The Word Wrangler

There’s an interesting discussion that’s taking place on more than a few writing blogs - most notably Men With Pens. It concerns PLR (Private Label Rights) content and what effect it has on the web and on writers.

I admit that until a few days ago, I was totally ignorant about PLR. So, for those who don’t know, here’s a rundown courtesy of Men With Pens.

PLR articles are articles that someone sells. These sellers basically hand over most rights to the work but keep the lucrative aspect – the resale potential. The original seller offers private label rights articles that can be changed, modified, sometimes resold, and he sells those articles multiple times over to many different people.

This type of business practice benefits the writer in that they can get paid over and over for the same articles. It benefits the buyer because they get cheap content that can be easily altered for their respective site.

The major complaint seems to be that since these articles can be purchased by virtually anyone, the web gets filled with redundant content. Another objection is that, because the articles can be altered - if only slightly - there’s no guarantee of accuracy or quality.

Folks, if you’ve never listened to The Word Wranlger before, listen now. Shoddy quality and inaccurate content is EXACTLY what you as a writer should be hoping for on the web. You should thank every writer who puts out nothing more than alphabetic diarrhea and sells it for a few bucks.

Why? Because diarrhea is easy to make.

It’s simple, people. There’s going to come a point in time when people are going to realize what’s going on and start to seek out well-written, well-researched content. That’s where we come in. In fact, I’d start adding those aspects as a unique selling proposition right now.

I could be wrong, but I think the Internet is headed for a shakeup. Once business owners who are buying this cheap crap realize that twenty other guys like him have the same stuff, he’s going to have to re-think what he’s offering his visitors or he won’t be in business very long. You as a writer will be able to charge higher fees because you’re guaranteeing ORIGINAL content with ACCURATE information. And that’s a guarantee that can be passed along to the readers.

There are always going to be people who are willing to do business on the cheap, and that’s fine. But quality is always in demand. And even more so in the face of mounting piles of crap.

The Word Wrangler has spoken.