Getting Free Articles Online - Its Advantages

written by Terylle Beltran

The heart and soul of every website is content. Without it, search engines will not be able to help your website be visible to visitors of the Internet. What is the use of having a website full of photos, videos, backlinks and tags?

Many people pay a huge amount of fortune to have their websites built and maintained, yet would not want to pay a single cent for web content. This is truly understandable but some of these people attempt to compose the articles themselves. Unless they are professional writers, they should refrain from doing this as web content can truly make or break a website. Have a wrong grammar here, a misspelt word there, and your website, no matter how great the design is, will still look totally unprofessional.

Fortunately, free articles are available online which you can download to your heart’s content. Free articles cover a wide variety of topics so there will always be an article suited for your website. Aside from saving you a huge amount of money, here is other great stuff you can get from downloading free articles:

• Free Articles Saves You Time And Resource

Instead of poring over your content, checking and rechecking it, having your best bud proofread it for you, you can just download an article and post it on your website, pronto!

These articles are free so they are not bound by copyright laws so go ahead and post away!

• Free Articles Are Written By Professionals

No need to wonder if you spelt they’re instead of their, if Micheal Angelo is a painter or a ninja turtle or if there are eight or nine planets orbiting the Solar System. Free articles are written by professionals and you can trust them to know what they are writing.

Also, each topic would have a wide range of articles so you can choose what kind of composition is suited for your site. Do you need a funny article for your humor site? A serious article for a news and public affairs site? Or a brash, anything-goes article for your rant-and-ravings site?

• Free Articles Make You Visible To Search Engines

Search engines work by releasing “search engine spiders” which “crawls” on your website looking for specific keywords. These keywords are then registered to be associated with your website. If a person types in a set of keywords in a search engine, it displays the appropriate websites (hopefully, yours) which matches these keywords.

If you are still unconvinced that free articles are for you, then remember, the best things in life are free!

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How To Make A 450-Word Article In 30 Minutes

It is quite easy to create articles. If you happen to be a wide reader and the topic appeals to you, or you just happen to know a lot about the subject, you can just fire away and write about what you know.

But what if you happen to be clueless about the subject? Or you are like some people, who may even be experts in their field, but have difficulty creating some sort of quick documentation describing their profession? Here are some short tips in creating your composition and make sure they would reach 450 words.

·         Do Quick Research

This may take a few seconds if you already mastered the subject, but may take quite a while when you have no idea what the topic is about. Google and Wikipedia are great starters for information gathering. Be wary of copying and pasting articles as these are illegal. This is called plagiarism.

·         Decide Which Items You Want To Focus On

If you have been bombarded by tons of information you found while doing some quick online research, try narrowing your choices down. Choose the juiciest and most interesting parts as these are going to make your articles fun to read, which are therefore, more appealing to your readers.

·         Choose A Software Where You Can Create Your Manuscripts On

The most common choice would be Microsoft Word. The number of words you typed is displayed in the lower left hand portion of the screen. This will tell you how far you are from the 450 word limit. Other choice would be OpenOffice and Wordpad.

Also, remember to run Spell Check and review your grammar before turning in your manuscript.

·         Create Headers and Sub Headers

Next, break your composition into headers, or mini chapters. This means classifying the information you have into several different categories. This way, your articles would appear more organized and the flow of thought would go smoothly.

This article is an example of how information has been broken down into headers. Notice the bullets and how they make the headers look more organized and professional.

·         Describe Each Heading on Your Layout

The last part would be to create descriptions on the headers you have classified. Other writers try to allot specific number of words per header. For example, they would need to write a 450 word article. They would break it down as follows:

• Introduction: 50 words
• Header 1: 100 words
• Header 2: 100 words
• Header 3 100 words
• Conclusion: 100 words

This is just a handy dandy guide to easily creating your article in under 30 minutes. As you create more and more articles you will find newer or better techniques in composing them. 

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