Free Content for Your Blog

Best Quality, Best Kept Secret Resource for Copyright Free Web Copy

Nikki Freeman
If you're running a website or blog, you might want to think about starting multiple sites. Running multiple blogs or websites is probably the best way to earn even more money online. But, as a freelancer, how much time do you have to truly contribute quality and unique web content articles to each one of your blogs or websites?

Bulking up your site with content from the web is one option, not to completely fill up your sites, but to compensate on the days, weeks or times when you can't constantly write for your blog.

Free content for your blog is not difficult to find, you can use e-zine articles, copyright free content and articles from article websites. Many people post their articles on these sites for free use, as long as you put their brief byline information at the bottom of the copied content. It's a great way for people of all professionals to gain exposure and back links to their site.

but, the best kept secret as far as getting copyright free, quality content for your blog or website or blog is government sources.
Why use government articles for free content your blog?Huge database of quality information at your fingertips.

If it's created by the U.S. federal government it's in the public domain under the terms of title 17 United States code section 105: Works created by the U.S. government departments do not have copyright protection.

Variety of content, in almost every subject.

Informative and quality, useful information that is an important read for anyone.

Before I give you the government resource links so you can collect content for your site, here are some important factors to consider:

The Government may still have copyright on content that has been GIVEN to the Government-assignments of some kind.
Most other governments (other than the U.S.) DO hold copyrights.
non-government related works created by agencies may hold copyrights.
Works by the NTIS may hold copyrights.
United States Postal Service are exempt from the copyright free terms.

Government resources to collect quality content for your blog FedWorld FedWorld.

Government Printing Office

Library of CoCIAsss

CIAs Electronic Reading Room

U.S. Department of State Electronic ReadinFBIsom

FBIs Electronic Reading Room

Published by Nikki Freeman

Freelance Writer, Graphic Designer, Web Designer. My first passion was writing, my second Art, my third singing/songwriting/music/my guitar, fourth technology. Put them all together and somehow they manage t...  View profile

  • Freelance Blog
  • Government written content is in the public domain under the terms of title 17 United States code
  • Unique Content, Quality Content, Copyright free!
  • The Government may still have copyright on content that has been GIVEN to the Government-assignments
Works created by the U.S. government departments do not have copyright protection

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  • Sasidhar Reddy K M8/25/2007

    Excellent Job Nikki. Thanks!

  • Nick Howes8/14/2007

    I've been considering a blog but I don't want to overtax myself producing daily copy. Good source suggestion.

  • M.S.Medina5/9/2007

    Good info. I recently started a blog and wondered except for the daily diary stuff what I could do with it? You have helped. Good job.

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