tense today? You obviously have not watched this video.

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  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

    . . . they probably been used thousands of times ever since. What is your suggestions?
    Rachel,

    You have certainly recognized the challenge of trying to re-use articles that thousands of others have already posted in various ways to the Internet.

    This topic comes up often in the forum and mostly the reactions are the same. Experienced Warriors have a certain disdain for such articles simply because they choke article directories, compete for page views with unique content, and most importantly, they very rarely provide solid, helpful and useful information but instead waste the time of those both posting and reading the articles.

    I have seen packets and collections of articles selling on Fiverr that contain as many as 100,000 articles. Wouldn't it be great if only you could figure out a way to re-use and sell all that content that you bought for $5?

    The real issue becomes a matter of why would anyone desire to try to sell information that is commonplace, almost always very poor quality, in some cases scraped (stolen) from other web sites, and, sadly, of no real practical value?

    I hope you will understand that no one here has attacked you personally. They are simply giving their own opinions, which you asked for, about what they would do with these articles. Sometimes, being active in an open forum, requires that you thicken your skin a little - a lessen that I am always challenged to remember by certain posts I make.

    Wouldn't it be boring if every response to your question "what would you do with . . ." were answered in the same way . . . like . . . "nothing!"

    I hope you will continue to be active and helpful in the Warrior Forum.

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  • Profile picture of the author arojilla
    I like what you wrote Steve B, I'll just add that I don't get why some people must be nasty, they remember of this:


    The difference is that here no one is forced to reply. Is easy to ignore a post or a whole thread or just report it if we think it goes against the rules. I hope this ends well. There are already good advice and ideas in this thread.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    It means the plr you have are worthless. I can give you 50,000 aritcles right now and I will if you want them. I have plr mrr rights, if you want them let me know. I will knock myself out getting them to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    Steve B. How many times I have to tell you, it doesn't pay to be the nice guy. LOL.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Hustlinsmoke,

      You crack me up . . . really!

      For once I wish you'd tell us how you really feel.

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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    My Bi Polar does not allow for the same feelings within a set amount of time or I would. :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Fazal Mayar
    PLR articles are garbage. Just google the articles of these and 10 will popup on google because they have already been used. You are best rewriting some of these articles though.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Why would anyone advise someone with the tender sensibilities of our poor, put-upon OP to take 3000 admittedly shopworn PLR articles and turn them into 3000 or more crappy videos to spam YouTube with?

      What would I do with 3000 articles that have been around for three years and seen all over the net? Delete them, asafp.

      And OP, if you only want pats on the back or kisses on the bottom, say so. Otherwise grow a thicker skin and ignore the replies you don't like.

      When people come in here and ask questions and then complain about the answers they get, you know what they end up hearing after a while?

      cricket, cricket, cricket...
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    Rachel I think your feelings are hurt because you honestly thought you had a gold mine.
    I have been there, been 20 years but I remember the days I walked into something and thought, man this is going to make me some money then getting my bubble busted.

    It's not fun but we do learn from it.

    Honestly, any questions you have on how to make money pm me, I will give you legit ways if you just do step a to z to make money with. I probably won't make you rich, I'm not but I will give you a solid foundation on which to build on.

    I don't do trash. I don't trash my customers and I only do tried and true methods for my main money. I play with the other stuff but anything I give you will be something I actually make money with, weather it be 1 dollar a day with it or 50. Yes I still have sites that only make a buck a day. I keep them cause that is 30 to 31 a month and they just sit there and I have to do nothing but keep them hosted and pay the 11 buck fee a year to renew them.

    Anyways Rachel. Like I said I think I know why your mad so if you have questions or want a step by step plan let me know I will give you one.
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  • Profile picture of the author danlew
    If I were you, I would rather spin those articles and post them on various niche blogs that I own. After that, just check your articles' uniqueness via Copyscape or other similar tools out there.
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    • Profile picture of the author Devid Farah
      Originally Posted by danlew View Post

      If I were you, I would rather spin those articles and post them on various niche blogs that I own. After that, just check your articles' uniqueness via Copyscape or other similar tools out there.
      Seriously? Would you spin crap and submit it on various niche blogs?

