Search any topic, and you’re likely to find at least 20 articles talking about it. And while a few of those might put a unique spin on things, the majority might as well be carbon copies of one another. They hit the same beats, offer the same advice, and come to the same conclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One has even to wonder if they were all written by the same person. Hey, comic artists have syndicated their work for decades. Why not writers? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump tweets out a typo, and journalists are on it like wasps on an open can of soda. Someone at Google makes a statement about their algorithms, and every single search engine marketing publication leaps into the fray to be the first to publish. Someone shares their thoughts on a topic, and there’s immediately a small army of copycats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This overwhelming glut of content is arguably a large part of why journalistic paywalls simply don’t work. <\/em>Can’t find something on The Washington Post? <\/em>You’ll find the same story in The New York Times. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s gotten to the point where one has to wonder if there’s anything original left. How can one be unique when there are over a billion websites online and counting? How does one create fresh content when everything feels stale? <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a few ways, believe it or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The longer the Internet exists, the more difficult it becomes to create anything completely original. This is simply a fact. But in hindsight, perhaps it might not be such a bad thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After all, the greater the glut of copycats, the more you stand out when you publish unique content. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s been a glut of content for some time now. Coming up with something unique has been difficult for a while. Soon, it may be impossible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t