When re writing articles, say from article directories, how unique does the article have to be for you to call it your own work? Some articles i have re written have been 40% - 60% unique from the original article, is this enough or does this pass as plagiarism ? Some thoughts on this would be great. Jason
Hi.. In my case, i just usually get ideas from other articles. it is more like a revision than rewrite.. i make it a point to not copy any word.. What I do is read the article or articles then from what i understand, i will write my own article.. But i guess 60% is enough.. but it is best if you write your own version and lots of research is needed..
One way of looking at it is not in percentages, but ask your self if your article has contributed anything new to the article you are rewriting. If it hasn't then it's plagiarism, especially if you do not site your sources.
Enough to call it your own work - 100% Enough to pass the plagiarism filters on CopyScape - 60% Enough not to be listed as duplicate content on Google - 30% Hope this answers your question.
Do others agree with this figure ? , to be fair it's not going on my website, just creating articles to build backlinks and link wheels etc... I can get to 60% unique from a 400 word article no worries, i'am not that interested in creating the next master piece, just looking for a quick solution to creating some backlinks
Just because Milo said it was 60% doesn't mean he was truly accurate. It was more of an assumption I think. You can spin articles manually or automatically but like a suggestion that's already been made the best thing to do is read the whole article yourself and understand it. Then write a new article based on "your understanding" of it. That will then be 100% your own article/content.
I would say 60%-70% to call it your own work. Theres many different ways you can spin an article so it dont sound exactlie the same
Don't worry too much about dup content. According to some research i came across a while back the algorithm for that isn't has cut and dry as most people think. If you aren't copy and pasting an entire site don't worry. Google is pretty smart, basically if you are just copying content from another site to increase backlinks it's going to pick that up, but if you are just using another article as a reference you're fine.