      Most of them are total crap.

      I would rather invest my time on creating my own content for my niche blog rather than "spin" crap.

      Plus, you gotta be careful, most of them are stolen from article directories and second unless you rewrite em entirely and do the research to update the outdated content is not really worth it.

      Most of the PLR articles out there are sold over and over and over again. I see PLR articles from 2006 still sold today lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    What would you do with 3000 Articles
    Print them all out on cheap paper & use them for kindling.
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  • Profile picture of the author mervp
    The useful thing to say about these PLR materials are that they are lemons waiting to be turned into lemonade, or dead wood waiting to be converted into fine paper. Sort them by topic and niche, find some current attractive products they could be used (or recreated) to promote. Conduct some keyword research to find new good keywords, with low SEO competition relating to the niche and product.

    NOW you re-write or re-purpose the PLR, using those new keywords, taking advantage of the fact that the brunt of the original fact finding and conceptual organization was already done with the original text. Your re-working of the PLR is no longer fruitless busywork on ancient material, but current hot keyword driven, directionally focused higher use of PLR as a time-saving device for creating monetized sites and products.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by mervp View Post

      The useful thing to say about these PLR materials are that they are lemons waiting to be turned into lemonade, or dead wood waiting to be converted into fine paper. Sort them by topic and niche, find some current attractive products they could be used (or recreated) to promote. Conduct some keyword research to find new good keywords, with low SEO competition relating to the niche and product.
      The thing about these articles that are found all over the place for free is that they were crap to begin with. I acquired probably the same bunch of garbage a long time ago and intended to rewrite and use. As I opened them to begin rewriting, the writing and research (none) was so poor, that it would take me less time and effort to write an article completely from scratch than to make something actually useful from those.

      I put them in the trash bin where they belong.
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      • Profile picture of the author mervp
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        The thing about these articles that are found all over the place for free is that they were crap to begin with. I acquired probably the same bunch of garbage a long time ago and intended to rewrite and use. As I opened them to begin rewriting, the writing and research (none) was so poor, that it would take me less time and effort to write an article completely from scratch than to make something actually useful from those.

        I put them in the trash bin where they belong.
        I didn't deny much of PLR is crap, just pointed out the manure is useful for building a garden. And much of PLR is NOT crap, just way overused in its original form. So take the decent-level content (as part of the sorting process), modify the text or format, and it's not PLR anymore, just new unique content. No need to cast all of it wholesale as 'garbage' or unusable.

        The reason the issue of duplicate content is so large is many marketers here are over-reliant on SEO strategies for traffic, where providing original content is highly important. Marketers who are not dependent on ranking as their main method of getting visitors are not as much in need of worrying about modifying the PLR.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by mervp View Post

          I didn't deny much of PLR is crap, just pointed out the manure is useful for building a garden. And much of PLR is NOT crap, just way overused in its original form. So take the decent-level content (as part of the sorting process), modify the text or format, and it's not PLR anymore, just new unique content. No need to cast all of it wholesale as 'garbage' or unusable.

          The reason the issue of duplicate content is so large is many marketers here are over-reliant on SEO strategies for traffic, where providing original content is highly important. Marketers who are not dependent on ranking as their main method of getting visitors are not as much in need of worrying about modifying the PLR.
          I didn't say much of PLR is crap. I've bought at least $1K worth of excellent PLR. I'm very aware of the *huge* packages of free PLR that are available all over ...written by people who barely know English and do no research. The articles were crap from the day they were written and they are all over the place. They aren't even worth rewriting and I don't think the OP intends to rewrite 3,000 articles. I think she plans on wrapping a pretty red ribbon around them and attempting to pass them off as great articles to anyone who will buy them.
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          • Profile picture of the author Cali16
            Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

            I think she plans on wrapping a pretty red ribbon around them and attempting to pass them off as great articles to anyone who will buy them.
            No doubt. And if she does that, I wouldn't want her karma!

