jbsmith - 1:16 pm on Oct 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

Leosghost, I understand your argument on outsourcing.

However, the world is a big place, the fact is that
these 3rd world countries are progressing at a much
faster rate than North American or Western European
countries. We can't ignore that fact.

Second, my point was that cookie-cutter type work - like
developing a large number of 300-600 word general
articles around a specified keyword is not the type
of work "writers" are typically looking for. So,
for these projects, I usually go lower on the bid
scale.

However, I have also paid very high amounts to have
websites developed, professional articles written,
books ghostwritten.

Aren't the type of jobs we want to keep the higher
value, higher quality and less duplicatable - oh and
by the way - higher paying - jobs here.

Another point - the 50 articles I had written for this
particular niche website created profit out of which I
payed professional content developers, so it all depends
on how you look at it.

Cheers...

Jeff