Online Tools Every Article Writer Should Use
Anyone who writes online should use these free writer’s tools.
Anyone who writes online has experience problems at some point. Occasionally you will need a little help. Whether it’s writer’s block, finding a topic, a problem with wording, or wondering about keywords, there is help for the online cyber writer. Below are free to use online applications and free downloads that can help give your article a boost and you help gain more clicks.
Thesaurus.com Thesaurus.com is the largest and most used online reference for finding synonyms and antonyms. You will also find a dictionary, translator, reference pages, and daily word games at Thesaurus.com.
Word Count Tool. One company I write for insists on a minimum amount of words per article. If you find yourself in such a position and your word processor doesn’t offer a word counter, Word Count Tool is quick and easy. Just copy and paste your article into the box and wait for the count.
CyberWire If you are stuck for a topic to write about, CyberWire will tell you the current top 15 search topics. The list is updated in real time as search trends change.
ReadPlease Have you ever submitted your article only to find you misused wording or punctuation, or maybe a sentence is too long or short? Read Please 2003 is a free download that will help you catch mistakes that may have been overlooked during proofing by having your article read back to you. I seldom submit an article without running it through Read Please first. I find it is one of my most valuable writing tools. Simply copy your article into Read Please and go. Corrections can be made on the Read Please page.
WordFlood WordFlood is a word replacement program that can help change a generically worded article onto a masterpiece. Simply copy and paste your article into WordFlood and within seconds it will bring up multiple alternative words for you to consider using. Just click the alternative word you would like to use and it is automatically switched. WordFlood is also used to rewrite articles to give them new life.
*WordFlood 1.2 used to be a paid article tool but is now free to all users.
Plagiarism Checker.com Finding and taking back your plagiarised articles will put your money in back in your own pocket. If someone else is using your article on their site that means that part of the clicks that should be coming to you are going to the plagiarised article instead. While testing this software, I found seven sites had plagiarised one of my best paying articles. This means it is possible that I have lost seven times the amount I have been paid since I submitted my article four years ago. Out of the seven free Plagiarism tools I tested online, Plagiarism Checker.com was the most effective. It pays to check for plagiarism.
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June 23rd, 2011 at 1:44 pm
interestind article…thanx forsharing..it will help me improving writing
June 23rd, 2011 at 2:45 pm
This is a very helpful article. I knew there was a dictionary.com, but I didn’t know there was one for thesaurus. I will probably use Cyber Wire too whenever I get stumped for things to write. Thanks so much for sharing.
June 23rd, 2011 at 2:52 pm
bushra786, I hope you will find something useful here. Thanks for your comment.
June 23rd, 2011 at 2:54 pm
CA, I use the thesaurus more than any other online tool..don’t know what I would do without it. I hope you find CyberWire helpful.
Thanks for reading and for taking the time to comment.
June 23rd, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Thank you for this article! It’s very helpful. I’m new to writing articles online, so I really appreciate this.
June 23rd, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Good show Darlene.
June 23rd, 2011 at 3:21 pm
jgiffin, welcome to Triond. I wish you well.
June 23rd, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Thank you so much for this info, Darlene. I have been using the OneLook Dictionary, but the one you found looks much easier to use. I am so thankful to be living in the age of spell check and Google – it’s a good time to be a writer.
June 23rd, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Bo, thanks for stopping by.
June 23rd, 2011 at 4:39 pm
good tools
June 23rd, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Karen, I find the dictionary very easy to use and yes, where would we be without the basic writing tools like spell check and the help of help of Google.
June 23rd, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Very useful websites. I shall bookmark this article right now and refer this to other Triond users and just writers in general as this is very useful information that everyone should use.
June 23rd, 2011 at 6:49 pm
This is a great listing, Darlene.
Another good resource is OneLook for multiple dictionaries.
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Wherner5, thanks for commenting and I appreciate you passing the article on.
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Hi, Athlyn. It has been a while.
I will look into OneLook. Multiple dictionaries could be quite helpful.
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Thanks for all the good information. I will certainly use them.
June 23rd, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Darlene
Thanks for writing this article it will be helpful for me as well as many other people. Good job..
June 23rd, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Tulan, cdufer, you are very welcomed.
June 23rd, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Darlene, I just signed up for WordFlood. They give you a trial period for free.
Thanks for the info.
June 23rd, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Your welcome, Judy.
You can download the free version of WordFlood instead of a free trial. You used to have to pay for it but now that the new version is out they offer the old one (version 1.2) for free.
June 23rd, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Very nice Information Thanks for sharing.
June 24th, 2011 at 3:19 am
Very helpful information, I go check CyberWire and ReadPlease.
June 24th, 2011 at 5:53 am
i never knew some of them, i will try it now. thanks
June 24th, 2011 at 8:49 am
I’ve bookmarked this page, Darlene. Truly useful. Haven’t heard of any of these except for the first and last.
June 24th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
I’ll have to check out wordflood and cyberwire. Thanks.
June 24th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Very useful information Darlene. Thanks.
June 25th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Hi, darlene.very useful info. Word flood could be useful to me, thanks friend.
June 26th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Great tips!
June 28th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Great i’ll start looking at cyberwire
June 30th, 2011 at 8:59 am
H Darlene,
Thank you so much for sharing this article. I am a newbee on Triond and I am really enjoying myself as well as learning so much.
This article is just what I need and hopefully the beginning of many more posts to share.
Take care,
Eiddwen.
July 1st, 2011 at 8:30 pm
I didn’t know about most of those sites. This is a very valuable reference article. Thank you very much for sharing this information. You write very well, and it’s a pleasure reading your articles.
July 5th, 2011 at 5:55 am
Thanks Man Good Note what i want . It will really helpful to write an article of my product.
July 6th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Thanks Darlene, these tools will be helpful for everyone.
July 9th, 2011 at 3:55 am
Some very good advice especially given some of the articles I have read since joining, many can learn from you
July 9th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Wow, really nice article. You did a lot of research and did a great job. I enjoyed reading it. Now I’ll try some of these tools. Thanks
Best regards,
Blu
July 13th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Thank you for your wonderful article and for sharing the fantastic writer resource tools.
July 15th, 2011 at 11:37 am
Very good list – thanks.
July 20th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Thanks a lot, take care, P
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Darlene – What a help! Thank you.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Darlene What a help Thank you.
October 16th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Great resources!
November 6th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Very helpful article. My best resource is Wordflood. Keep up the great work. Thanks and take care
November 19th, 2011 at 2:02 am
Hey I have added you as a friend and I hope you will do the same. I will read your articles and comment on them, I hope you will do the same in return as Triond success is determined by support from fellow writers.
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