            Rachel, I know it's not what you want to hear, but as several others have said, you most likely have 3000 useless articles. And if you want to spend the several months it would take to rewrite them, good luck with that!

            As for repackaging them and turning them into "hot products"? Most likely a futile endeavor. I wouldn't recommend wasting your time on that.

            There are a lot of good lessons you can take from this thread (both in regards to IM, as well as forum behavior and etiquette.) Don't be too quick to discount them.
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    Hey Rachel,

    I think by now you know that your 3000 plr pack is absolutely worthless, as other guys/gals explained above. But, for a moment, let me imagine, if it is not a plr pack, this all are hand written and unique articles, then what? what it would be your way to use them all! Guys/Girls, any suggestion?
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  • Profile picture of the author frankl
    You can use them as inspirational material for new articles, but I wouldn't use them on live sites.
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    I would delete all of them because these type of articles are already posted on thousands of other sites and thus will get my blog penalized which I don't want
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  • Profile picture of the author agisconsulting
    If i get these 3000 articles, i will create for myself 10 streams of income (10 firesale systems):
    1. I will turn these articles into 10 packages of 300 hot products each;
    2. I will craft a high-response sales page for each package;
    3. I will contact and recruit lunch partners (affiliates);
    4. I will create a buzz-building marketing campaign for each package;
    5. I will enjoy my success.

    Originally Posted by rachel42us View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    I've got my hands on 3000 articles in all imaginable niches dated back to 2010, they probably been used thousands of times ever since. What is your suggestions?

    Thanks!

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    • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
      Originally Posted by agisconsulting View Post

      If i get these 3000 articles, i will create for myself 10 streams of income (10 firesale systems):
      1. I will turn these articles into 10 packages of 300 hot products each;
      2. I will craft a high-response sales page for each package;
      3. I will contact and recruit lunch partners (affiliates);
      4. I will create a buzz-building marketing campaign for each package;
      5. I will enjoy my success.

      How will you do that ?
      3. I will contact and recruit lunch partners (affiliates);
      4. I will create a buzz-building marketing campaign for each package;
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      • Profile picture of the author FredJones
        Rachel, the 5-step success plan above is a solid-looking plan. You could try it, if the intention was to remain positive.

        Personally, I would not really bother about those articles, as many others have said. However, you seem to believe that having more seed articles at hand can end up generating more products (not sure that they will sell as you dream, I hope they do).

        How about a booster plan, in case you believe that having more articles implies having more power at hand, irrespective of their quality? Here is a suggestion, and I am adding a Java code that I have hand written, executed and tested, if you feel generating more articles is going to help you create an launch more products.

        Please note that I am just giving away how to create more articles from existing ones, how you use them is up to you. I am sure you will be using them in a productive, helpful and useful manner.

        Step 1: Take pairs of articles of the same niche. In essence, group these 3000 articles into 1500 groups, each with 2 articles, from the same niche. In case the number of paragraphs are not the same, press your "ENTER" key in such a manner that these pairs end up having the same number of paragraphs.

        Step 2: Spin each paragraph, for each article, thoroughly. For example, take The Best Spinner or some good spinner, and then spin at a word, paragraph and sentence level. Just keep the spintax, do not generate an output just now, for each pair, in two distinct files.

        Step 3: Create a folder, in which you are going to store the output of my Java program below. This is going to become massive.

        Step 4: Now, run the java code below, with the two file names as input (the first two arguments) and the output folder as the third argument.

        Impact: If your articles have say 8 paragraphs each, then you will have (8 x 7 x 6 x 3) = 1008 new articles, with significant spin, and paragraphs shuffled, each in spintax.

        To generalize, if you understand the theory of permutation (mathematics), then you will easily figure out that for a pair of articles with n paragraphs each, you will generate (3 x (n-Permutation-3)) = 3n(n-1)(n-2) articles with this process. That too, all will be in spintax.

        Step 5: You can now take any of these generated articles back to your spinner (for example, The Best Spinner, or whatever you use), and generate a new article.

