Using Free Articles

[Brandon]

Do you use free articles on your site? I don't know how good they are.. since google may recognize it as duplicate content from other sites. But do you find them helpful? And where do you get them?

[dojo]

I hate them and the sites that use them :D

I am not using such stuff since I do believe in unique content. If you're starting a project, make sure you know something about the stuff. In that case writing 10 articles on your own won't be that hard .. but still many just copy articles and think they are OK with this ...

I wouldn't advise anyone. I am not even a native english speaker, but I do try to make my own content. Not the greatest in the world, but honest and as good as I could do

[Brandon]

Yea I agree. Just get tired of typing some days, and dont have time. Takes time to build up a good amount of unique content.

[dojo]

I know ... Then I just don't write anything and focus on the forums or on the other 8 sites I own. I know I can't always be inspired, but I would rather have less articles than just reprint some that are already all over the internet.

[MicroGeak]

I've used a few on my site. It makes it look like I have more content

[important]

If you're writing content for your forum, then it's pretty much a waste. Unless you have an article site, I would recommend against writing on your own. I mean, people who visit public forums think that the property is probably copied/pasted from elsewhere and they do the same. They'll copy it off your forum and post it on another forum.

Posting articles on your forum is good for the members as long as the content is relevant. But as per SEO perspective, it helps a little (not worth the hard work unless you've done all the hard work in 1-2 days writing an auto content grabber..)