The hype surrounding article spinning is incredible and if true would have totally changed the search landscape long before now. So when you search for highly competitive terms why are spun articles rarer than the proverbial hens teeth. Then there is the question of ethics; is it ethical to take someone’s content and render it unrecognizable and claim it to be your work? And what about the unreadable gibberish Article spinning often produces; what impression will the reader take away about you, your company and your products if you present them with incoherent nonsense?
These are important questions which seem to go unanswered by the developers and affiliates of article spinning software. The following articles bypass the hype and discuss aspects of this marketing technique you should be aware of.
Article Spinning Software and Competitive Keywords
Article Spinning Software and Competitive Keywords This article highlights the total lack of evidence that spun articles are capable of rankings for competitive terms. The proof is simple to see (or not see), just try searching for terms from the finance or mortgage markets for example. See any spun articles?
Article Spinning, Good or Bad?
Article Spinning, Good or Bad? Can article spinning really beat Google’s duplicate content filters? Two article marketers put spun articles to the test, one using un-spun articles and the other using his spinning expertise try to outrank each other to find out which tactic actually works best.
Article Spinning, Is It Ethical?
Article Spinning, Is It Ethical? Some article spinners come with the ability to scrape content from the web. This feature is greatly appreciated by black hats and spammers alike and makes their job a whole lot easier. This tells us much about the thinking behind the product, how the developers see their target users and what they think their target users will ultimately use their product for. I think it is fair to say that their market research was spot on.
In summary, the findings of the above articles define article spinning as an unethical marketing technique that fails to get round Google’s duplicate content filters and is incapable of ranking for competitive terms. So why bother with such a pointless nefarious activity?