        Code:
        package articleSpinner;
        
        import java.io.BufferedReader;
        import java.io.BufferedWriter;
        import java.io.FileReader;
        import java.io.FileWriter;
        import java.util.Hashtable;
        
        public class SpinFromTwoArticles {
        
            public static Hashtable<Integer,String> readArticle(String inArticle) throws Exception {
                Hashtable<Integer,String> htArticle = new Hashtable<Integer,String>();
                int index = 0;
                BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(inArticle));
                String data=br.readLine();
                while (data!=null) {
                    data = data.trim();
                    if (data.equals("")) {
                        data = br.readLine();
                        continue;
                    }
                    htArticle.put((new Integer(index)),data);
                    index++;
                    data = br.readLine();
                }
                br.close();
                return htArticle;
            }
        
            public static void permute(Hashtable<Integer,String> htArticle1, Hashtable<Integer,String> htArticle2, String outArticleFolder) throws Exception {
                if (htArticle1.size()!=htArticle2.size()) {
                    System.out.println("Error: The two articles need to have equal number of paragraphs");
                    return;
                }
                int articleSize = htArticle1.size();
                for (int i=0; i<articleSize; i++) {
                    System.out.println("i: "+i);
                    for (int j=0; j<articleSize; j++) {
                        if (i==j)
                            continue;
                        System.out.println("j: "+j);
                        for (int k=0; k<articleSize; k++) {
                            if ((i==k) || (j==k))
                                continue;
                            //System.out.println("k: "+k);
                            String articleId = "Article-"+(new Integer(i)).toString()+"-"+(new Integer(j)).toString();
                            for (int l=0;l<8;l++) {
                                String outFileName = outArticleFolder+"-"+(new Integer(k)).toString()+"-"+(new Integer(l)).toString()+".txt";
                                BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(outFileName,true));
                                bw.write("----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
                                bw.newLine();
                                bw.write(articleId);
                                bw.newLine();
                                String data1="", data2="", data3="";
                                data1=((l%2==0)?htArticle1.get(new Integer(i)):htArticle2.get(new Integer(i)));
                                data2=((l==2||l==3||l==6||l==7)?htArticle1.get(new Integer(j)):htArticle2.get(new Integer(j)));
                                data3=((l<=3)?htArticle1.get(new Integer(k)):htArticle2.get(new Integer(k)));
                                bw.write(data1);
                                bw.newLine();
                                bw.newLine();
                                bw.write(data2);
                                bw.newLine();
                                bw.newLine();
                                bw.write(data3);
                                bw.newLine();
                                bw.close();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                return;
            }
        
            public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                if (args.length!=3) {
                    System.out.println("Usage: java "+SpinFromTwoArticles.class.getName()+" <inArticle1> <inArticle2> <outArticleFolder>");
                    return;
                }
                String inArticle1 = args[0];
                String inArticle2 = args[1];
                String outArticleFolder = args[2];
                Hashtable<Integer,String> htArticle1 = readArticle(inArticle1);
                Hashtable<Integer,String> htArticle2 = readArticle(inArticle2);
                permute(htArticle1, htArticle2, outArticleFolder);
                return;
            }
        }
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        • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
          [QUOTE=FredJones;8482380]Rachel, the 5-step success plan above is a solid-looking plan. You could try it, if the intention was to remain positive.

          Personally, I would not really bother about those articles, as many others have said. However, you seem to believe that having more seed articles at hand can end up generating more products (not sure that they will sell as you dream, I hope they do).

          How about a booster plan, in case you believe that having more articles implies having more power at hand, irrespective of their quality? Here is a suggestion, and I am adding a Java code that I have hand written, executed and tested, if you feel generating more articles is going to help you create an launch more products.

          ______________________________________________

          It sound interesting and innovative, thanks! But I'm not going to spin them, I'm thinking what to do with existing 3000
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  • Profile picture of the author palmtrees
    Um Rachel your articles from 2010 that have been used, reused and abused all over the darkest and dingiest corners of the internet are worth absolutely nothing. The truth hurts.
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  • Profile picture of the author rachel42us
    Thanx to everyone for your valuable advices! I've got a lot of ideas here.
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