You don't have to spend $500 to get 50 articles...are you nutz??
But for real man, I see one article being spun to the dickens when all it would take is a little more effort to get something that can last more than a couple weeks before big G takes a piss all over your blog network parade. (BTW, I have my own private network of many Wordpress blogs I use in my niche.) I recently hired a writer for $1k a month to write for my network only. I'll pay $1k a month for content on a network per month because I'm building long term value. The content is superb, the network is juiced, and I'm laughing my ass off at these spun content high pr networks that won't be shit for brains after a few weeks of spinning garbage articles.
To all you noobs, suckers out there. This is how you setup a network proper like for sexy link juice for many years to come:
#1 - Buy domains that don't SUCK. That means PR doesn't really matter if it isn't aged and has GOOD links coming to it and it's not in a terrible neighborhood. Hell, it's probably better to just go on a brand new domain buying spree so you know your domains doesn't have a black cloud hanging around them.
#2 - DON'T SPIN SHIT! For real, spinning is the death of a network unless you're a fucking pro at it. Talk to Mad Octopus about spinning or don't do it at all. Get good content. CONTENT THAT IS GOOD! K.
#3 - Good Content! Photos, video's, long articles, short articles, fun articles, smart articles, dumb articles, photo blogs. MIX IT UP. And link out to some good websites in your niche, don't be scared. Just do it. Google likes links. Give them links and mix yours in there too.
#4 - It's okay to have a few blogs on the same IP's if the content is good. Google don't care about that. They just don't like people trying to mess with their algo with shit content. A class, B class, C class blah blah. Yeah, it's important to have a good diversified IP range, but it don't matter if your content reads like a 2 year old wrote it while munching on a oreo cookie in sunday school.
#5 - Hire someone to write for you if you can't do it at least once or twice a week for all your blogs. You setup a network of your own and feed the beast. The rest is history. Build links to your network and bam, you have a long term valuable network that you'll never have to buy a BST again.