Instant Content Robot

by Alminc
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Can anyone comment on Ben Shaffer's Instant Content Robot?
What niches they provide content for, what's the quality, etc.
#content #instant #robot
  • Profile picture of the author sellwrite
    I had just signed on at wf to look for the same. I don't know about the niches, but I do know you can upload your own articles into he software and it will spin articles. It would be very helpful if we had the list of the niches. From What I know of Ben his proudcts are usually pretty good. I'm tempted.
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Hiya,

    Thought I might as well chime in here...

    obviously as it is a new site, we had to decide on the initial niches using my experience of having run similar sites before.

    Although we promised 10, there are currently 12 and will be 3 more added either tomorrow or the next day.

    The current ones are:

    Loans
    Dating
    Weight Loss
    Internet Marketing
    Health
    Home Improvement
    Forex
    Golf
    Real Estate
    Amazon
    Self Development
    Travel

    What we are also doing though is taking requests from members on what niches they want and ordering them. Just today, I have ordered over 50 articles which have been requested.

    I just want to make it clear though:

    1. It is MUCH more than just a membership to download Seeded Spintax Articles. The powerful part is the Robot itself. You have to use it to believe it.

    2. There is currently a trial during launch week of just $4.97, so you can give it a 'spin' and see what you like etc.

    Feel free to be in touch with any questions about the product at my helpdesk which is replytoben.com We are VERY responsive (usually within the hour).

    Ben Shaffer
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    • Originally Posted by BenShaffer View Post

      Hiya,

      Thought I might as well chime in here...

      obviously as it is a new site, we had to decide on the initial niches using my experience of having run similar sites before.

      Although we promised 10, there are currently 12 and will be 3 more added either tomorrow or the next day.

      The current ones are:

      Loans
      Dating
      Weight Loss
      Internet Marketing
      Health
      Home Improvement
      Forex
      Golf
      Real Estate
      Amazon
      Self Development
      Travel

      What we are also doing though is taking requests from members on what niches they want and ordering them. Just today, I have ordered over 50 articles which have been requested.

      I just want to make it clear though:

      1. It is MUCH more than just a membership to download Seeded Spintax Articles. The powerful part is the Robot itself. You have to use it to believe it.

      2. There is currently a trial during launch week of just $4.97, so you can give it a 'spin' and see what you like etc.

      Feel free to be in touch with any questions about the product at my helpdesk which is replytoben.com We are VERY responsive (usually within the hour).

      Ben Shaffer
      Hi Ben! I subscribed to the trial and checked it out. I am sorry to say this but I could not download any seed article although I followed the instructions (besides, it's not rocket science, I selected the article with the tick-box and clicked on "download spun articles"). No files were downloaded (I could see the amazonS3 url starting but really it had no effect, no files downloaded). Besides, I was counted a "credit" for each of my "downloads" which in facts were just attempts and so I lost 6 of the 10 credits for nothing. I used Chrome AND Firefox with the same results. I opened then a ticket but after over 24 hours got no reply. OK I din't check the spam box but i never received a reply in the spam folder...

      The Content Robot, I am afraid Ben, doesn't impress me so far. The articles are from Ezine Articles and they come in their original state (I could go to the Ezine Site, too, then) and when you spin them through the TBS (The Best Spinner) API, you simply get automated spinning, level 1, which does not pass the copyscape test (tried a few times). Spinning has become a full-blown discipline and no automation can replace the human touch (exactly like translating languages).

      Conclusion: I can only give you 1 star out of 5, the star being the good idea and intention. IMHO the product needs more fine tuning and testing and yes, the possibility to create PDF and soon MP3 and videos make it worth following. But at the moment the $47/m are not justified in my experience.

      I am only giving you my honest review and I am ready to change my mind if I see some value I did'nt honestly see....

      UPDATE February 5

      Ops, an apology here, I DID receive a reply from support after one hour (great!) which I didn't see. Here is the reply:

      "Hi Alessandro,

      Thanks for the contact.

      It is not possible to lose credits.

      If you check on the page you will see the folders with the articles in that you have chosen and once you check mark them as selected for download you will be able to download them right away.

      You do need to select them first though.

      Please check your assigned download folder on your computer also as they download very fast.

      Hope that helps."

