Thursday, May 7, 2009

Is There Really Such a Thing as Free PLR?

By James T Maxwell

If you are looking for the short answer, it's YES! Free PLR is a reality. Many people find it hard to believe or understand how this is possible. If it's free, is it worthwhile information? Our goal is to show you the ins and outs of using free PLR.

How Can PLR Articles be Free?

Free things are often given out in the marketing world as an incentive for people to buy more. Consider it a "product sample" so to speak.

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.

Even though the PLR articles are "free," that doesn't mean the website owner doesn't get value by giving it away. They get a lot of traffic, which is why PLR can be given away for free.

The Good and Bad Points of Free PLR

The obvious benefit of using free PLR is just that - it's free. You are receiving content you can use without having to pay for it.

On the other side of the coin however, is by using free PLR articles you are using the same information that hundreds of others have used as well. This could potentially cause a problem with Google. They may penalize you for using duplicate content. There is a way around this problem, so this will be covered 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.

It's also possible you may find some real PLR prizes which haven't been in circulation that much. This is often possible with the smaller PLR sites, as their information is fresh and new in comparison to what you may find on the larger PLR sites.

Boost Your Business Using Free PLR

You are now aware of the benefits and drawbacks of using free PLR. When put to use in the proper way, free PLR can save your business time and money. Many business owners try to avoid this time consuming activity. By 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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