I have a question about PLRs in general. I have seen PLRs being published in Article Directories by people with their names as authors. If I use the same articles in my websites with my name as the author, will it be considered as “unauthorized use” according to internet rules because it appears that I have copied someone else’s articles?

Here is Gail’s reply:

Hi Shanta!

The use of PLR and “unauthorized use” depends upon where you publish.

For instance, submitting PLR (unaltered) to an article directory would go against their terms of use but not the terms of use for the PLR – this is because the article directories are in the business of providing original high quality content to their readers – and if their readers find two or three articles, all the same, written by two or three different authors then the article directory takes a hit on their credibility.

So, in the case of article directory submission it is always best to use the research that has gone into these PLR articles and rewrite them to a significant degree. This gives you the option of submitting to high quality directories for the back links and traffic and the directories your quality work.

On the other hand – if you are planning on using the PLR as a podcast, information for a video, in your ezine, newsletter or part of a Special Report or ebook then rewriting is only necessary if you want to insert your personal style to the piece.

Publishing the article ‘as is’ on your website doesn’t get you in trouble either. Google is well aware that people are picking information off of article directories and republishing around the Net. However, if you have content that is the same across your site – such as the article on a web page then on a printer only page Google takes a real dim view of that. They discuss this on their blog:

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66359

However, because most of the PLR we supply is written in the third person (without the ‘you’ or ‘I’ or ‘they’) you will probably want to rewrite for use in blog posts to make it more personal and insert your own style.

Warmly,
Gail