      So, the "Seed Article" section DOES work and I didn't understand how. In factt, I tried again with 2 more articles. So here are the steps:

      1. You must first click on any folder of the topic you like (e.g. "Amazon")
      2. The folder opens up and you can see/read the article headings
      3. You tick the box next to each article you like
      4. YOU MUST NOW CLICK ON THE BUTTON CALLED "CHOOSE THESE ARTICLES"
      5. Now, a NEW folder/folders appears according to your previous step (in the example a new folder called "AMAZON") on top of the previous folders AND WITH SAME APPEARANCE AND NAME of the ORIGINAL ONES. So you get "DUPLICATE" FOLDERS according to which topic/category you selected in steps 3-4
      6. You click on that/those NEW folders and you can see your SELECTED articles
      7. You can no tick which article you want to download as a spun article
      8. You click on the button" called "download spun articles"
      9. Files are downloaded

      Ooph, I got it, but I must say I didn't get the information from the video tutorial in the beginning, partly because of me most probably, but I re-watched the tutorial and it starts from my point 6.

      Let's move on. I took one spun article, pasted in my TBS, created a "new spin" article, and checked with copyscape: it didn't pass the test. I did another spin, and again the result didn't pass the test.

      I ask: shouldn't these articles be ready to publish without any copyscape warning?
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Sorry. Forgot to mention about the quality.

    We are using a number of different sources to have the articles created.

    All US or UK based.

    All 'writers' rather than someone just trying to earn a bit of money.

    The articles are written first and then hand-spun.

    They are then checked through by a 3rd party.

    Last but not least, they are checked through internally.

    B
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  • Profile picture of the author xxxJamesxxx
    What makes so different from other spinners, say The Best Spinner?

    James Scholes
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Hi James,

    We actually integrate (and currently love) TBS, so it is not a case of being 'another spinner'.

    We are very different.

    Apart from the seed articles, the robot does a lot lot more.

    It's a bit hard to explain without repeating much of the sales letter, but basically what we have created is a solution where you can create all of your content very quickly and easily.

    Text articles, PDFs, MP3s etc.

    I won't give the link here for etiquette reasons, but if you have a look at the salespage or the salesvideo (add ?v=t or ?v=v if you want to choose one or the other) then you should get more of an idea. Or just try it out.

    B
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  • Profile picture of the author pearsonbrown
    MODERATOR

    From now on, just HONEST REVIEWS from people who have BOUGHT this product, please.

    Pearson
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Hi Alessandro,

    Thanks for your feedback.

    1. Was surprised by your comments about your helpdesk tickets, as we guarantee replies within 24 hours even on weekdays and are known in the industry for our great support. Your support ticket was actually answered in 1 hour and 9 minutes! Prepared to provide screenshot proof to either you or anyone else if necessary!

    2. Regarding downloading articles, you need to select the ones that you want to download and then click on Download Spun Articles. I have checked your account and the ones that you 'chose' are there, so not sure what else I can say. In the video which is right there on the page with the red lettering "Watch This First" shows how to do it. Please check your default folder also.

    3. Regarding the Robot itself...your feedback is taken. No automated spinner is going to replace manual spun which is why we do offer all of the manually spun seed articles which cost an 'arm and a leg' to get written. We are currently integrating two additional spinners to the interface to give you the choice of which to use and to output the unique content that you want.

    There is a LOT more than just Ezine Articles to the robot including a database of over 100k articles which you can use.

    Further to my comments, I would ask you to try again and hopefully you will come in with a very different opinion.

    This site isn't just an 'Internet Marketing Launch' and then left for dead. This is now a major part of our business and we have massive plans on it in terms of development.

    Best Wishes,

    Ben Shaffer
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    • Originally Posted by BenShaffer View Post

      Hi Alessandro,

      Thanks for your feedback.

      1. Was surprised by your comments about your helpdesk tickets, as we guarantee replies within 24 hours even on weekdays and are known in the industry for our great support. Your support ticket was actually answered in 1 hour and 9 minutes! Prepared to provide screenshot proof to either you or anyone else if necessary!

      2. Regarding downloading articles, you need to select the ones that you want to download and then click on Download Spun Articles. I have checked your account and the ones that you 'chose' are there, so not sure what else I can say. In the video which is right there on the page with the red lettering "Watch This First" shows how to do it. Please check your default folder also.

      3. Regarding the Robot itself...your feedback is taken. No automated spinner is going to replace manual spun which is why we do offer all of the manually spun seed articles which cost an 'arm and a leg' to get written. We are currently integrating two additional spinners to the interface to give you the choice of which to use and to output the unique content that you want.

      There is a LOT more than just Ezine Articles to the robot including a database of over 100k articles which you can use.

      Further to my comments, I would ask you to try again and hopefully you will come in with a very different opinion.

      This site isn't just an 'Internet Marketing Launch' and then left for dead. This is now a major part of our business and we have massive plans on it in terms of development.

