Using free content to increase adsense revenue

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Go to google and type in “adsense revenue”See all those people who want to sell you a ready made adsense website. “Just upload it to your server, and watch the money roll in” they say.

Um…. OK

Let’s say for arguments sake, you did install one of these sites. Keep in mind, that there are probably over 100 other copies of the exact same site you have just installed under different domain names. Also, remember that the content on your site has been taken from free article sites on the net, so, at a guess - every piece of content you have on your site is duplicated around 1,000 times.

Now what differentiates your site from the other 1,000 times a particular page is published?

At a guess, I’d have to say “buggerall”!

Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but what you have done if you’ve bought an “Adsense Ready” site, is similar to the idea of setting up a pizza shop on a road with 100 other pizza shops as your neighbours.

So, does all this freely available content have a use? You bet:

1) Rewrite the articles. There’s a lot of great stuff out there on a million and one topics. Simply take the ideas from the free articles, and re-write them in your own words, maybe adding some of your own experience to spice it up a little.

2) Print out an article that appeals to you, grab a highlighter pen, an highlight the phrases that stand out to you. There’s an article in each passage you have just highlighted. You just have to look hard enough.

3) Search engines love regularly updated content. If they know that you update your site daily, they’ll spider it daily. If you find youself in the position where you can’t update your site on a particular day, use a free article from an article directory. It’s not ideal, but it’s better than nothing. (Just be sure to include the authors by-line and link!)

So yes, free articles do have a use, just use them judiciously, and they can be a great idea-factory, or filler for your adsense site.