Heres the scam………….<\/p>\n

1. Client advertising for writer to write articles and will not pay until completion. (this is normal on Elance)<\/p>\n

2. Writer delivers the articles<\/p>\n

3 Client refuses to pay saying they have been copied and proves it by showing the article directories they are on.<\/p>\n

4. Writer says sorry but does not know how, but accepts that there is a copy of them on the net<\/p>\n

5. Client shows how annoyed he is and gets abusive.<\/p>\n

6. End of story – Writer does not get paid and gives it up as a bad loss. The writer cannot use them again as they are on the web already.<\/p>\n

Ok here is what has actually happened……..<\/p>\n

1. In the first place, the client want these articles for the directories in particular Ezine.<\/p>\n

2. As soon as they get the articles from the writer (within minutes) they have them posted on Ezine by a made up named author. The linkback in the article is to a website that they are probably being paid for to do it.<\/p>\n

So as you can see they get all the articles they want for free. I have noticed particularly here on DP that the clients are asking more and more to see the articles before payment.<\/p>\n

Suggested solutions………….<\/p>\n

NEVER give out your articles before payment unless you know the client.<\/p>\n

I would also suggest that all writers should not be working for less than 1 cent word which is already too low. Again clients are taking advantage and expecting work for as low as 500 words for $1 – I think we should all work together to stop this nonsense. I know there are countries which have a 3rd world economy but this is still exploitation by anyone’s standard.<\/p>\n

These lance sites are producing this kind of practice and in my opinion should be accountable. I know some people will say if it does not suit then don’t go there, but that is not a long term answer. What a lot of clients think is that they are getting cheap articles when in fact their articles are useless for the purpose they were purchased, seo! – If not written correctly, Google will actually penalize the content.<\/p>\n

Ok a lot thrown out there – what are your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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