Disapproved Because of Duplicate Content
April 9th, 2006 GlennP
Wow! Since I integrated the three level duplicate check algo in iSnare.com’s editor interface we have had more than 100 articles disapproved in an average of 2 days because of duplicate content…
Some authors are complaining because they say they are paying this much $$$ in a company offering ghostwriting services for 100% original content… What’s ironic is that the URL included in the disapproval message which contains the dupes points to one of their paid ghostwritten article from the same company…
Well, isn’t it clear? What was paid for 100% original content is not at all original… It may not be copied somewhere else but the contents in EACH article are not at all original…
I ask an apology to the authors affected by this issue for paid articles. We will never approve any article containing duplicate content, not in even in rare occasions.
There are well known and trustworthy companies out there that offers you pure 100% original content in EACH article and there are some that do not so choose wisely…
My clue is… ask the people at allwomencentral.com and thephantomwriters.com, see if they still offer ghostwriting services.
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1. tpw | April 10th, 2006 at 6:31 am
Glenn,
Every now and again, people come to my site and complain about
the high price of ghostwriting. Then they run off to Elance to
hire a writer for $5, $10 or $15 an article.
Sometimes they try to stand me down and push my prices down to
that of another ghost writer. I don’t play along. My ghostwriting
prices are as low as they are going to go.
I understand that a business person must try to keep their costs
down, but there is another side to this.
Writers are skilled professionals. Other skilled professionals
such as plumbers, electricians, etc. are paid a minimum of $55 an
HOUR for their time. They charge $55 just to knock on your front
door, then they charge $55 an hour after the first hour.
You pay it because you have to get the work done… Either that
or you have to do it yourself.
A well-written article can take anywhere from one hour to two
hours to write. Depending on the topic and the necessity for
research on the topic, a well-written article on some topics will
require 3-4 hours to research and write.
Good writers know their worth. I know of a professional
copywriter who writes only sales materials. He knows his worth
and he charges accordingly. Through him, a five-page sales letter
will cost a cool 10 grand. And, he is worth every penny he
charges for his services. His sales copy produces lots of sales.
With the constant pressure to push our prices down, some writers
have decided to take the work that has been offered to them.
After all, they have bills to pay and families to feed.
Now, they write articles for $5, $10 and $15 an article. But,
when they compromised their prices, they also made a compromise
with their integrity. They still believe that they should be paid
$100 or $150 for an article, so what they have done is to take
the jobs at a lower rate to get some income, then they turn
around and sell that same article to ten or twenty people.
Their justification is simple. “The person who bought this from
me screwed me, so I will screw him back.”
Once the first person has pushed the writer to compromise his or
her integrity, there is no going back. It is all about the money
now. They are going to make their money one way or another. And
the market has forced them to do it in a way that they may not
like to do.
It is a mindset. If you pay a writer what he or she thinks they
are worth, then they will not feel inclined to screw you over.
If you treat them right, they will treat you right.
All of us are skilled at something. Do you bring your best skill
to the table and then accept being paid peanuts for your skill?
Yeah. And you expect others to behave differently?
Instead of telling your writer what you are willing to pay, ask
your writer how much they need from you in order to GUARANTEE
that they will not sell your material to anyone else. Then pay
your writer what he or she asks from you.
To do otherwise is inviting trouble.
Isnare is not the only article directory putting the brakes on
duplicate content. Directory managers everywhere are putting the
brakes on this practice.
What is is coming to is if you do not pay the fee required to
Guarantee exclusive content, then you are flushing your dollar
bills down the toilet. People are going to know that you are using non-exclusive articles and they will penalize you for doing
so. You are trying to pass off that you wrote the material
youself, and everyone knows that you did not. If you wrote it
yourself, how come others are saying they wrote the same content
themselves. You couldn’t both have written it.
thePhantomWriters.com guarantees that they will not sell your
articles to anyone else. Allwomencentral.com does the same.
We still have our integrity, and we do not discount our prices to match other ghost writers. We know our worth, and you should too.
Bill Platt - Owner
thePhantomWriters.com
2. glenn | April 10th, 2006 at 6:40 am
Thanks Bill!
Well, there you go folks a little light about the reality of making a good choice versus going for less with less quality.
And by the way…
I just heard from the ladies at AllWomenCentral.com… they will not charge $5 or $15 per article (it’s too low for a good article) and they are not planning to go back to RentACoder/Elance days.
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