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Business

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Posted by Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

Creating Blog / Web Content for Websites

Hi,

This is one part of the process which I hate, writing up reviews and content for websites, it just really bores me. Could anyone recommend alternative ways or resources for creating blog / web content? Ideally I want it to be SEO friendly.

6 Answers

Robert Newman
Robert Newman
29,571 Points
Robert Newman
Robert Newman
29,571 Points

Fiverr.

There are 'some' really good writers on there. You might have to order a test gig from a few people before you find the writer that suits your needs. Stay away from spun articles to.

Writing is not my strong point either and i found a great writer and he does all my work for me. And the quality is excellent.

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

Hi Rob thanks,

Yeah it's so painstakingly boring lol. Am going to take a look now, who's the person who you use ?

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

Also if I perform a test with a writer, apart from pasting the entire article into Google search, are there any tools your aware of which can check the content is original and hasn't just been copied from a different website, this is my biggest concern.

Robert Newman
Robert Newman
29,571 Points
Robert Newman
Robert Newman
29,571 Points

There are quite a few tools that can help you detect if it is original content.

http://www.copyscape.com/ http://www.grammarly.com/ http://www.copycheck.cc/

There are more but i cannot think of them off the top of my head.

I will send my guy an email as he hasn't been on skype in a while and see if he is ready to take on more work. He is located over in the Philippines and unfortunately he and his family got hit hard in the typhoon.

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

Ahh that's unfortunate, no problems if he cant I've had a look at a few on Fiver and there seems to be a few good ones on there and cheers for the links, I'll check them out.

Thanks for your help bud, if you hear anything from him be sure to give us a shout :)

Lynn Swayze Wilson
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Lynn Swayze Wilson
Courses Plus Student 455 Points
Lynn Swayze Wilson
Lynn Swayze Wilson
Courses Plus Student 455 Points

I don't expect you to work for $5, so I don't either. I ask between $10 and $30 for 500-1000 words and work via Constant Content and a few other sites. (Not Fiverr). This is LOW for most full-time freelance writers who are actually experienced and worth their snuff. Your best bet is to find someone whose work you like and whom you can depend on to write dynamic, original content and pay them a little more than peanuts.

I completely agree with the Copyscape. Your SEO will suffer with copied content, not to mention that you could be sued or lose your content if the original creator ever found out.

Good luck!! :)