Free Web Content

You are starting a new website, have designed and developed the layout and now waiting to add in new content. You need fresh content, good quality content. Now comes the question: where can I get quality content fast

The most basic way to get content is by writing them yourself. This takes time and skills, to write effective articles and you might want to learn copywriting. This is time consuming and the end result might not be good. What next? Well, you can always use other people's content

Articles Directory
Start by searching for 'articles directory' in Google and find a website with articles catering to your niche.
Use whichever article/s listed there for free on your own website.
You must not remove the Article Resource section though. This part states the original website and author of this article,
which is 1 drawback to this method as you are losing traffic to this author website.

Public Domain
Another method is to search for public domain works. Public domain
means work that has no copyright (expired or the authors release it into the public domain). That means you can use
them freely for your website, with no need to state the source of origin.

Such free content is harder to find though. One good place to get public domain works is

RSS Feed
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is basically a snippet of content from the host website that can be feeded to your own website. What does that mean? Any RSS Feed you place on your site will have content from another website appearing
in your own for free! Again, this links back to the host website. However, RSS Feed have fresh content and is
automated (for you at least), so you just have to place a piece of code provided by the host and viola!
Fresh and free content. Be sure to check that the content is not feed to you through JavaScript
(remember #6 of Top 10 Mistakes People Make?).

Contact the Author
Contact the author and inform him that he writes good articles and you want to place them on your own site.
Remember to offer something in exchange, like another article of yours or a free link to his website.

Product Information
If you already have an affiliate or are selling products for someone else, you can use the product information for these products provided by the manufacturers or affiliates. This is usually allowed since you are earning money for them too, but do clarify with them to save yourself on future trouble.

Copyright Issues
You should never copy content from other people without their permission if you are not following any of the
above methods I told you of. Not even if you state the source! This applies to textual and graphical content.
Even if the website does not have a copyright statement does not mean their work is not copyrighted.
They are not required to do so anymore as any work released is copyrighted automatically.

Drawback to using Unoriginal Content
If you want to rank your website high on Search Engine results page (SERP), you should use original content. Either write it yourself or pay someone to do it. Duplicated content can get your website into the supplemental index, which is not a good thing.

Alvin Ng is a webmaster experienced in Internet marketing, making money online and monetizing websites. He shares his techniques to work from home at his website: Make Money Online.

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