Spun article: Is 55% unique good?

[livemusic]

I spent a lot of time spinning an article in The Best Spinner, which I just downloaded today. A 773 word article, is 55% good? How unique do some people get with a spinner?

[futuremills]

i always make mine at least 70 percent unique

[That Guy]

Try to rewrite & spin entire sentences and then spin the words of the each of the sentences. Helps a TON when trying to get a better % uniqueness. I usually go for > 65%.

[TBInternetMarketing]

55 is good enough for me usually. It also depends what you plan on doing with that article? If you are submitting it to a private network of blogs that insist that each article is 100% unique, then it won't be enough, but if you are just blasting it out to random article directories and not really cared if anyone reads it, that should do the trick.

[Andrew S]

I combine multiple articles together and then spin the words between those...we get about 90%+ unique using that method.

But 50% is better than nothing.

[O0o0O]

55% should be okay. I heard that 30% is minimum, so your percentage should be way above that to be safe.

[steveseo]

Better if you avoid spun content as it does not usually rank highly (or at all) in the search engines. The search engines also devalue backlinks coming from spun content in much the same way as they devalue backlinks from duplicate content.

[frans4u]

50% is good to me, but if you can do more much better.

[thebitbotdotcom]

Even more important...make sure that they read well. Never submit spun articles that send ANY signal to the reader that it has been spun. This is even more important than uniqueness.

If you need a place to practice, try submitting them here.

We have tons of people that practice and learn exactly what they need to know and then go dominate.

[esdavis]

Originally Posted by TBInternetMarketing

It also depends what you plan on doing with that article? If you are submitting it to a private network of blogs that insist that each article is 100% unique, then it won't be enough, but if you are just blasting it out to random article directories and not really cared if anyone reads it, that should do the trick.

For me, the destination is the real key. It needs to be good enough to pass muster on the external site and it needs to be structured well enough and readable enough to satisfy the target audience.

Some people say that if you don't care about people reading it who cares? I'm not really there, because I don't want to put my name (even a pen name) on something that reads so badly I'd be afraid to see it indexed 10 years from now, read or not. And I sure wouldn't put my CLIENT's name on it.

% of spin doesn't mean quite as much to me as the quality level of the content. Not everything needs to be Pulitizer Prize stuff, but it must be good enough for the venue. It's your content and your reputation on the line.

A little cliched, but would you be comfortable showing it to your Mom, your best friend, or your Grandma and having them try to read it? If you think it will make them feel disappointed in your content and your demonstrated skills, maybe isn't not well written enough.

Oops, wait. If it was MY currently deceased Grandma, I'd wonder about the rolling over in the grave thing. :-) Sorry, trying to be a little funny.

Regarding the spinning technique, don't forget to also spin and optionally leave out or add in full paragraphs as well as words, phrases, and sentences. One way that spun articles get caught is they all have the same paragraph count. So swapping out here helps a little more with the % and with the unique look and feel to the article.

Some people also have some "stock phrases or sentences" that they tuck into the content as an "optional" spin if it fits the structure and content. That adds yet a little more uniqueness. I keep a little library on hand to tap quickly for that when I rewrite.

I try to avoid anything less than 50% for even really stupid basic link bait, but I'm conservative. For what I call "real content" I'd say that 70-75% number is better, and even that isn't probably good enough for places like EZA that demand "never published unique" content.

Especially after Panda.

All in all, it's your call. You'll find people all the way from who cares to no spinning. Just ask yourself if you're proud enough to put your name on it and get caught as the author.

[stunning boy]

well it is good enough but to rewrite or create an unique content is much better

[seothatworks]

55% is good enough for article submissions etc but not content for your site