Rabu, 28 November 2007

Ways To Find Free Content For Your Website

by Samantha J Jane

Therefore, aside from being informative, your website's content must also be regularly updated. Does this mean that you will need to write content all the time? It won't be a problem for people who have good writing skills but for others, they may be facing additional expenses in order to hire writers who can provide the needed content. The solution would be to find a source for free content.
Fortunately, the need for free content has already been identified. There are now websites and companies that meet this particular niche. They provide free and updated information and they cater to webmasters who need this service. The trick is to find these sources of free content. Here are proven effective strategies in finding these sources.
You must establish a plan for searching information. A good start must be geared towards accomplishing the goals of the website. This means that without goals, the search for information becomes aimless. The website may end up with irrelevant information or useless content. After establishing the goals the next step is to determine the search engines and directories that will be used. It is better to use many search engines or directories to have a better search scope.
The next strategy is to identify the perspective of the writers who make the content. Where do you think will they post their work? What kinds of sites will they want to have their write ups posted? What keywords would these writers typically utilize? And which portals and directories would such writers want to their work to be included? By having answers to these questions, you will be able to determine which leads to follow in order to find informative content.
You can check the following free content providers, always remember that you have to know what you are looking for in order to save time by narrowing down your search parameters. Here are some possible sites.
http://www.web-source.net/free_content.htm
http://www.freshcontent.net
http://www.ideamarketers.com
http://www.articlealley.com
It's very important to use the whole article including the Bio or link section for the proper acknowledgement of the author. Failing to do so is a form of disrespect and may result in copyright issues. Another strategy is to outsource the stream of updated information. There are many websites that provide free RSS (really simply syndication) feeds. RSS can provide fresh news to your site daily on a certain topic that you determine, however you have to install the script for it to work on your site. RSS Outsourcing is faster, automatically updates the website with new content regularly.

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