      Best Wishes,

      Ben Shaffer
      Yes, correct, your helpdesk worked fine and it was MY NOT SEEING the reply, I apologize (see my original, but updated post above: our messages must have crossed each other).

      Ben, I think your product is especially good for the PDF and MP3 generator (and soon video generator perhaps, as you suggest). I think no one, including myself here of course, is doubting you being serious and professional in your effort as everybody can see what kind of end-tool you are aiming at!
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      • Just another update. I checked again some other seed articles after spinning them. They passed the copyscape test! The site starts to be making sense to me...

        The automatic file audio generator is...a computer generated wav file. So it comes with all limitations and I wouldn't use it as such (needs improvement).

        MY CONCLUSION: for all interested, bear in mind that in short, this product/membership site is an automated content generator which comes with all limitations a low-end computer generator can have (a higher quality would probably cost much more than the $47/m).

        If you want TOP quality original content, for authority sites, then buy articles written by real human. For minisites, perhaps this tool can be an advantage.


        (PS: I am not affiliated with this product. I hope it's clear)
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenrick C
      Originally Posted by BenShaffer View Post

      Hi Alessandro,

      Thanks for your feedback.

      1. Was surprised by your comments about your helpdesk tickets, as we guarantee replies within 24 hours even on weekdays and are known in the industry for our great support. Your support ticket was actually answered in 1 hour and 9 minutes! Prepared to provide screenshot proof to either you or anyone else if necessary!

      2. Regarding downloading articles, you need to select the ones that you want to download and then click on Download Spun Articles. I have checked your account and the ones that you 'chose' are there, so not sure what else I can say. In the video which is right there on the page with the red lettering "Watch This First" shows how to do it. Please check your default folder also.

      3. Regarding the Robot itself...your feedback is taken. No automated spinner is going to replace manual spun which is why we do offer all of the manually spun seed articles which cost an 'arm and a leg' to get written. We are currently integrating two additional spinners to the interface to give you the choice of which to use and to output the unique content that you want.

      There is a LOT more than just Ezine Articles to the robot including a database of over 100k articles which you can use.

      Further to my comments, I would ask you to try again and hopefully you will come in with a very different opinion.

      This site isn't just an 'Internet Marketing Launch' and then left for dead. This is now a major part of our business and we have massive plans on it in terms of development.

      Best Wishes,

      Ben Shaffer
      Ben,

      I am interested in your spun seed articles since I have a membership to Vita Vee's and his service does not cover all of my niches such as dating.

      Likewise, could you let me know how unique are your spun seed articles and how they are created? I.e. for example, unique article created, each paragraph written 5 times, and each sentence written 5 times, and so on.
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Hi Kenrick,

    We have sentence and then nested word spin (ie. 3 level), but not paragraph spin.

    We have a lot of articles in dating and are currently adding more.

    Hope this helps,

    B
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenrick C
      Hello Ben,

      Could you tell me the average percent uniqueness of these articles?

      Or provide an example of one of these articles I can compare percent uniqueness to the spun articles I typically receive?

      Originally Posted by BenShaffer View Post

      Hi Kenrick,

      We have sentence and then nested word spin (ie. 3 level), but not paragraph spin.

      We have a lot of articles in dating and are currently adding more.

      Hope this helps,

      B
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  • Profile picture of the author Jealee
    I've been contacting their support team for the last 1 month and still waiting for their respond regarding my refund. I really do hope they will get back to me soon.
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Although not impossible, is surprising as our helpdesk is totally clear. So, either we aren't getting your message or you aren't getting our's. Please PM me and I'll sort it out for you.

    B
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    With the greatest of respect, we have answered all three support requests from you. None of which have been with regards to a refund. All have been answered within 24 hours and one of them within 17 minutes.

    In fact, here is a comment you wrote less than the 30 days ago when you claim to have claimed a refund:

    Date: 2012-02-07 04:48:31
    Name: Hazli

    Message:

    Wow!

    Thanks Josh. This is probably the fastest response helpdesk/support team I come across for a long time. The software rocks, 5stars. Waiting for the articles to come out hope won't be too long I need some heavy backlinks on that Market. Lol.

    Thank You.

    Regards,
    Hazli
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  • Profile picture of the author Jealee
    Hye Ben,

    I believe it was my other email/paypal address which I submitted earlier last month.

    ahafiz7@gmail.com, which is my brother's account. He was asking for a refund and still waiting for a response.

    Sorry for the confusion.

    Thank You.
    Hazli
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  • Profile picture of the author BenShaffer
    Your 'brother' has also been refunded. And his 3 refund request tickets were also all replied to within 12 hours.

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