Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Can Free PLR Actually be 'Free'?

By James T Maxwell

The simple and short answer is "Yes!" there is such a thing as free PLR. Most people have trouble believing or understanding why; after all anything that's worth anything shouldn't be free. Keep reading to learn why PLR articles can be free, the benefits and drawbacks of free PLR and how you can use free PLR articles efficiently.

Why are PLR Articles Given For Free?

In the world of internet marketing, freebies are often given out as incentives or perks for people to get to know more about the product and its seller. Think of it like a product sampler.

Others use free PLR as an incentive to get people to sign up for email lists. Then some others just give it away to get free traffic.

Although the PLR articles are "free," this in no way means they are not of value to you or the seller. The free PLR attracts more traffic, thereby allowing some items to be given away.

The Good and Bad Points of Free PLR

The benefit of using free PLR is obviously that it's free. You get content that you don't have to pay for.

The drawback is that most likely, hundreds of other people have access to the same content as you. That means that in Google, you'll probably get penalized for duplicate content unless you use the techniques outlined in the next section.

How to Put Your PLR to Use

There are several ways to use free PLR. First of all, you can completely avoid duplicate content issues by not posting the free PLR anywhere public in the first place. For example, you can use it for content that's sent out to your email list.

Giving PLR information away in the form of a PDF report is fine, or using it in a bigger e-book if you like. Reading it aloud to create and audio PLR file is okay as well. By staying away from using free PLR articles for everyday websites, you can avoid many issues concerning duplicate content.

Let's say you want to use the content from your free PLR content on your own web page. You can do this as long as your articles are unique, so the best thing to do is to have them rewritten.

An important point to mention when rewriting articles is to do this paragraph by paragraph. This results in a complete revamping of the article, making it unique. If it's at all possible, have less than four words in the same sequence similar to the original. This makes rewriting even better. Also making sure titles and/or headers are different from the original PLR. Following these guidelines will protect you from any duplicate content issues or penalties.

Finally, you might actually be able to find a few free PLR gems that haven't been used much. Often times you'll find these at smaller websites rather than larger PLR sites.

Boost Your Business Using Free PLR

As you can tell, there are many benefits and a few drawbacks to using free PLR. If you use it correctly, free PLR can really help out your business and save you a whole lot of time. Content creation is a very time consuming activity that most business owners would prefer to avoid completely. Using free PLR, you can.

Knowing why PLR is often given away for free: the good and bad points of free PLR and especially how to use it to make more money and wasting less time.

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