Outsource Mess

The grossness of the title of this “article” should be the first clue to how bad it is. However, I’m afraid it didn’t fully prepare me for how bad it really was.

I can’t figure out what the point of the blog is. There is no name on it, no portfolio, no adds, only dollops of dubious, dreadful drivel. Like my alliteration? I didn’t think so.

My favorites from this thing have to be:

“With a lot of people wanting to break free from the conventional norms of 8hour office jobs, demanding boss and a whole lot more.”

” A helpful hint in the main falls on providing a good portfolio of your written works.”

“Once you get yourself into this field, meeting the client’s standard and needs should be exhibited for the most part. ”

And whatever holy hell this is: “This will serve as an illustration of all the articles and pieces you have therefore; embarking on a new chosen field definitely ask of a presentable and well written article samples.”

Yuck. I think, and it’s just conjecture since there are no identifying details on this blog, that the writer is insane. Ok, I actually think that it’s a writer who doesn’t speak English well, probably Indian from the word usage, and they’ve set up this blog with the hope of eventually selling ads for it. They probably also send this link to potential clients just to give them an excuse to pay them $3 an article. I think it’ll work.

I usually see the result of foreign Web writers on the actual sites that bought the $3 articles. But this time I ran across the work before it happens. This is the blog of an Indonesian Web writer. He has plenty of fantastic advice for people wanting to get into the field. For instance, “Many freelance exchange websites have openings for this kind of projects with an increasing trend.” Good to know.

The sad part, sports fans, comes at the very end. That’s when it’s revealed that this Indonesian writer who gives out advice on writing didn’t even write this piece of junk. He scraped it from Articlecity and reprinted it without the resource box. Not being a native English speaker, he evidently thought it was a high-quality article that would bring him business. It won’t. But if he offers to write content for $3, I’ll bet you cash that some idiot will hire him.