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Easy and cost effective way to proofread outsourced articles?

by mec64
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Hi all,

I recently came across Grammarly.com while reading a blog. I checked it out with some of the articles I outsourced for my websites. I'm just getting started down the adsense road and am hoping to create adsense sites on a regular basis and build quite a large portfolio (hopefully 200 or so websites, with 6-10 articles on each site). I'm a one man show as far as setting everything up, the only thing I am outsourcing right now is the article writing.

What are your thoughts on the cost of Grammarly.com ($20/month) and the return on investment with higher quality articles that are grammatically correct, as well as time saved using grammarly? Has anyone else used grammarly for this purpose? It also has a built-in plagiarism checker so I can take copyscape out of the loop all together.

I would also like to know what your thoughts are on the feasibility of my plan on building a large adsense portfolio. And possibly how long it takes to actually see a profit from an adsense site, assuming I have done all research correctly for my KWs and am targeting the low hanging fruit. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author thedrizzle
    Hey there. Grammarly and other similar sites are just that - sites, code created by somebody. They fail to pick up on subtle errors, and can completely miss the tone of the writing. I really believe a quality, human proofreader is the best way to go here.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheContentAuthority
    Mec64,

    What you are really balancing here is quantity vs quality. I think if Grammarly does an “ok” job and it allows you to reach your goal of creating 200 websites by using it AND that lets you reach your income goals, then use that. Realize though that you may not be creating the best quality content or user experience by building so many websites and using software (which has its inherent problems) for editing copy. By contrast, you may be able to create fewer sites by putting out really good content edited by someone on elance or a similar service that visitors will share more than lower quality content and reach your financial goals by doing less.

    Here are some reviews on grammarly,

    Grammarly doesn’t do all it claims to do - Grammarist

    Grammar software: Grammarly, revisited | The Economist

    Hope that helps you,

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  • Profile picture of the author mec64
    Thank you both for your responses! That does help quite a bit.

    I was going for quantity in the past. Now that I've changed my monetization methods I'm focusing more on quality with targeted traffic. Ultimately, I think Google is going in the right direction by cutting out sites that don't provide value, and from a moral and ethical point of view it rests easier on the conscious knowing I'm providing better quality and info for my visitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author nest28
    Forget making 200 websites, it would be better to make just one. As far as edit services go, I used content authority in the past. They charged me 2 dollars for every 250 words they had to edit.

    I to have a major problem with grammar lol, that's what odesk,iwriter and the rest of those article writing services are for. But seriously, plz avoid making that many sites, it won't end well not to mention it can get to be expensive.
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