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PLR Cutters And Pasters

by richpeasant
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I recently downloaded a free quality PLR document from the WSO's.

As I thought it would be, a google search showed it had been cut and pasted 100s of times word for word by others who had no doubt got it from here.

OK, some might have altered the odd word here and there. But surely these people individually can't be making much money when everyone else and their dog is doing the same.

Laziness cannot pay. I'm sure others will vouch for that.
#cutters #pasters #plr
  • Profile picture of the author Dave37
    Originally Posted by richpeasant View Post

    I recently downloaded a free quality PLR document from the WSO's.

    As I thought it would be, a google search showed it had been cut and pasted 100s of times word for word by others who had no doubt got it from here.

    OK, some might have altered the odd word here and there. But surely these people individually can't be making much money when everyone else and their dog is doing the same.

    Laziness cannot pay. I'm sure others will vouch for that.
    That's the thing with PLR articles, a lot of people might be posting the same article on their site. What I recently discovered is that this is not a case of "duplicate content" according to Google, its instead a case of "Syndicated content". Here is a good article about it:

    Is Syndicated Content Duplicate Content? | Search Engine Journal
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    • Profile picture of the author john01a
      Originally Posted by richpeasant View Post

      ...But surely these people individually can't be making much money when everyone else and their dog is doing the same...
      Even if they are using content that can be found elsewhere, there's probably a lot of other factors that determine whether they're making money or not.

      Originally Posted by Dave37 View Post

      ...What I recently discovered is that this is not a case of "duplicate content" according to Google, its instead a case of "Syndicated content".
      As Dave37 pointed out, unchanged PLR content on multiple sites, is similar to syndicated content.

      I'm sure there's loads of people who have managed to profit, despite using syndicated content.

      That said, I think the bigger problem with using PLR content unchanged on a blog or website, arises when that site/blog claims authorship.

      Normally, when syndicated content is used, there'd be some credit given to the originating source. That way, a reader knows that that site/blog didn't create that content.

      But, when some people use PLR content as is, they may claim authorship, which is problematic.
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  • Profile picture of the author KenJ
    Many people use PLR unchanged because it suits their business plan as a standalone add on to their business. For example it can be used as a bonus product to some thing else.

    If you were looking to sell the ebook as a standalone product then you should substantially change it and upgrade it. New text, new cover, new banners and new author name. I have done this many times. The end result is unrecognisable from the original.

    Good luck

    KenJ
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  • Profile picture of the author Joan Altz
    Ditto what KenJ said. Also, you can repurpose a lot of plr. Create audio or video slides from articles and so on.
    And if your traffic comes from other sources than Google primarily, it doesn't really matter if it's copy/pasted as-is.
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